"A challenging book in at least three admirable ways . At the heart of the works of both Krishnamurti and Macdonald, Kumar sees a way of thinking that is different to the thinking that characterizes much of contemporary educational discourse." - Teachers College Record   "This book explores the roles of consciousness, education and meditative inquiry in creating a new type of learning environment where the individual's consciousness is privileged over the structure of institutions." - Education Review "In this exceptionally well-written and courageous book, Kumar makes the case for moving beyond the dominant yet simplistic view of curriculum as information transmission . It is hard to imagine a more lucid treatment." - Choice   "In an age of incessant demands for standards and assessment, Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry offers a hopeful vision for education that is transnational and transformational, imaginative and insightful, poetic and philosophical. Ashwani Kumar offers us a rare gift of dynamic wisdom that we urgently need in our contemporary and cosmopolitan world." - Carl Leggo, poet and Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada "In schools, as in most of contemporary North American society, 'slow' has become a four-letter word and space for deep thought almost non-existent.

Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry challenges educators, administrators, and parents to re-imagine education as a process and system based on the cultivation of heightened awareness and deep inner thought. Our future might very well depend on attention to this book." - Ardra L. Cole, Associate Vice-President, Academic and Research, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada.