1st Edition
Perspectives on Death Education and the Pedagogy of Death Fostering Inner Evolution and Social Development
Prologue
Part I. Theory
Chapter 1. A pedagogical approach to the consciousness of death: Twelve educational dimensions for curriculum design. Pablo Rodríguez Herrero
Chapter 2. Consciousness, death and education. Agustín de la Herrán Gascón and Ruitian Xu
Chapter 3. Death education and public health approaches to death, dying and bereavement. Sally Paul
Part II. Curriculum and teaching
Chapter 4. Integrating death education into school curricula: Challenges and prospects. Polyxeni Stylianou and Michalinos Zembylas
Chapter 5. Didactics of death. Alicia Díaz Megolla and Calixto Herrera Gómez
Chapter 6. Methodology and educational resources for death education. Ernesto Colomo
Chapter 7. Death pedagogy and butoh dance: A bio-psycho-socio-spiritual approach through dance. Damiano Fina and Ines Testoni
Chapter 8. Educational accompaniment in bereavement situations. Mar Cortina Selva and Elisabet Ransanz Reyes
Part III. Research
Chapter 9. A systematic analysis of death pedagogy research. Zeynep Funda Sonbul
Chapter 10. The need for teacher education in the pedagogy of death: A systematic review of the literature and guidelines for teacher educators. Anabel Ramos-Pla and Laura Fornons Casol
Chapter 11. Beyond death education & the pedagogy of death. Agustín de la Herrán Gascón and Pablo Rodríguez Herrero
Epilogue
Biography
Pablo Rodríguez Herrero is an associate professor in the Department of Pedagogy at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). He has directed several research projects on the pedagogy of death. He was awarded the 13th European Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences and Humanities (2023–2024).
Agustín de la Herrán Gascón is a professor at the Department of Pedagogy (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain). He has received around 20 awards for his academic, teaching, and research career, or for projects he has worked on.
