The first edition of The Inner Apprentice proved to be a landmark publication. Now in its second edition, it includes an additional chapter which questions the assumptions about the relevance of awareness-based teaching in the overcrowded curriculum of contemporary vocational training - and suggests that the curiosity they engender is more important than ever. This book offers many new ideas, techniques and educational tools, and will be of interest to general practice trainers and trainees, and anyone involved in an individual teaching relationship.
In this update of the 1992 (Kluwer Academic) edition and companion volume to The Inner Consultation, a UK trainer/ psychologist treats hallmarks of excellence in training teachers of doctors identified in his survey. As a colleague from the Royal College of General Practitioners notes, Neighbour shifted the focus from teaching to learning strategies mediated by the "inner apprentice," i.e., the subconscious. In contrast to conventional top- down, task-oriented curricula, his process-oriented 'teaching by awareness' approach emanates from a Buddhist world view, Socratic teaching method, and the medieval apprenticeship system. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
