TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerhard Schaefer
AU  - Ryoei Yoshioka
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653046069
TI  - Thinking and the Sense of Life
T2  - A Comparative Study of Young People in Germany and Japan- Educational Consequences
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-04606-9
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048467
N2  - Do cognitive/metacognitive abilities favour recognition of sense in life or not? Based on a sample of more than one thousand secondary schools students in Japan and Germany, the correlation between intelligence and perception of sense in life has been empirically examined. The study draws the conclusion that there is no clear correlation between cognition and sense. Finding sense in life seems to be independent from the level of thinking and to be independent as well from particular areas of commitment (e.g. science, technology, art and religion). The main factor discovered so far is a cultural/national one: The majority of Japanese students approve of the idea of sense in life whereas the majority of German students do not. The book discusses the different historical background of the two peer groups as a possible explanation and draws conclusions with respect to education.
KW  - Kognition, Metakognition, Menschenbild, Lebensveränderung
LA  - English
ER  -