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Joseph Chilton Pearce is an author of a number of books on child development. He prefers the name "Joe". He has a master's degree. He presents the idea of the heart - or compassionate mind - as another categorization of brain function with equal stature as the thalamus, prefrontal cortex, and lower brain. He believes that active, imaginative play is the most important of all childhood activities because that cultivates a mastery of one's environment.
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Joseph Chilton Pearce is an author of a number of books on child development. He prefers the name "Joe". He has a master's degree. He presents the idea of the heart - or compassionate mind - as another categorization of brain function with equal stature as the thalamus, prefrontal cortex, and lower brain. He believes that active, imaginative play is the most important of all childhood activities because that cultivates a mastery of one's environment. He coins the term "creative competence" to discuss that mastery. Further, children without that form of play develop feeling of isolation and anxiety. He also believes that child parent bonding is important, and blames a lack of breast feeding and modern childbirth as both obstructive to that bonding.
History
Pearce "was a faculty member on child development at the Jung Institute in Switzerland. He spoke on the new paradigm of human development at the seventh annual Transpersonal Psychology conference in India. Oxford University invited Joe to present the impact current obstetrical practices are having on the development of child intelligence. The Canadian Government sponsored a workshop with Native Americans on the prevention of violence and substance abuse. Sony Corporation sponsored a seventeen day lecture series on the future of education in Japan. He addressed Hawaii's crime prevention commission on the current causes of crime and violence. The State of Louisiana sponsored an address on the crisis facing the American family. Three different departments at Harvard University, the University of California and Stanford University have each sponsored educational conferences featuring his work. The Governor of California invited Joe to address two special legislative planning sessions on the challenges facing children and families. Last year at Columbia University he addressed special conference on education in the 21st century. Recently completed is Joe's newest work, The Biology of Transcendence, which explores the biological foundation for what we think of as "spiritual" development. He also co-authored Magical Parent - Magical Child, the Optimum Learning Relationship with Michael Mendizza."
Bibliography
- Exploring The Crack In The Cosmic Egg: Split Minds and Meta-Realities (1974) and multiple later editions. ISBN 0-87097-063-1
- Magical Child (1977) ISBN 0-52515-035-8
- The Bond of Power: Meditation and Wholeness (1982) ISBN 0-71009-278-4
- Magical Child Matures (1985) ISBN 0-52524-329-1
- Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence (1992) ISBN 0-06250-693-5
- The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality (2002) ISBN 0-89281-994-4
- The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit (2002) ISBN 1-59477-016-6
- Spiritual Initiation and the Breakthrough of Consciousness: The Bond of Power (2003) ISBN 0-89281-995-2
- Death of Religion and the Rebirth of Spirit: A Return to the Intelligence of the Heart (2007) ISBN 1-59477-171-5
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