Jung and Education

Despite the fact that many consider issues of education central to Jung's thought, remarkably little has been said by the academe about his three most significant papers on the subject. Mayes describes how Jung's theories on the catharsis/education cycle and balance have affected, and will continue to affect education. Mayes begins by examining Jungian psychology, including the rise of the ego and the emerging self, and then assembles the elements of Jungian pedagogy, including curriculum and instruction, transference, the teacher as an archetype of spirit, and Jung himself as an educationist.