This book provides much new thinking on the phenomenon of whole person education, a phenomenon which features strongly in East Asian universities, and which aims to develop students intellectually, spiritually, and ethically, to master critical thinking skills, to explore ethical challenges in the surrounding community and to acquire a broad based foundation of knowledge in humanities, society and nature. From the Contents: 16 Toward a "Holistic View" of Faculty Development : Practices in Japan, and the Pragmatic Community of Inquiry for Education (Yoshihiro Tanigawa).