Holistic engagement : transformative education for social workers in the 21st century / edited by Loretta Pyles, Gwendolyn J. Adam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pyles, Loretta, editor.

Adam, Gwendolyn J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work education.

Holistic education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Holistic Engagement invites educators to engage with the whole person (body, mind, heart, culture and spirit) and reveals how participatory pedagogies strengthen presence, attunement, empathy, self-care and integrative capabilities of professionals globally. Through an empirically-grounded model and first person accounts, Holistic Engagement calls new and seasoned educators to transformative action.

Contents:

Cover

Holistic Engagement

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Holistic Engagement

1. Educating Transformative Social Workers: The Case for Holistic Pedagogies

2. A New Model for Holistic Engagement: A Foundation for Social Work Pedagogies

Part II: Dialogue, Participation, and Critical Pedagogy

3. Learning in Community: A Transformative Healing Educational Model for Teaching Community Organizing

4. "By the End of the Term, You Will Have Gained Power in the Classroom and I Will Have Lost None": The Pedagogical Value of Discomfort and Vulnerability in the Teaching of Community Practice

5. Conversation and Dialogue in Social Work Education

6. A Deliberate Pedagogy: Introducing the Hidden Curriculum, Social Pedagogy, and the Common Third

Part III: Theater, Arts, and the Human Spirit

7. Mimesis: A Theory for Holistic Engagement

8. Improvisation: A Practice for Praxis

9. Teaching to the Holistic Self: A Case Study of a Critical Social Work Classroom

Part IV: Mindfulness and Integrative Social Work

10. There Is a Path. You Are on It. It Does Lead Somewhere.

11. Is Mindfulness Value Free? Tiptoeing Through the Mindfield of Mindfulness

12. Promoting Integrative Mind-Body-Spirit Practice to Advance Holistic Social Work Education

13. Pedagogy for an Integrative Practice: Experiential Unity Theory and Model

14. Reconstructing Social Work Education: The Path Forward for Holistic Pedagogies

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-939273-0

OCLC:

928016971