Educating for wisdom and compassion : creating conditions for timeless learning / John P. Miller ; cover designer, Rose Storey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, John P., 1943- author.

Contributor:

Storey, Rose, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Humanistic.

Meditation.

Holistic education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<p class=msonormal style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt""><span style=""FONT-FAMILY: ""times new roman"""">Essential principles of timeless learning include attention, contemplation, connection, participation, and responsibility; helping students achieve a sense of purpose; and improving alertness and mental health.</span>

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Part I - Timeless Learning: Definitions and Fundamentals""; ""Chapter 1 - Timeless Learning""; ""What is Timeless Learning?""; ""What are the Characteristics of Timeless Learning?""; ""Holistic/Integrative""; ""Embodied""; ""Connected""; ""Soulful""; ""Transformative""; ""Flow""; ""Participatory""; ""Nondualistic""; ""Mysterious and Unexplainable""; ""Immeasurable""; ""What Does Timeless Learning Bring to Today�s Classrooms?""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 2 - The Perennial Philosophy: A Relaxed Universalism""""Foundations of the Perennial Philosophy""; ""The Interconnected Nature of Reality and the Mysterious Unity of the Universe""; ""The Intimate Connection between the Individual�s Inner Self, or Soul, and the Mysterious Unity""; ""Wisdom or Knowledge of the Mysterious Unity can be Developed through Various Contemplative Practices""; ""Values are Derived from Seeing and Realizing the Interconnectedness of Reality""

""An Awareness of the Mysterious Unity of Existence Leads to Social Action to Counter Injustice and Human Suffering""""References""; ""Part II - Timeless Learning: Processes and Practices""; ""Chapter 3 - Letting Go and becoming Empty""; ""Psychosynthesis and Disidentification""; ""David Hunt""; ""Krishnamurti""; ""The Bhagavad Gita and Nonattachment""; ""Spiritual Knowing""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 - Attention and Meditation""; ""Meditation""; ""Forms of Meditation""; ""Intellectual Meditation""; ""Emotional Meditation""; ""Physical Meditation""; ""Action Meditation""

""Meditation Practices""""Insight""; ""Body Scan""; ""Mantra""; ""Visualization""; ""Movement Meditation""; ""Getting Started""; ""Meditation with Children""; ""Just One Minute with Naomi Baer""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 - Compassion, Caring, and Loving-Kindness""; ""Kindness, Empathy, Compassion, and Love""; ""Loving-Kindness Practice""; ""Caring in Schools""; ""School with Forest and Meadow (Ojiya School)""; ""Service Learning""; ""Engaged Service""; ""Community-Based Work""; ""To be and to Have""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 - Contemplation, Mindfulness, and Presence""; ""Mindfulness""

""Presence""""Contemplation and Mindfulness in Classrooms""; ""Contemplation and Action""; ""References""; ""Part III - Timeless Learning: Perspectives, Examples, and Outcomes""; ""Chapter 7 - Educational Perspectives on Timeless Learning""; ""Transcendental Education""; ""Emerson""; ""Thoreau""; ""Bronson Alcott""; ""Holistic Education""; ""Linear Thinking and Intuition""; ""Relationship between Mind and Body""; ""Subject Connections""; ""Community Connections""; ""Earth Connections""; ""Self Connections""; ""Slow Education""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 8 - Examples of Timeless Learning""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781483363882

1483363880

OCLC:

923706849