Holistic learning and spirituality in education : breaking new ground / edited by John P. Miller ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, John P., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holistic education--Congresses.

Holistic education.

Learning--Congresses.

Learning.

Spiritual life--Congresses.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the theory, practice, and poetics of spiritual and holistic education.

Contents:

""Holistic Learning and Spirituality in Education: Breaking New Ground""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Holistic Learning""; ""PART 1. Theorizing a Pedagogy of Wholeness: Awakening Self, Soul, and Spirit""; ""1. Educating for the Soul""; ""2. Reflections on Our Common Lifelong Learning Journey""; ""3. Education and the Modern Assault on Being Human: Nurturing Body, Soul, and Spirit""; ""4. Tomorrow�s Children: Education for a Partnership World""; ""5. Emancipatory Hope: Transformative Learning and the “Strange Attractors�""

""6. Teilhard de Chardin and Holistic Education: """"7. Minding the Soul in Education: Conceptualizing and Teaching the Whole Person""; ""8. Nourishing Adolescents� Spirituality""; ""9. Won Hyo�s One Heart-Mind and Meditation on One Heart-Mind as Part of Holistic Education""; ""PART 2. Practices: Integrating Self, Soul, and Spirit in the Classroom""; ""10. Caring Classroom RelationshipsTake Time and Commitment: One School�s Vision of a Holistic Learning Community""; ""11. Interface of Holistic Changes in Japanese Schools and Waldorf Education""

""12. Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, and Imagining the Future: The Storytelling Project at Lord Dufferin Public School""""13. Journal Writing in Mathematics Education: Communicating the Affective Dimensions of Mathematics Learning""; ""14. In Da Zone: Meditation, Masculinity, and a Meaningful Life""; ""15. Contemplating Great Things in Soul and Place""; ""16. Listening to Ancient Voices: Reaching Hearts and Souls through Benchmarks and Rites of Passage Experiences in Schools""; ""PART 3. Inspiring Wholeness: The Poetics of Holistic Education""

""17. In the Flame of the Heart: Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion""""18. The Creative Journey: Personal Creativity as Soul Work""; ""19. A Gathering of Orphans: Struggling for Liberation and Awakening within the Goal""; ""20. The Eros of Teaching""; ""21. Flowing Together in the Rainbow: Experiences from Two Workshops on Art Making and Meditation""; ""22. Conclusion: Seeking Wholeness""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"This book is the result of several conferences on holistic education held at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)."--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8376-2

1-4237-4381-4

OCLC:

62734575