Curriculum as lived : currere, mindfulness, and nonviolent companionship

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship features an uplifting collection of educators' writings, as they expand their interior space, diving i...

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Other Authors Wang, Hongyu (Editor), Flory, Jo (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesLived experience, nonviolence, and curriculum studies
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781805921660
DOI10.1108/978-1-80592-164-6
Physical Description1 online resource (348 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Experiential understanding, integrative pathways, and a pedagogy of emergence / Hongyu Wang
  • Part I. Currere and autobiographical inquiry
  • Chapter 1. Stories from the end, and the beginning / Liesa Griffin Smith
  • Chapter 2. Of wor(l)ds, weapons, and wounds / Steven Woods
  • Chapter 3. Currere: Unlearning the "rules" / Chelsey Walters
  • Chapter 4. Songs of my mother: Unraveling violent chords through nonviolent understanding / Naomi Kikue Poindexter
  • Chapter 5. Mother and peace / Yan Xu
  • Chapter 6. Lessons i learned from my father / Emily Mortimer
  • Part II. Nonviolent companionship and experiential integration
  • Chapter 7. Nonviolent companionship: An orchid, a statue, and faith / Cathy Bankston
  • Chapter 8. Time with (water) / Lauren Rowley
  • Chapter 9. The inner gaze of nonviolence in integral ecology / Heidi Massi
  • Chapter 10. A nonviolent relationship with the family farm / Kim Skarns
  • Chapter 11. Walking the path to nonviolence / Margaret Bailey
  • Chapter 12. Experiencing Indigenous spaces / Samantha Lancaster
  • Part III. Mindful practices, relationships, and teaching
  • Chapter 13. Cultivating inner peace: A journey of mindfulness and nonviolent transformation / Vanessa Jones
  • Chapter 14. Healing through practicing and teaching mindfulness and yoga / Lindsay Wessinger
  • Chapter 15. Mindfulness as a practice of nonviolence toward the mothering self after a traumatic birth / Erin Davis
  • Chapter 16. Mindfulness and post-traumatic reactions: An autobiographical inquiry / Tifanie Lyn-Brumbaugh
  • Chapter 17. A mindfulness journey: Finding spiritual renewal through contemplative prayer / Medea Gabrielle Bendel
  • Chapter 18. Compassionate pedagogy in second language education / Brian S. McKinney
  • Chapter 19. The gift of mindfulness: A student affairs staff's journey / Chez S Redmond
  • Part IV. Intersections: Currere, mindfulness, and relationality
  • Chapter 20. The stranger within the self, healing and becoming whole / Jennifer Williams
  • Chapter 21. Reckoning with the shadow: Insights on emotion and creativity / Sophia Alvarez
  • Chapter 22. The meandering self: Traversing the path to nonviolence / Heidi W Jenkins.