The wisdom way of teaching : educating for social conscience and inner awakening in the high school classroom

"Immense challenges are now facing the global community as a whole. How can educators train the next generation of students to deal with the vast array of issues that are awaiting them in every field of endeavor and every sector of society? Written as a testimony to 30 years of experimentation...

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Main Author Schmidt, Martin E. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022.
SeriesTransforming education for the future.
Subjects
Holistic education.
Education, Secondary > Social aspects.
Education, Secondary > Curricula.
Conscience.
Education > Classroom Management.
For secondary education.
Teaching skills and techniques.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806603060
DOI10.1108/978-1-64802-849-6
Physical Description1 online resource (294 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication and acknowledgements. Foreword / Cynthia Bourgeault
  • Introducing the Wisdom Way of Teaching. Introduction to Hong Kong International School / Jim Handrich
  • Part I. Teaching for social conscience
  • Chapter 1. My journey of teaching for social conscience
  • Chapter 2. Humanities i in action curriculum and the impact of social conscience education
  • Chapter 3. Is ignorance bliss? Teaching about chocolate slavery on day one
  • Chapter 4. The heroic journey from self-focus to compassion: Mentoring students through an orphanage trip experience
  • Chapter 5. The elixir project: Initiating a path towards meaningful adulthood
  • Chapter 6 principles of social conscience curriculum design
  • Chapter 7. The four essential roles of social conscience teachers
  • Part II. Teaching for inner awakening
  • Chapter 8. My journey of teaching for inner awakening
  • Chapter 9. The essentials of a curriculum for self-understanding: The body-mind-heart framework in service, society, and the sacred
  • Chapter 10. Balancing body, mind, and heart: Introducing the wisdom tradition in a world religions class
  • Chapter 11. Waking up to the vertical dimension: Student reflections on a practice-based religion curriculum in spiritual explorations
  • Chapter 12. Teaching toward inner awakening through a spiritual practices project in spex
  • Chapter 13. The wisdom way of knowing and teaching: The epistemological foundations of spex teachers
  • Part III. Special topics in inner awakening
  • Chapter 14. Teaching consciousness of the body: Two practitioners in dialogue / Sangeeta Bansal and Marty Schmidt
  • Chapter 15. Non-reactivity: The supreme practice of everyday life
  • Chapter 16. Dealing with the accuser: Befriending your inner critic / Sangeeta Bansal and Marty Schmidt
  • Part IV. Reflections on the wisdom way of teaching
  • Chapter 17. Teacher perspectives
  • Chapter 18. Student voices
  • Chapter 19. My wisdom way of teaching philosophy. Appendix a. Interview about humanities i in action. appendix b. Exemplary "service, society, and the sacred" final essays. appendix c. my worldview: Do i believe in a vertical dimension? Appendix d. Overview of the spex curriculum. References.

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