Holistic education and embodied learning

Learning often begins with an experience in the body. Our body can tighten or feel expansive depending on different learning contexts. This experience of learning in the body is crucial to holistic education. This book explores embodied learning from several perspectives.This first section explores...

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Other Authors Miller, John P., 1943- (Editor), Nigh, Kelli (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017.
Subjects
Holistic education.
Education > Philosophy.
Mind and body.
Education > Aims & Objectives.
Education.
Educational strategies and policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609093
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-842-5
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 345 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Section I. Psychological perspectives
  • Chapter 1. A full and flexible life: Carl jung and wilhelm reich / Kelli Nigh
  • Chapter 2. Transformational growth into wholeness: A holistic, experiential, process method / Jim McNamara and Caroline Mardon
  • Chapter 3. Healing archetypes: Reclaiming teacher wellbeing by embodying the wild feminine / Joanna Krop
  • Section II. Schools
  • Chapter 4. The art of education: Waldorf education in practice / Warren Lee Cohen and Brian Daniel Bresnihan
  • Chapter 5. Compassionate teaching / Young-Yie Kim
  • Chapter 6. Equinox: Portrait of a holistic school / John P. Miller
  • Chapter 7. A vision for a holistic secondary school / Misha Abarbanel
  • Section III. Meditation, contemplation, and movement
  • Chapter 8. Loving kindness meditation: Awakening teacher eros in modern educational settings / Keith Brown
  • Chapter 9. Contemplation in action: An engaging pedagogy for our times / Jennifer Motha
  • Chapter 10. Dalcroze pedagogy: Reflections on rhythm and felt learning / Sharon E. Dutton
  • Section IV. Visions
  • Chapter 11. A journeyman professor's walk through metaphor and philosophy in search of holistic approaches to teacher education curriculum / Rupert Clive Collister
  • Chapter 12. Growing spiritual wings: Cultivating creativity and spiritual intelligence in holistic education / Isabella Colalillo Kates
  • Chapter 13. Embodying the mind / Tobin Hart
  • Chapter 14. A holistic vision of teacher education / John P. Miller
  • About the contributors
  • Index.

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