Teaching from the thinking heart : the practice of holistic education

This book includes papers written by teachers and how they engage holistic education in their classrooms. The papers come from a course taught by Jack Miller at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto entitled The Holistic Curriculum. This is a rich and diverse co...

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Other Authors Miller, John P., 1943- (Editor), Irwin, Michelle (Editor), Nigh, Kelli (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2014]
Subjects
Holistic education.
Education > Teaching > General.
Educational strategies and policy.
Teaching skills and techniques.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806612284
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-725-3
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Forward by nel noddings
  • Chapter 1. The practice of holistic education / J. Miller
  • Section 1. Examples of holistic education
  • Chapter 2. Dearest students: A teacher's letter of reflection / Nina Moore
  • Chapter 3. Holistic teaching in an after school cooking club / Daniel Gullery
  • Chapter 4. Tribes: A transformative tool for the 21st century / Sarah Lowes
  • Chapter 5. Colegio san francisco de asis para niǫs sordo: A chilean school for the deaf / Ximena Barria Fernandez
  • Chapter 6. Exploring play and mindfulness in early childhood / Melanie Viglas
  • Chapter 7. Me, myself and i: The paradox of the authentic self / Michele Irwin
  • Chapter 8. Soul to soul: Teacher to student / Julia Verhaeghe
  • Chapter 9. Cultivating curiosity: Inquiry in an international baccalaureate classroom / Rebecca Ryder
  • Section 2. Holistic pedagogy
  • Chapter 10. Practices that foster community and interconnectedness / Stephanie Aglipay
  • Chapter 11. Soulful physical education / Peggy Donohue
  • Chapter 12. Nurturing the whole child: Is it possible in public school setting? Jennifer forsythe
  • Chapter 13. From transaction to transformation: A reflection on previous professional experience in efl course design / Ahmed Kandil
  • Chapter 14. The holistic classroom project: Preparing for a teaching year that focuses on the pursuit of happiness, the power of empathy, and the exhilaration of being present / Grant Minkhorst
  • Chapter 15. Identity and authenticity in the esol (english as a second or other language) classroom / Elana Freeman
  • Chapter 16. Following feeling during mind-body inquiry / Kelli Nigh
  • Chapter 17. The presence of the thinking heart in the language teaching-learning relationship / Merlin Charles
  • Section 3. Narratives
  • Chapter 18. Solitude in teaching / Jill Morris
  • Chapter 19. My life as an educator as shaped by life experience / Nyambura Kariuki
  • Chapter 20. Just love: Learning about listening, giving and forgiving / Maria Karmiris
  • Chapter 21. My holistic journey: Significant moments of a lifelong learner and educator / Christopher Scott Russell
  • Chapter 22. Developing as a holistic educator: Learning to understand my students / Angela Bosco
  • Chapter 23. Teaching is a wild ride / Melanie van de Water
  • Section 4. Teaching from the thinking heart: Final reflections.

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