Holistic Learning and Spirituality in Education

John P. Miller is Professor and Head of the Centre for Teacher Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He has published many books, including Education and the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Curriculum, also published by SUNY Press. Selia Karsten is Professor of Marketing and e-Business at Seneca College and also teaches in the Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Department at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Diana Denton is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Waterloo.

"This book contains exceptionally thoughtful analyses and genuine wisdom. The authors, many of whom are leading voices for a more holistic understanding of education, raise vitally essential questions about the nature and purpose of education. They provide a coherent, deeply reflective understanding of holistic education as a response to these questions." — Ron Miller, author of What Are Schools For? Holistic Education in American Culture

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Holistic Learning John P. Miller Part 1. Theorizing a Pedagogy of Wholeness: Awakening Self, Soul, and Spirit 1. Educating for the Soul Thomas Moore 2. Reflections on Our Common Lifelong Learning Journey Anna F. Lemkow 3. Education and the Modern Assault on Being Human: Nurturing Body, Soul, and Spirit Douglas Sloan 4. Tomorrow's Children: Education for a Partnership World Riane Eisler 5. Emancipatory Hope: Transformative Learning and the "Strange Attractors" Edmund O'Sullivan 6. Teilhard de Chardin and Holistic Education Bok Young Kim 7. Minding the Soul in Education: Conceptualizing and Teaching the Whole Person Deborah Orr 8. Nourishing Adolescents' SpiritualityRachael Kessler 9. Won Hyo's One Heart-Mind and Meditation on One Heart-Mind as Part of Holistic EducationYoung-Mann Park and Min-Young Song Part 2. Practices: Integrating Self, Soul, and Spirit in the Classroom 10. Caring Classroom Relationships Take Time and Commitment: One School's Vision of a Holistic Learning CommunityGary Babiuk 11. Interface of Holistic Changes in Japanese Schools and Waldorf Education Atsuhiko Yoshida 12. Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, and Imagining the Future: The Storytelling Project at Lord Dufferin Public School Marni Binder 13. Journal Writing in Mathematics Education: Communicating the Affective Dimension of Mathematics Learning Rina Cohen 14. In Da Zone: Meditation, Masculinity, and a Meaningful Life David Forbes 15. Contemplating Great Things in Soul and Place Susan A. Schiller 16. Listening to Ancient Voices: Reaching Hearts and Souls through Benchmarks and Rites of Passage Experiences in SchoolsLeslie Owen Wilson Part 3. Inspiring Wholeness: The Poetics of Holistic Education 17. In the Flame of the Heart: Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion Diana Denton 18. The Creative Journey: Personal Creativity as Soul Work Isabella Colalillo Kates 19. A Gathering of Orphans: Struggling for Liberation and Awakening within the Goal F. Christopher Reynolds 20. The Eros of Teaching Celeste Snowber 21. Flowing Together in the Rainbow: Experiences from Two Workshops on Art Making and Meditation Ayako Nozawa 22. Conclusion: Seeking Wholeness John P. Miller List of Contributors Index