Holistic Education and Embodied Learning
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Miller, John P.; Nigh, Kelli
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Holistic Education and Embodied Learning
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IAP - Information Age Publishing
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9781681238425
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CHF 56.70
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Pädagogik
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English
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365
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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 how psychology can inform us about embodied learning; for example, the work of Carl Jung and Wilhelm Reich devoted much of their thinking to how energy manifests itself in the body. Meditation and movement are also examined as ways of embodied learning; for example, Dalcroze, a form of movement education, is presented within the context of whole person education. The book also presents schools where embodied learning is nurtured. Waldorf education is discussed as well as a public school in Toronto where the body is central to holistic education. The book also presents visions of embodied learning. John Miller presents a holistic vision of teacher education and Tobin Hart, who has written extensively in this field, writes about the embodied mind.
Embodied learning is an emerging area of inquiry in holistic education and this book presents a variety of perspectives and practices that should be helpful to both scholars and practitioners.
Cover
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Series page
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Holistic Education and Embodied Learning
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
12
Acknowledgments
18
SECTION I: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
20
CHAPTER 1: A Full and Flexible Life
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CHAPTER 2: Transformational Growth into Wholeness
48
CHAPTER 3: Healing Archetypes
74
SECTION II: SCHOOLS
94
CHAPTER 4: The Art of Education
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CHAPTER 5: Compassionate Teaching
122
CHAPTER 6: Equinox
144
CHAPTER 7: A Vision for a Holistic Secondary School
170
SECTION III: MEDITATION, CONTEMPLATION, AND MOVEMENT
192
CHAPTER 8: Loving Kindness Meditation
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CHAPTER 9: Contemplation in Action
220
CHAPTER 10: Dalcroze Pedagogy
244
SECTION IV: VISIONS
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CHAPTER 11: A Journeyman Professor’s Walk Through Metaphor and Philosophy
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CHAPTER 12: Growing Spiritual Wings
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CHAPTER 13: Embodying the Mind
318
CHAPTER 14: A Holistic Vision of Teacher Education
338
About the Contributors
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Index
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