Parker J. Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, Megan Scribner

The Heart of Higher Education (eBook, ePUB)

A Call to Renewal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A call to advance integrative teaching and learning in higher education. From Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, comes this call to revisit the roots and reclaim the vision of higher education. The Heart of Higher Education proposes an approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being--mind, heart, and spirit--an essential integration if we hope to address the complex issues of our time. The book offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory, and proposals for action from two educators and writers who have contributed to developing the field of integrative education over the past few decades. * Presents Parker Palmer's powerful response to critics of holistic learning and Arthur Zajonc's elucidation of the relationship between science, the humanities, and the contemplative traditions * Explores ways to take steps toward making colleges and universities places that awaken the deepest potential in students, faculty, and staff * Offers a practical approach to fostering renewal in higher education through collegiality and conversation The Heart of Higher Education is for all who are new to the field of holistic education, all who want to deepen their understanding of its challenges, and all who want to practice and promote this vital approach to teaching and learning on their campuses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470638477
• Artikelnr.: 38184637

Autorenporträt

PARKER J. PALMER is a highly respected writer, teacher, and activist. His work speaks deeply to people in many walks of life, including education, medicine, religion, law, philanthropy, politics, and social change. Author of seven books, including the best sellers The Courage to Teach (now in its tenth anniversary edition), Let Your Life Speak, and A Hidden Wholeness, his work has been recognized with ten honorary doctorates and a number of national awards. Named one of the "most influential senior leaders" in higher education, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. ARTHUR ZAJONC is professor of physics at Amherst College and has been a Fulbright professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He is the author of several books, including Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry: When Knowing Becomes Love and Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind. He currently directs the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, which supports appropriate inclusion of contemplative methods in higher education. MEGAN SCRIBNER is an editor and writer who has worked with numerous foundations and educational organizations. She is coeditor of Teaching with Fire and Leading from Within and coauthor of The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal. She serves as an advisor to the Fetzer Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword v Mark Nepo Gratitudes xiii The Authors xv Introduction 1 1 Toward a Philosophy of Integrative Education 19 2 When Philosophy Is Put into Practice 35 3 Beyond the Divided Academic Life 53 4 Attending to Interconnection, Living the Lesson 77 5 Experience, Contemplation, and Transformation 101 6 Transformative Conversations on Campus 125 Afterword 151 About the Appendices: Experiments in Integrative Education 155 Appendix A In the Classroom 157 Appendix B Beyond the Classroom 175 Appendix C Administrative and Campuswide Initiatives 195 Notes 217 Index 229

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Foreword (Mark Nepo).

Gratitudes.

The Authors.

Introduction.

1 Toward a Philosophy of Integrative Education.

2 When Philosophy Is Put into Practice.

3 Beyond the Divided Academic Life.

4 Attending to Interconnection, Living the Questions.

5 Experience, Contemplation and Transformation.

6 Transformative Conversations on Campus.

Afterword.

About the Appendices: Experiments in Integrative Education.

Appendix A In the Classroom.

Appendix B Beyond the Classroom.

Appendix C Administrative and Campuswide Initiatives.

Endnotes.

Rezensionen

Palmer and Zajonc have issued a compelling call for change andrenewal in higher education. They show us how colleges anduniversities can be transformed by taking a more integratedapproach to teaching and learning that focuses on the inner livesof their students and faculty.
" --Alexander and Helen Astin, Higher Education ResearchInstitute, UCLA

"At a moment when many are dreaming of an integrative formof higher education that unites intellectual rigor with compassionand love, Palmer and Zajonc invite us to engage in conversationsdesigned to infuse the academy with meaning, purpose, and soul. Forthose who yearn to transform colleges and universities fromsterile, vacuous spaces to places of hope, possibility, and respectfor everything human, this is the book you have been waitingfor."
--Laura I. Rendón, professor of higher education, IowaState University, and author, Sentipensante Pedagogy: Educatingfor Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation

"Parker Palmer and Arthur Zajonc call for a renewal of ourcommitment to inspiring deeper thinking and educating the wholeperson. This book should and will inspire debate about our largerpurpose, about how we can go beyond the traditional silos in whichwe work for the sake of individual and institutionaltransformation."
--Anthony Marx, president, College

"What should be at the center of our teaching and ourstudents' learning? Palmer and Zajonc take up this simple butdaunting question and provide the most solid ground yet on which tohold a conversation about the heart of our enterprise. Theyreimagine higher education in a way commensurate with the magnitudeof our problems and offer us practical paths toward implementation.Integrative education is the most important reformation of higherlearning since the rise of the modern university. This book canhelp us achieve it."
--Anthony Lising Antonio, associate professor of education andassociate director, Stanford Institute for Higher EducationResearch, Stanford University

"[The book] strikes a welcome balance between theoreticalclaims and practical applications. I find [it] a worthy read foranyone interested in asking the deeper questions about what itmeans to educate an undergraduate. I encourage you to find theparagraphs that resonate most deeply with you, and to do the onething the authors ask of us: have a meaningful conversation abouthigher education with a few colleagues. For, as they put it,'renewal...will germinate first in the soil of thesecaring and collegial conversations.'"
--Allison Gale, Departmental Teaching Fellow for Earth andPlanetary Sciences, for The Bok Blog