The Art of Regenerative Educatorship

A Developmental Guide

Mieke Lopes Cardozo, Koen Wessels, Bas Berg

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040800461
• Topic: Education

A regenerative current is rising all around us. Stories of the need to reconnect, heal and transform are becoming more urgent, challenging a dominant worldview built on competition, economic growth, extractivism, militarisation and personal gain. Our planet's resources are stretched beyond their limits, causing widespread suffering and injustice for both humans and non-humans. Yet, each of us holds the potential to cultivate life-affirming futures. The Art of Regenerative Educatorship offers a hands-on exploration of what it means to answer the call of the regenerative current in the field of education. Grounded in the principles of living systems thinking, this book explores the principles and practices of bringing regeneration into educational spaces. Drawing from a variety of case studies, personal stories and regenerative frameworks, it will inform and inspire your educational artistry. You will find guidance to: Engage in practical exercises to help transform your educational practice; Navigate the interwoven inner, communal, and whole-system paths of regeneration; Develop four core capabilities to regenerate your practice; Lead collaboratively. Rooted in the core virtues of love, presence, and courage, The Art of Regenerative Educatorship is a vital resource for those seeking to breathe new life and purpose into their educational practice, in service to their community, (eco)system and society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword by Ben Haggard
• Glossary
• IntroductionAn Emerging Regenerative Current in Education
• A Dire Situation
• A Regenerative Current
• What We Set Out to Do in This Book
• Section 1 Storying Regenerative Education
• 1 Opening Statements: From Existential Struggle to Regenerative Commitment
• Koen's Opening Statement
• Bas's Opening Statement
• Mieke's Opening Statement
• Intermezzo Intention Setting
• 2 Learning with a Sense of Belonging
• Introducing the Story
• Imaging the story
• A Deep Dive into the Story
• Reflective Questions
• Invitation to Disrupt Educational Relationships
• 3 Guerrilla Gardening and Resourcing
• Introducing the Story
• Imaging the Story
• Deep Dive into the Story
• Reflective Questions
• Invitation to be with the Law of Three
• Hospicing and Acupuncture
• Introducing the Story
• Imaging the Story
• Deep Dive into the Story
• Reflective Questions
• Invitation to Ground and Let Go
• Section 2 Regenerative Educatorship
• 5 Stepping into Regenerative Educatorship
• Holding a Fireplace Conversation
• Our Fireplace Conversation
• The garden and the city
• Steadfastly coming from love
• To be an enlightening resource
• The mighty swan and the ugly duckling
• Collectively holding space
• Being in between
• Playfully going forth as constructive disruptors
• Intermezzo Storying Your Own Regenerative Educatorship
• 6 Thinking Regeneratively About Educatorship
• Creating Systemic Frameworks
• Regenerative Paths – Journeying the Landscape of Regeneration
• Regenerative Virtues – Showing Up with Regenerative Intent
• Regenerative Capabilities – Stepping into Regenerative Action
• Intermezzo Working with Regenerative Frameworks
• 7 Closing Words: Gratefulness and Recommitments
• Letter by Mieke
• Letter by Bas
• Letter by Koen
• Epilogue The School of Regenerative Educators
• Dedications and Acknowledgements
• About the Authors and Co-creators
• Testimonials