Holistic Education and Embodied Learning

John P. Miller, Kelli Nigh, John P. Miller, Kelli Nigh

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781681238401, 9781681238418
• eBook ISBN: 9781681238425
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Holistic Education and Embodied Learning
• Holistic Education and Embodied Learning
• Copyright Page
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• I: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
• 1: A FULL AND FLEXIBLE LIFE
• 2: TRANSFORMATIONAL GROWTH INTO WHOLENESS
• 3: HEALING ARCHETYPES
• II: SCHOOLS
• 4: THE ART OF EDUCATION
• 5: COMPASSIONATE TEACHING
• 6: EQUINOX
• 7: A VISION FOR A HOLISTIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
• III: MEDITATION, CONTEMPLATION, AND MOVEMENT
• 8: LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION
• 9: CONTEMPLATION IN ACTION
• 10: DALCROZE PEDAGOGY
• IV: VISIONS
• 11: A JOURNEYMAN PROFESSOR’S WALK THROUGH METAPHOR AND PHILOSOPHY IN SEARCH OF HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM
• 12: GROWING SPIRITUAL WINGS
• 13: EMBODYING THE MIND
• 14: A HOLISTIC VISION OF TEACHER EDUCATION
• ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX