Teaching with Joy Educational Practices for the Twenty-First Century

by Shelton-Colangelo, Sharon; Mancuso, Carolina; Duvall, Mimi; Bowers, Detine; Caulfield, Susan; Cole, Kevin; Counihan, Beth; la Portilla, Elizabeth de; Donnelly, Laura; Gray, Dulce Maria; Haye, Gregory; Huston, Dan; Jones, Libby Falk; Leadbetter, Anne; Lewi

• ISBN13: 9780742545922
• ISBN10: 074254592X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a degree of spirituality into a wide range of classes in both urban and rural settings across the US. This ground breaking collection will provide practical advice about how to implement an ethical and spiritual curriculum while avoiding religious dogmatism.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
1 Uniting Body and Mind	7	(30)
"I Feel Good Here": How to Create Harmonious Learning Environments	9	(4)
Mimi Duvall
Bodies in the Classroom	13	(8)
Carolina Mancuso
Meditation in the Dance Studio	21	(4)
Laura Donnelly
Using Hatha Yoga Breathing Assignments: An Essai	25	(4)
Beth Counihan
Awakening the Dragon: Qigong Practice in Literature Classroom	29	(8)
Thomas H. Schmid
2 Going Within	37	(22)
Circles of Learning in the Women's Studies Class	39	(6)
Sharon Shelton-Colangelo and Mimi Duvall
Using Silence to Promote Spiritual Growth	45	(6)
Dulce Maria Gray
How Mindfulness Can Help Us Become Better Communicators	51	(8)
Dan Huston
3 The Sacred Word	59	(32)
Words of Their Own	61	(6)
Ann Leadbetter
Personal Narratives for Spiritual Understanding and Empowerment in the ESL Classroom	67	(4)
Karen Ogulnick
Creating a Space	71	(6)
Leslie Wolter
The Invitation to Notice and Wonder: Caring about Ideas	77	(6)
Jinx Watson
Writing Center Teaching: Learning How to Live Our Lives	83	(8)
Libby Falk Jones
4 Learning from Nature	91	(24)
Kathleen Norris's Spiritual Guide to the Land: A Lesson in Geography and Spirituality	93	(6)
Kevin L. Cole
Spirits Rooted in Place: Field Studies as Pedagogical Paradigm for Creating Change	99	(10)
Corey Lewis
Joy in the Classroom	109	(6)
Sharon Shelton-Colangelo
5 Honoring Differences	115	(30)
Mindfulness in the Multicultural Classroom	119	(6)
David Rodgers
Teaching Haitian Vodou in a Community-Based School of Human Services	125	(6)
Anna Wexler
Celebrating Spiritual and Cultural Traditions in the University Classroom	131	(4)
Elizabeth de la Portilla
Assessing the Impact of Personal Beliefs and Values on Classroom Instruction	135	(6)
Marion Neville Lynch
In the Steps of Sojourner	141	(4)
Detine L. Bowers
6 Our Spiritual Connections	145	(16)
Honorable Intentions: Mindful Approaches to Teaching and Learning	147	(10)
Susan L. Caulfield and Allison J. Young
"My Personality Is Where My Heart Is Stored": Building a Learning Community in the Classroom	157	(4)
Ralph Wells
7 The Other Side	161	(18)
A Death in the Family: Coping with Student Death at School	163	(8)
Laura Murphy
Writing from the Heart to Heal	171	(4)
Alvin H.F. Smith
Communication on Education	175	(4)
Gregory Haye channelled by Mick Avery
Conclusion	179	(4)
Index	183	(4)
About the Contributors and Editors	187