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This memoir describes the journey of John (Jack) Miller. The book
explores how his personal journey is related to the work he has
done in holistic education, contemplative education, and
spirituality in education. In holistic education the personal and
professional are connected. Professor Miller's journey includes
events, books, teachers, and the many factors in his life that have
contributed to his work, which includes more than 20 books and
extensive travel around the world. An example of the relationship
between the personal and the professional is that Jack began
meditating in 1974 and this practice has provided the foundation
for much of his teaching and writing. Professor Miller's book, The
Holistic Curriculum, first published in 1988 along with the
publication of the Holistic Education Review have been seen as the
beginning of holistic education as a field of study. Since his
journey has been connected with so many other holistic educators,
this book can serve as one perspective on how the field has
unfolded over the past 35 years. Besides this historical
perspective the book includes a chapter on his meditation practice
as well his beliefs. There is also a chapter on his teaching and
how he attempts to embody holistic education in his classroom
This book is a practical resource designed to raise leadership
educators understanding of culturally relevant leadership pedagogy
for the purpose of creating inclusive learning spaces that are
socially just for students. For leadership educators seeking
personal and professional development to assist in building and
enhancing their levels of cultural competence in leadership
education, this book is a guide. The audience for the book ranges
from new and entry-level leadership educator roles to senior
scholars in leadership education. Operationalizing Culturally
Relevant Leadership Learning, provides leadership educators with a
substantive and comprehensive approach to the topic, offering
personal narratives from leadership educators who have
operationalized the model in their own personal and professional
contexts. We believe that reframing leadership education with the
culturally relevant leadership learning model, leadership educators
will be able to integrate new insights into their own pedagogy and
practice and move towards action. This book illustrates how
leadership educators can shift the way they experience and
facilitate leadership learning. By framing the operationalization
of culturally relevant leadership learning, this book discusses the
why, who, what, where, when, and how of developing culturally
relevant and socially just leadership education. Readers of this
text are encouraged to actively engage in the content through the
questions each chapter pose and consider for themselves how
culturally relevant leadership learning can be implemented in their
own context.
In a time of unprecedented changes globally, Flourishing in the
Holistic Classroom offers an educational model that is dynamic,
organic, and adaptive. The book offers key principles,
dispositions, and practices that holistic educators draw from to
create learning environments in which their students can flourish.
This book describes learning that is based on a balance of inner
and outer ways of knowing, with an emphasis on the inner life or
soul of the learner. This is illustrated through accounts of
running an arts camp using the inquiry process and experiences with
teacher candidates. A key principle of holistic education is
connection, which is explored through experiential examples such as
connections between learners and each other, the teacher, and their
subject of study. The role that mindfulness practice and teacher
presence plays in the classroom, as well as working with fear and
vulnerability are addressed through detailed narratives. The
breadth of the author's experience including being an early years
teacher, a director of programs and exhibits in a children's
museum, and working with pre-service teachers is woven throughout
the book. Reflections from former teacher candidates highlight the
influence that holistic pedagogy has on learners. The book
concludes with an invitation to the reader to embrace a holistic,
integrative approach to education, which creates fertile ground for
student flourishing. Flourishing in the Holistic Classroom is
intended to support teachers, administrators, academics,
pre-service teachers and graduate students.
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