The Soul of Learning

rituals of awakening, magnetic pedagogy, and living justice
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-05346-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

The Soul of Learning is a groundbreaking book that bridges together cultural work, contemplative practices, and ancient scriptures. Inside each chapter, readers are challenged and inspired to come face-to-face with themselves as they encounter teachers in all forms—from spiritual sages to critical theorists, from prophets to poets, from hip-hop rappers to reggae artists. This book is multifaceted and multidisciplinary. It models the essence of education by offering multiple entry points into holistic learning: somatic, aesthetic, emotional, intellectual, ethical, relational, and spiritual.

The Soul of Learning embodies a pedagogical disruption in pursuit of personal sovereignty. What process must we go through to reimagine ourselves in relation to each other and the world around us? This book offers a semblance of an answer. As a way to bring the sacred into schooling, Keator and Watson courageously connect spirituality, activism, and education through curated readings, guided activities, and intentional exercises. It’s a ready-to-go syllabus and hands-on workbook all in one! Altogether this book is revelatory and provides innovative ways to teach and learn, lead and live. The Soul of Learning documents a transformative journey, through the interiority of our being into a revolutionary call for collective belonging.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keator, Mary

Watson, Vajra

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Charles Scott; Preface: Collective Belonging; 1: Meditation on Education; 2: Silence; 3: Just Breathe; 4: Mental Emancipation; 5: Expanding Perspectives; 6: The Journey into Truth; 7: Into the Heart of Healing; 8: Teaching towards Sovereignty; 9: Beloved Community; 10: Ancient Futures; Afterword by Hodari B. Davis

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Keator, (Ph.D.) is the founder of Healthy Integrated Living (healthyintegratedliving.com) a health and wellness program that offers interested individuals and groups a customized plan for living a balanced, authentic, meaningful, and integrated life. She is also the author of Lectio Divina as Contemplative Pedagogy a resource for educators interested in learning how to integrate contemplative practices into their teaching methodology.

Vajra Watson is a scholar activist, faculty director, and professor of educational leadership and racial justice in the College of Education at Sacramento State University. She has over twenty years of experience as a teacher, community organizer and researcher. She received her Doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.