The Wisdom Way of Teaching

Educating for Social Conscience and Inner Awakening in the High School Classroom
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-64802-847-2
Verlag: Information Age Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Reihe: Transforming Education for the Future

Immense challenges now face the global community. How can educators train the next generation of students to deal with the vast array of issues awaiting them in every sector of society? Written as a testimony to three decades of experimentation with these challenges in mind, Hong Kong International School humanities teacher Dr. Marty Schmidt draws upon the universal Wisdom tradition to propose pedagogical frameworks that combine what he calls the yang of social conscience with the yin of inner awakening. This yin-yang approach forms the basis of the The Wisdom Way of Teaching, which describes in curricular detail how to cultivate the whole person development of students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidt, Martin E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication and Acknowledgements.
Foreword, Cynthia Bourgeault.
Introduction: Introducing the Wisdom Way of Teaching.
PART I: TEACHING FOR SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. - CHAPTER 1: My Journey of Teaching for Social Conscience.
- CHAPTER 2: Humanities I in Action Curriculum and the Impact of Social Conscience Education.
- CHAPTER 3: Is Ignorance Bliss? Teaching About Chocolate Slavery on Day One.
- CHAPTER 4: The Heroic Journey from Self-Focus to Compassion: Mentoring Students Through an Orphanage Trip Experience.
- CHAPTER 5: The Elixir Project: Initiating a Path Towards Meaningful Adulthood.
- CHAPTER 6: Principles of Social Conscience Curriculum Design.
- CHAPTER 7: The Four Essential Roles of Social Conscience Teachers.

PART II: TEACHING FOR INNER AWAKENING. - CHAPTER 8: My Journey of Teaching for Inner Awakening.
- CHAPTER 9: The Essentials of a Curriculum for Self-Understanding: The Body-Mind-Heart Framework in Service, Society, and the Sacred.
- CHAPTER 10: Balancing Body, Mind, and Heart: Introducing the Wisdom Tradition in a World Religions Class.
- CHAPTER 11: Waking Up to the Vertical Dimension: Student Reflections on a PracticeBased Religion Curriculum in Spiritual Explorations.
- CHAPTER 12: Teaching Toward Inner Awakening Through a Spiritual Practices Project in SPEX.
- CHAPTER 13: The Wisdom Way of Knowing and Teaching: The Epistemological Foundations of SPEX Teachers.

PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS IN INNER AWAKENING. - CHAPTER 14: Teaching Consciousness of the Body: Two Practitioners in Dialogue, Sangeeta Bansal and Marty Schmidt.
- CHAPTER 15: Non-Reactivity: The Supreme Practice of Everyday Life.
- CHAPTER 16: Dealing With the Accuser: Befriending Your Inner Critic, Sangeeta Bansal and Marty Schmidt.

PART IV: REFLECTIONS ON THE WISDOM WAY OF TEACHING. - CHAPTER 17: Teacher Perspectives.
- CHAPTER 18: Student Voices.
- CHAPTER 19: My Wisdom Way of Teaching Philosophy.

Appendix A: Interview about Humanities I in Action.
Appendix B: Exemplary "Service, Society, and the Sacred" Final Essays.
Appendix C: My Worldview: Do I Believe in a Vertical Dimension?
Appendix D: Overview of the SPEX Curriculum.
References.