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John P. Miller

Educating for Wisdom and Compassion: Creating Conditions for Timeless Learning

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Wisdom as an outcome of education is often overlooked and drowned out by the demands of concept attainment, skills mastery, and high-stakes assessments. But wisdom in teaching and learning is the central topic of this small book. Blending philosophy, research, and three decades of practice, author Jack Miller offers a readable and accessible discussion of timeless principles of learning, including attention, contemplation, connection, participation, transformation, mystery, responsibility, wholeness, and joy. The author shows us how the themes of timeless learning have been discussed in the works of Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott; how they are… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4129-1704-9
  • EAN: 9781412917049
  • Produktnummer: 1536065
  • Verlag: Corwin Pr Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
  • Seitenangabe: 169 S.
  • Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.4 cm x D1.4 cm 301 g
  • Gewicht: 301

Über den Autor


John P. (Jack) Miller, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and Head of OISE's Centre for Teacher Development. He has also been Visiting Professor at Shinwa Women's University in Kobe, Japan, and at Rietsumeiken University in Kyoto, Japan. Professor Miller teaches courses in holistic education and spirituality in education. He has also led workshops and given keynote addresses on those topics at conferences around the world. Notable among his many books, chapters, and journal articles are Holistic Learning and Spirituality in Education: Breaking New Ground (2005), Education and the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Curriculum (2000), The Contemplative Practitioner (1994), Holistic Learning: The Teacher's Guide to Integrated Studies (1990), The Holistic Curriculum (1988), The Compassionate Teacher (1981), and Humanizing the Classroom (1976). His writing has been translated into seven languages.

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