Educating for wisdom and compassion : creating conditions for timeless learning / / John P. Miller ; cover designer, Rose Storey

• Autore: Miller John P. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.1
• Soggetto topico: Education, Humanistic; Meditation; Holistic education
• Persona (resp. second.): StoreyRose
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Part I - Timeless Learning: Definitions and Fundamentals""; ""Chapter 1 - Timeless Learning""; ""What is Timeless Learning?""; ""What are the Characteristics of Timeless Learning?""; ""Holistic/Integrative""; ""Embodied""; ""Connected""; ""Soulful""; ""Transformative""; ""Flow""; ""Participatory""; ""Nondualistic""; ""Mysterious and Unexplainable""; ""Immeasurable""; ""What Does Timeless Learning Bring to Todayâ€?s Classrooms?""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ; ""Chapter 2 - The Perennial Philosophy: A Relaxed Universalism""""Foundations of the Perennial Philosophy""; ""The Interconnected Nature of Reality and the Mysterious Unity of the Universe""; ""The Intimate Connection between the Individualâ€?s Inner Self, or Soul, and the Mysterious Unity""; ""Wisdom or Knowledge of the Mysterious Unity can be Developed through Various Contemplative Practices""; ""Values are Derived from Seeing and Realizing the Interconnectedness of Reality"" ; ""An Awareness of the Mysterious Unity of Existence Leads to Social Action to Counter Injustice and Human Suffering""""References""; ""Part II - Timeless Learning: Processes and Practices""; ""Chapter 3 - Letting Go and becoming Empty""; ""Psychosynthesis and Disidentification""; ""David Hunt""; ""Krishnamurti""; ""The Bhagavad Gita and Nonattachment""; ""Spiritual Knowing""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 - Attention and Meditation""; ""Meditation""; ""Forms of Meditation""; ""Intellectual Meditation""; ""Emotional Meditation""; ""Physical Meditation""; ""Action Meditation"" ; ""Meditation Practices""""Insight""; ""Body Scan""; ""Mantra""; ""Visualization""; ""Movement Meditation""; ""Getting Started""; ""Meditation with Children""; ""Just One Minute with Naomi Baer""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 - Compassion, Caring, and Loving-Kindness""; ""Kindness, Empathy, Compassion, and Love""; ""Loving-Kindness Practice""; ""Caring in Schools""; ""School with Forest and Meadow (Ojiya School)""; ""Service Learning""; ""Engaged Service""; ""Community-Based Work""; ""To be and to Have""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 - Contemplation, Mindfulness, and Presence""; ""Mindfulness"" ; ""Presence""""Contemplation and Mindfulness in Classrooms""; ""Contemplation and Action""; ""References""; ""Part III - Timeless Learning: Perspectives, Examples, and Outcomes""; ""Chapter 7 - Educational Perspectives on Timeless Learning""; ""Transcendental Education""; ""Emerson""; ""Thoreau""; ""Bronson Alcott""; ""Holistic Education""; ""Linear Thinking and Intuition""; ""Relationship between Mind and Body""; ""Subject Connections""; ""Community Connections""; ""Earth Connections""; ""Self Connections""; ""Slow Education""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ; ""Chapter 8 - Examples of Timeless Learning""
• Sommario/riassunto: <p class=msonormal style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt""><span style=""FONT-FAMILY: ""times new roman"""">Essential principles of timeless learning include attention, contemplation, connection, participation, and responsibility; helping students achieve a sense of purpose; and improving alertness and mental health.</span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Educating for wisdom and compassion
• ISBN: 1-4833-6388-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797437703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II