Teaching with Joy
Educational Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Contributions by Detine Bowers, Susan Caulfield, Kevin Cole, Beth Counihan, Elizabeth de la Portilla, Laura Donnelly, Dulce Maria Gray, Gregory Haye, Dan Huston, Libby Falk Jones, Anne Leadbetter, Corey Lewis, Marion Lynch, Laura Murphy, Karen Ogulnick, David Rodgers, Tom Schmid, Alvin Smith, Jinx Watson, Ralph Wells, Leslie Wolter, Allison Young Edited by Sharon Shelton-Colangelo, Carolina Mancuso, Mimi Duvall
Publication date:
22 September 2006Length of book:
200 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
230x152mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780742545922
This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a degree of spirituality into a wide range of classes in both urban and rural settings across the US. This ground-breaking collection will provide practical advice about how to implement an ethical and spiritual curriculum while avoiding religious dogmatism.
Teaching with Joy: Educational Practices for the Twenty-First Century was truly a joy for me to read. I highly recommend the book to teachers who are searching to create learning communities at any level in the educational structure.