SPIRITUALITY/
EDUCATION
ORIGINAL WRITINGS BY TODAY'S MOST EXCITING EDUCATORS
AND SPIRITUAL THINKERS-INCLUDING THE DALAI LAMA, HUSTON SMITH,
RACHEL NAOMI REMEN, M.D., PARKER J. PALMER, BELL HOOKS,
AND RABBI ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI-
EXPLORE HOW THE EVERYDAY ACT OF LEARNING CAN ENRICH THE SOUL.
This extraordinary collection draws together the most important teachers and spiritual figures of our time to help students, teachers, parents, and lifelong learners understand more about why we learn and teach. The Heart of Learning shows how learning can be far more than an intellectual process-that it can be a way to connect with the mysteries and wonders both in ourselves and in the world.
The
book welcomes the spirit back into the learning process without dogmatism
or exclusion. It provides a unified,
inspiring, and immensely practical new paradigm for how learning can mean
more, accomplish more, and inspire the best in each of us.
"The
voices assembled here are a chorus of inspiration.
With each page, we are drawn closer to the intangible
yet central mysteries of teaching and learning.
The Heart of Learning identifies
possibilities for educational practice that is life-giving.
In so doing, this powerful book rekindles our passion to
teach. "
-JOAN
MONTGOMERY HALFORD, Educational
Leadership magazine
'An inspiration and a pleasure to read, this book makes a powerful case for integrating spirituality and education. It speaks directly from the heart; I was often moved by what I read.’
-J0HN P. MILLER, educator and author of The Compassionate Teacher and The Holistic Curriculum.
'This
book is a multifaceted jewel that explores through many brilliant
perspectives how learning can lead to
spontaneous knowing, to a place
in the heart where the limitations of the intellect begin to fall
away."
-HIS EMINENCE CHAGDUD TULKU PINPOCHE, Buddhist teacher and author of Gates to Buddhist Practice
STEVEN
GLAZER has been an elementary educator, an arts administrator, and a
school director. He is the
cofounder of two educational organizations, the Naropa Institute School of
Continuing Education and Living Education: Place-Based Living and
Learning. Glazer lives with
his wife and their daughter in Patagonia, Arizona.
ISBN 0-87477-955-3
Cover design: Shelly
Meadows/Homefire
Cover illustration: Robert
Spellman
PENGUIN PUI'NAM INC.