Reading List for Holistic Education
(with dust covers)

See also categories for:

Spirituality in Education

Systems Thinking

Worldviews

Transformation and Transformative Learning

Transdisciplinary Learning

Australian Authors

Most of these books and reviews can be found at:

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Archambault (ed.) (1964) John Dewey on Education: Selected Writings. New York:Random House

Banathy, B. (1991) Systems Design of Education: A Journey to Create the Future. www.clark.net/pub/nhp/nge/lib/news/newsv2n7.html#BHB1991Chp1

Bancroft, A.  (1982) The luminous vision.   Boston:  Unwin Paperbacks

Bancroft, A.  (1989) Twentieth-century mystics and sages.  New York: Arkana.

Beane, James A.  Curriculum Integration: Designing the Core of Democratic Education.  New York: Teachers' College Press. 1997

Bedford, S.  (1973) Aldous Huxley: A Biography.  New York: Carol and Graf Publishers.

Bennett, B., & Rolheiser-Bennett, C., & Stevahn, L. (1991.) Where Heart Meets Mind. Toronto, Ontario: Educational Connections.

Berry, Thomas.  The Dream of the Earth.  San Francisco, CA:  Sierra Club Books, 1988. 

Bohm, D. (1981, 1984) "Insight, knowledge, science and human values," In toward the recovery of wholeness.  Sloan, D. (ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

Boldt, Laurence G.  (1999).  The Tao of abundance.  New York: Penguin

Bowers, C.A. (1993) Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis. Albany:SUNY Press

Brendtro, L et al. (1990)  Reclaiming Youth At Risk. Indiana: National Education Service

Brussat, F. and M.  (1996)  Spiritual literacy: Reading the sacred in everyday life. New York: Scribner

Buchman, M.  (1989) "The careful vision: How practical is contemplation in teaching?"  American Journal of Education, 78, 35-61.

Bucke, R.M. (1982)  Cosmic Consciousness; A study in the evolution of the human mind.  Secaucus, New Jersey:  The Citadel Press.

Butala, S.  (1994)  The Perfection of the morning.  An apprenticeship in nature.  Toronto:  Harper Collins.

Caine, G., Caine R.N., & Crowell, S. (1994). Mindshifts. Tucson, Arizona: Zephyr Press

Cajete, G. (1994). Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education. Durango, Colarado: Kivaki Press.

Campbell, J. (1949)  The hero with a thousand faces.  Princeton, N.J.:  Princeton University Press.

Campbell, J. (1980)  The power of myth.  New York: Doubleday.

Capra, F. & Steindl-Rast, D. (1991). Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco

Capra, F. (1982). The Turning Point. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Capra, F. (1991). The Tao of Physics.  Boston: Shambhala.

Capra, F. (1996). The Web of Life: A New Synthesis of Mind and Matter. London: Harper Collins Publishers.

Capra, F. (Ed.) , (1993). Guide to Ecoliteracy. Berkley, California: Elmwood Institute

Clarke, Judy; Wideman, Ron; Eadie, Susan. (1990) Together We Learn.  Scarborough, ON:  Prentice-Hall, .

Cope, Stephen.  (1999)  Yoga and quest for the true self.   New York: Bantam

Cousineau, P. (Ed)  (1990)  The hero's journey:  Joseph Campbell—His life and work.  New York:  Harper and Row.

Das, Bhagavan (1997)  It's here now: Are you?  New York: Broadway Books

Dass, R. (1978)  Journey of awakening.  New York:  Bantam.

Davies, P. (1995). Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature. London: Unwin

Del Prete, T. (1990)  Thomas Merton: Education of the whole person.  Birmingham, Alabama:  Religious Education Press.

Dewey, J. (1966) Democracy and Education. New York:The Free Press

Doll, W.E. (1993) A Postmodern Perspective on Curriculum New York:Teachers College Press

Drake, Suan M.  Creating Integrated Curriculum.  Corwin Press, 1998.

Dufty, D., & Dufty, H. (Eds.) (1994). Holistic Education: Some Australian Explorations. Belconnen, ACT: Australian Curriculum Studies Association.

Easwaran, E.  (1978)  Gandhi: The man.  Berkeley, California:  Nilgiri Press.

Easwaran, E. (1978)  Meditation: Commonsense directions for an uncommon life.   Berkeley, California:  Nilgiri Press.

Egan, K. (1986). Individual Development and the Curriculum. London, Hutchinson

Egan, K. (1997). The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding. Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press

Emerson, R.W.  (1990).  Ralph Waldo Emerson:  Selected essays, lectures, and poems.  R.D. Richardson, Jr. (Ed.).  New York:  Bantam.

Emerson, R.W. (1965) Selected writings.  New York: New American Library.

Journal

Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice.

Feinstein and Krippner (1988). Personal mythology. Los Angeles:  Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc.

Ferrucci, P. (1982).  What we may be.  Los Angeles:  Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc.

Flake, C.L. (Ed), (1993). Holistic Education: Principles, Perspectives and Practices. Brandon, VT: Holistic Education Press

Flinders, C.L. (1993) Enduring grace: Living portraits of seven women mystics.  San Fransisco: Harper.

Fox, M.  (1979) A spirituality named compassion.  Minneapolis, Minn.: Winston  Press.

Fox, M.  (1994).  The  reinvention of work:  A new vision of livelihood for our time.  San Francisco:  Harper Collins.

Fox, M.  (1996)   Confessions:The making of a post-denominational priest.   San Fransisco:Harper

Fox, W. (1990). Toward a Transpersonal Ecology. Boston: Shambala

Freire, Paulo.  The Pedagogy of the Oppressed.  New York:  Herder& Herder, 1972.

Gardner, H. (1985). The Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books.

Geldard, Richard (1993).  The esoteric Emerson:  The spiritual teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Hudson, NY:  Lindisfarne Press.

Gibbs, Jeanne.  Tribes:  A New Way of Learning Together.  Santa Rosa, CA:  Center Source Publications, 1994.

Glazer, Steven. (1999)  The heart of learning: Spirituality in education.  New             York: Tarcher/Putnam

Goldman, A.L.  (1991)  The search for God at Harvard.  New York: Random house.

Goleman, Daniel.  Emotional Intelligence.  New York; Bantam, 1995.

Good, K. (1991) Into the heart: One man's pursuit of love; and knowledge among the yanomama.  New York: Simon & Schuster.

Goodall, J. (1999)  Reason for hope: A spiritual journey.  New York: Warner Books.

Griffiths, B. (1982) The marriage of east and west. Springfield, Illinois:  Templegate Publishers.

Grigg, R.  (1994)  The tao of zen.  Boston: Charles Tuttle.

Grof, C. (1993). The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction and the Spiritual Path. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco.

Grof, S. , & Bennett, H. (1992). The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives. San Franciso: Harper.

Hick, John  (1999)  The fifth dimension: An exploration of the spiritual realm.  Boston: Oneworld Publication

Hillman, J. (1996)  The soul's code: In search of character and calling. New York: Random.

Holmes, O.W. (1885, 1980). Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Ital, G.  (1987)  The master, the monks and I.   London: Crucible Books.

Jackson, Phil (1995)  Sacred hoops: Spiritual lessons of a hardwood warrior. New York: Hyperion

James, Jamie.  (1993).  The music of the spheres:  Music, science, and the natural order of the universe.  New York:  Grove Press.

Johnston, W. (1970)  The still point:  Reflections on Zen and Christian mysticism.  New York:  Fordham University Press.

Jones, A.  (1995)  The soul's journey: Exploring the three passages of the spiritual life with Dante as a guide.  San Francisco, Calif: Harper.

Jones, Howard Mumford (ed.) (1996)  Emerson on Education.  New York: Teachers College Press.

Jung, C.  (1965)  Memories, dreams, reflections.  New York: Vintage Books.

Kane, Jeff. (ed)  Education, Information and Transformation.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. 1998

Kessler, R. (2000) The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School Virginia: ASCD

Knudston, P., & Suzuki, D. (1994). Wisdom of the Elders. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Kornfield, Jack. (2000)  After the ecstasy, the laundry.  New York: Bantam.

Krishnamurti, J. (1983)  Education and the Significance of Life.  New York: Harper

Kumar, S.  (1999)  Path without destination.  New York: William Morrow.

Kurtz, E. and Ketcham, K. (1992)  The Spirituality of Imperfection.   New York: Bantam Books.

Larkin, Geri (1997)  Stumbling Toward Enlightenment.  Berkeley: Celestial Arts.

Lash, J.  (1990)  The Seeker's Handbook: The complete guide to spiritual pathfinding.  New York: Harmony

Lazear, D. (1991). Seven Ways of Teaching: The Artistry of Teaching with Multiple Intelligences. Palatin, IL: Skylight Publishing.

Lemkow, Anna F.  The Wholeness Principle: Dynamics of Unity Within Science, Religion and Society.  Wheaton, IL:  Quest Books, 1990.

Lerner, E. (1977)  Journey of insight meditation.  New York: Schocken Books.

Lerner, Michael. (2000).  Spirit matters.  Charlottesville, VA.: Hampton Roads.

Levete, Gina (1995).  Presenting the case for meditation in primary and secondary schools.  London:  Interlink Trust.

Logan, Judy.  Teaching Stories.  Saint Paul:  Minnesota Inclusiveness Program, 1993.

Lovelock, J. (1979). Gaia. : Oxford University Press.

Luke, H. (1972)  Dark wood to white rose: Journey and transformation in Dante's Divine Comedy.  New York:  Parabola Books.

Luvmour, Josette and Ba.  Natural Learning Rhythms.  Celestial Arts.

Marshak, D.  (1997) The common vision: Parenting and educating for             wholeness. New York: Peter Lang.

Marshak, D. (1997) The Common Vision: Parenting and Education for Wholeness. New York:Peter Long

Maslow, Abraham.  Toward a Psychology of Being.  New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1968.

Matthiessen, P. (1986) Nine-headed dragon river: Zen journals.  Boston: Shambhala.

McDermott, Robert A.  The Essential Steiner:  Basic Writings of Rudolf Steiner.  San Fransisco, CA:  Harper & Row, 1984.

McLeer, J.  (1984)  Ralph Waldo Emerson:  Days of encounter.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Merton, T.  (1948) The seven-storey mountain.  New York: Harcourt Press.

Merton, T. (1972) New seeds of contemplation. New York: A New Directions Book.

Miller, J. P. (1993) The holistic teacher.  Toronto:  OISE Press.

Miller, J. P. (1996) The Holistic Curriculum.  Toronto:  OISE Press.

Miller, J., Cassie, J.R.B., & Drake, S. (1990)  Holistic learning.  Toronto: OISE Press.

Miller, J.P. (1994)  The Contemplative Practitioner.  Toronto: OISE Press

Miller, J.P. (2000) Education and the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Curriculum. State University of New York Press

Miller, John P. and Wayne, Seller. (1990) Curriculum:  Perspectives and Practice.  Toronto: Copp Clark.

Miller, John; Cassie, Bruce; and Drake, Susan. (1990) Holistic Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Integrated Studies.  Toronto:  OISE Press.

Miller, Ron. (1990) What Are Schools For? Holistic Education in American Culture. Brandon, VT:  Holistic Education Press.

Miller, Ron.(2000)  Caring for New Life: Essays on Holistic Education.  Brandon, VT:  Foundation for Education Renewal.

Miller, Sukie (1997)  After death: Mapping the journey.  New York: Simon and Schuster.

Mitchell, S.  (1989) The enlightened heart.  New York: Harper and Row.

Moffet, J. (1994). The Universal Schoolhouse: Spiritual Awakening Through Education, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers

Moffett, James. (1992)  Harmonic learning: Keynoting school reform. Portsmouth, N.H. Heineman  Press

Moore, T.  (1994) Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everday Life. New York: HarperPerennial

Moore, T.  (2000) Original Self: Living with Paradox and Originality. New York: HarperCollins

Mott, M. (1984)  The seven-storey mountains of Thomas Merton.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Muller, Robert.  New Genesis.  Garden City, New York:  Doubleday, 1984.

Murdoch, I. (1992). Metaphysics as a guide to morals.  London: Chatto & Windus.

Nagel, Greta. (1994)  The Tao of Teaching.  New York: Donald Fine.

Nakagawa, Yoshiharu.  (2000)  Education for Awakening: An eastern approach to holistic education.  Brandon, VT:  Foundation for educational renewal New York: Hyperion.

Nava, Ramon Gallegos. Holistic Education: Pedagogy of Universal Love  Great Ideas in Education Box 328, Brandon, VT

(Translated by Madeline Newman Rios and Gregory S. Miller)

Neill, A.S.   Summerhill.  New York:  Hart, 1960.

Neville, B. (1989) Educating Psyche. Blackburn, Australia:Collins, Dove

Newmann, Fred W.  Education for Citizen Action:  Challenge for Secondary Curriculum.  Berkeley, CA:  McCutchan, 1975.

Nisker, W.  (1990)  Crazy wisdom.  Berkeley: Ten speed press.

Noddings, Nel and Paul J. Shore.  Awakening the Inner Eye:  Intuition in Education.  New York, Teachers College Press, 1984.

Noddings, Nel.  (1984). Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education.  Berkeley, CA:  University of California Press.

Oliver, Donald W.  Education, Modernity, and Fractured Meaning.  Albany, NY:  State University of New York Press, 1989.

Orr, David W.  (1994)  Earth in mind: On education, environment, and the human prospect.  Washington, D.C.  Island Press.

Orr, David W.  Ecological Literacy  Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World.  Albany, SUNY Press, 1992.

O'Sullivan, Edmund.  Transformative Learning: Educational Vision for the 21st Century.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 

Palmer, Parker (1983)  To Know As We Are Known: A spirituality of education.  New York:Harper Collins.

Palmer, Parker (1998)  The Courage to Teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life.  San Francisco: Jossey Bass.  

Pearce, Joseph C. (1985) Magical Child Matures.  New York, E.P. Dutton Inc.

Prigogine, I. (). The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos and the New Laws of Nature.

Purpel, David E.  The Moral and Spiritual Crisis in Education:  A Curriculum for Justice and Compassion in Education.  Granby, MA:  Bergin and Garvey, 1989.

Richards, M.C. (1980). Toward wholeness:  Rudolf Steiner education in America.  Middletown, CN:  Wesleyan University Press.

Richmond, Lewis.  (1999).  Work as a spiritual practice.  New York: Broadway books.

Rogers, Carl.  Freedom to Learn for the 1980's.  Columbus, OH:  Charles Merrill, 1983.

Roszak, Theodore (1992).  The voice of the Earth.  New York:  Simon & Schuster.

Salzberg, S (1997)  A heart as wide as the world: Living with mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion.  Boston: Shambhala

Salzberg, S. (1995)  Lovingkindness: The revolutionary art of happiness.  Boston: Shambhala San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco

Sardello, R.  (1992)  Facing the world with soul.  The reimagination of modern life.  Hudson, N. Y. :   Lindisfarne Press.

Sardello, R.  (1995)  Love and the soul: Creating a future for earth.  New York: Harper Collins.

Schon, D.A.  (1983)  The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in action.  New York:  Basic Books.

Schwartz, T.  (1995)  What really matters: Searching for wisdom in America. New York: Bantam

Secretan, L.H.K.  (1996)  Reclaiming higher ground: Creating organizations that inspire soul.  Toronto: MacMillan.

Sheldrake, R., & Fox, M. (1996) Natural Grace: Dialogues on Science and Spirituality. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Shlain, Leonard (1991).  Art & physics:  Parallel visions in space, time and light.  New York:  William Morrow.

Sinetar, M. (2000) Spiritual Intelligence: What We Can Learn From The Early Awakening Child. New York: Orbis

Sinetar, Marsha.  Developing A 21st Century Mind.  New York:  Villard Books, 1991.

Sloan, D. (1983) Insight-Imagination. Westport, CT:Greenwood Press

Sloan, D. (ed.) (1981) Towards the Recovery of Wholeness: Knowledge, Education and Human Values.  New York: Teachers College Press

Smith, H.  (1994) The world's religions: A guide to our wisdom traditions.

Smith, Huston (1989) Beyond the Post Modern Mind. Wheaton, IL:Quest

Suu Kyi, Aung San and Clements, A.  (1997)  The voice of hope.  New York: Seven Stories Press.

Sweet, L. (1997)  God in the classroom.  Toronto: McClelland and Stewart

Swimme, B. ((1996) The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos. New York: Orbis Books

Swimme, Brian & Berry, Thomas (1992).  The universe story.  San Francisco:  HarperCollins.

Talbot, M., (1992). The Holographic Universe. New York: HarperPerennial

Tanner, D. & Tanner, L.N. (1980).  Curriculum development:  Theory into practices.  New York:  Macmillan.

Teasdale, Wayne. (1999)  The mystic heart: Discovering a universal spirituality in the world's religions.  Novato, California:  New World Library.

Tich Nhat Hanh (1976)  Miracle of mindfulness:  A manual on meditation.  Boston, Mass: Beacon Press.

Tich Nhat Hanh (1991)    Peace is every step: The path of mindfulness in everyday life.  New York: Bantam Books.

Tobin, K. (Ed.) (1993) The practice of constructivism in science education. Hillsdale, New Jersy: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Torbert, W.R. (1991). The Power of Balance: Transforming Self, Society, and Scientific Inquiry. Newbury Park, CA: Sage

Vaughn, F. (1979) Awakening intuition.  Garden City, N.J.:  Anchor Books.

Wallis, J.  (1994)  The soul of politics.   New York: New Press and Orbis Books

Walsh, Roger. (1999)  Essential spirituality.  New  York: John Wiley

White, J. (1984)  What is enlightenment?  Los Angeles:  Tarcher.

Wilber, K.  (1995)  Sex, ecology, spirituality: The spirit of evolution.  Boston: Shambhala.

Wilber, K. (1980) The Atman Project: A Transpersonal View of Human Development. Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosphical Publishing House.

Wilber, K. (1983)  Eye to eye: The quest for the new paradigm.   Garden City N.Y.:  Anchor Books.

Wilber, K. (1998). The Marriage of Sense and Soul. Melbourne, Australia: The Hill of Content.

Wilber, Ken.  The Holographic Paradigm and Other Paradoxes.  Boulder, CO:  Shambala, 1982.

Ywahoo, Dhyani. (1987) Voices of our ancestors. Boston, Mass.:  Shambhala Press.

Zaleski, P. & Kaufman, P.  (1997)  Gifts of the spirit: Living the wisdom of the great  religious traditions.  San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco

Zohar,D & Marshall, I. (2000). SQ: Connecting With Our Spiritual Intelligence. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing