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Transformative Learning -

Transformative Learning

Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College

Satish Kumar, Pavel Cenkl (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
2021
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-952-1 (ISBN)
CHF 29,65 inkl. MwSt
Transformative Learning presents a "learn-by-doing" pedagogy informed by ecology and developed over thirty years at Schumacher College that integrates head, heart, and hands into multi-disciplinary education for living in harmony with others and the Earth.
Education as if people and planet mattered

In Transformative Learning, Satish Kumar reflects on the legacy of Schumacher College, a beacon of innovation that fosters an ecological-based, holistic model of higher education built around the college's unique "learn by doing," head, heart, and hands pedagogy.

Over fifty current and former instructors and alumni, including Vandana Shiva, David Orr, Kate Raworth, Fritjof Capra, Bill McKibben, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Jonathon Porritt, paint a rich picture of education for human well-being and the ecological health of the planet.

Contributions delve deeply into the nature of transformational learning and holistic education, present a wealth of alumni experiences of working towards an ecological society, and detail the expansion of the Schumacher model to Belgium, Brazil, India, Japan, and beyond.

The result is a rich tapestry of ideas and educational methods packed with insights and experience for practitioners and activists looking to build a just, ecological society.

Satish Kumar, long-time peace and environment activist and former Jain monk, has been quietly setting the global agenda of change for over 50 years. He settled in the United Kingdom after an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage and took the editorial helm of Resurgence magazine in 1973, a post he held until 2016. Over the decades, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally respected ecological and educational ventures including founding Devon's Schumacher College; authoring several books, including Elegant Simplicity; and presenting the documentary Earth Pilgrim. Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth, an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad. He appears regularly in the media, is on the Advisory Board of Our Future Planet, and continues to teach and run workshops as a sought-after speaker in the UK and abroad. He lives in Devon, UK. Pavel Cenkl, PhD, is former Dean of Sterling College, Vermont, a researcher on ecologically minded curriculum development, and an environmental philosophy instructor. An avid endurance and adventure runner, through a project called Climate Run, Pavel has covered hundreds of miles in the Arctic and subarctic on foot in order to bring attention to the connections between our bodies and the more-than-human world in the face of a rapidly changing climate. He is author of Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest and This Vast Book of Nature. He is Head of Schumacher College and lives in Devon, UK.

Introduction: A New Pedagogy Satish Kumar


Part 1: Education of Head: Science

In the Beginning: Greening of Education - Satish Kumar

An Overview: A Unique Learning Experience - Fritjof Capra

Pedagogy for the Planet: Salt in the Stew - David Orr

Holistic Science: Teaching for Gaia - Stephan Harding

Holistic Science: Transforming Lives - Rupert Sheldrake

Holistic Science: A New Biology - Bruce H. Lipton

Holistic Science: From the Quanta to the Seed - Vandana Shiva

Agriculture: Science in the Service of the Soil - Wes Jackson

Holistic Science: Healing the Divided Brain - Iain McGilchrist


Part 2: Education of Head: Economics

Small Is Beautiful: Buddhist Economics - E. F. Schumacher

Regenerative Economics: New Story - Jonathan Dawson

The Green New Deal: People and Planet Connection - Ann Pettifor

New Economics: Local Is Beautiful - Helena Norberg-Hodge

Meaningful Work: Less Is More - Juliet B. Schor

Blue Economy: Nature Has No Waste - Gunter Pauli

Doughnut Economics: Turning Economics into Art - Kate Raworth

Ecological Design Thinking: Only Connect - Roberto Fraquelli and Mona Nasseri

Other Ways of Knowing: Transition Design - Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff


Part 3: Education of Heart

The Climate Crisis: Radical Activism - Bill McKibben

A Green Future: Narratives of Hope - Jonathon Porritt

Fireside Chat: Love for All - Satish Kumar

Ecology and Spirituality: A Polar Star - Mary Evelyn Tucker

Engaged Ecology: A Learning Arc - Andy Letcher

Ecology and Spirituality: A Sense of the Sacred Earth - Matthew Fox

A Celebration: Experiencing Gaia - Peter Reason

Indigenous Wisdom: Sacred Activism - Starhawk

Indigenous Cultures: A Quincentenary in the Old Postern - Charlene Spretnak

Indigenous Wisdom: Creating a Core New Myth - Colin Campbell


Part 4: Education of Hands

Nature and Art: The Big Picture - Susan Derges

Nature and Art: Web of Connections - Chris Drury

The Craft Revolution: The Magic of Making - Lou Rainbow

Gaia's Kitchen: A Rich Mix - Julia Ponsonby

Daily Bread: Simple but Not Easy! - Voirrey Watterson

Nature Is Here - Matt Harvey

Regenerative Horticulture: Learning by Doing - Jane Gleeson

Volunteering: Learning Through Service - Elizabeth Webber

Short Course Program: In Search of Meaning - Jane Hall


Part 5: Schumacher Worldwide

Green Hub, Hong Kong: Learning, Living and Loving - Andrew McAulay

Schumi Learning Garden in China: Right Livelihood - Ying Liang

Escola Schumacher, Brazil: Learning as Encounter - Juliana Schneider

Efecto Mariposa, Colombia: The Gaian Connection - Adriana Puech

Bhoomi College, India: Unity in Diversity - Seetha Ananthasivan

Peace and Permaculture Dojo, Japan: Moved by Love - Kai Sawyer

The Schumacher Sprouts, Belgium: Ne me Quitee Pas... - Sabine Denis


Part 6: Schumacher Alumni Experiences

Shaping Sustainability - Sarah Butler-Sloss

East and West - Nancy Lan Liu

A New Worldview - Tom Rivett-Carnac

Taking the Tree Trunk from Our Eye - Nigel Topping

Community Spirit - Paul Dickinson

A Well-Being Economy - Julia Kim

Lasting Gifts - Emily Ryan

A Home and a Community - Eve Annecke and Fiona Tilley


Part 7: The Future

Flourishing: Regenerative Learning - Pavel Cenkl


Acknowledgments

About the Editors

About New Society Publishers

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 30 Halftones, color; 20 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort Gabriola Island
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 431 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Essays / Feuilleton
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Bildungstheorie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
ISBN-10 0-86571-952-7 / 0865719527
ISBN-13 978-0-86571-952-1 / 9780865719521
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