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Roots of Learning: Educating the whole person

November 3 7, 2008
Jack Miller
More and more people are focusing on holistic principles of education as a way of expanding educational
experience and attention to the whole person. This applies to both students and teachers. The challenge is to
be creative and responsive to the individuality of students, and work with them to develop a curriculum that is
relevant to their needs.

Course Overview
This course will explore the theory and practice of holistic learning through experiential learning. It will provide a
forum to discuss how to develop such practices within the participants own educational contexts, using
examples from around the world. Participants will discuss the role of mindfulness in educational practice, and
examine how teachers and facilitators can expand their own skills and experience through contemplative practices.
This course is intended for: all those working in education primary, secondary or tertiary, as well as those involved in community and adult programmes. It is
relevant to all those who want to expand their work around the challenging and rewarding area of holistic learning.
This course is run in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of Plymouth.

Course details
This course will focus on how we can teach the whole person. The theory and practice of holistic learning will be explored through experiential learning. The course will
also examine how teachers/facilitators can nourish their own wholeness through contemplative practices.
Holistic Education: This seminar focuses on how we can educate the whole person through whole teaching, the whole curriculum, whole schools and whole teachers.
Session 1: Introduction and Overview: The context and rationale for Holistic Education.
Session 2: Whole Teaching: This session presents a framework for teaching the whole person. Three broad approaches to teaching are explored: Transmission,
Transaction and Transformation and how they can be used in holistic manner.
Session 3: Balance in the Curriculum. The concept of yin/yang are examined and applied to teaching and the concept of dynamically balanced curriculum.
Sessions 4-5: The Connected Curriculum: These two sessions explore various connections that can used to develop a holistic curriculum. These connections include
subject connections (integrated curriculum), Earth connections, thinking connections (analytic/intuitive) and body-mind connections
Session 6 Spirituality in Holistic Education. In this session the concept of soul is explored and how soul can be nourished in educational settings.
Session 7: The Whole School: This session explores various ways of building community in classrooms and educational institutions.
Session 8: The Whole Teacher. In this session various contemplative practices are examined as ways of nourishing wholeness in ourselves.

Teacher
John (Jack) Miller has been working in the field of holistic education for over 30 years. He is author/editor of more than a dozen books on holistic learning and
contemplative practices in education which include The Contemplative Practitioner, The Holistic Curriculum and Educating for Wisdom and Compassion. Jack has
worked extensively with holistic educators in Japan and Korea for the past decade and has been a visiting professor at two universities in Japan. He teaches courses on
Holistic Education and Spirituality in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, where he is Professor in the Department of
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning.

Course Fees
For businesses: One week 600
For individuals, NGOs & Educators: One week 500
These include accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions.
How to make an application click here
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