Place, Craft and Neurodiversity: Re-imagining Potential through Education at Ruskin Mill

ISBN-13: 9781032421759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str.

Laurence Cox

Opis

Taking the reader on a tour of Ruskin Mill’s many extraordinary provisions across Britain, this accessible and expansive book showcases how an appreciation of place, traditional crafts, farming and transformative education offers a wider route to human well-being for all. 

Recenzje

“Under the outstanding leadership of Aonghus Gordon, Ruskin Mill has set a superb example of selfless service in the field of holistic education. This stunningly inspiring and immensely powerful story of Ruskin Mill gives us the highest hope for a better future for humanity.”

Satish Kumar, Founder, Schumacher College and Editor Emeritus of ‘Resurgence & Ecologist’

 

“This book is a powerful reminder of the importance of the relationship of place to our physical and mental health and our overall sense of wellbeing. The Ruskin Mill approach reminds us to imagine what this can mean for us in practice.”

Patrick Holden, Founder & CEO, Sustainable Food Trust

Spis treści

1. The spirit of place
2. Practical skills
3. Ecology of the farm
4. Therapeutic education
5. Holistic care
6. Health and the whole human being
7. Transformative leadership

O autorze

Aonghus Gordon OBE (for cultural heritage and education) is the founder and CEO of Ruskin Mill Trust. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Huddersfield for his work.

Laurence Cox is Professor of Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.