The Wisdom Way of Teaching: Educating for Social Conscience and Inner Awakening in the High School Classroom

ISBN-13: 9781648028489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 290 str.

Schmidt, Martin E.

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Dedication and Acknowledgements.
Foreword, Cynthia Bourgeault.
Introduction: Introducing the Wisdom Way of Teaching.
PART I: TEACHING FOR SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.

• CHAPTER 1: My Journey of Teaching for Social Conscience.
• CHAPTER 2: Humanities I in Action Curriculum and the Impact of Social Conscience Education.
• CHAPTER 3: Is Ignorance Bliss? Teaching About Chocolate Slavery on Day One.
• CHAPTER 4: The Heroic Journey from Self-Focus to Compassion: Mentoring Students Through an Orphanage Trip Experience.
• CHAPTER 5: The Elixir Project: Initiating a Path Towards Meaningful Adulthood.
• CHAPTER 6: Principles of Social Conscience Curriculum Design.
• CHAPTER 7: The Four Essential Roles of Social Conscience Teachers.

PART II: TEACHING FOR INNER AWAKENING.

• CHAPTER 8: My Journey of Teaching for Inner Awakening.
• CHAPTER 9: The Essentials of a Curriculum for Self-Understanding: The Body-Mind-Heart Framework in Service, Society, and the Sacred.
• CHAPTER 10: Balancing Body, Mind, and Heart: Introducing the Wisdom Tradition in a World Religions Class.
• CHAPTER 11: Waking Up to the Vertical Dimension: Student Reflections on a PracticeBased Religion Curriculum in Spiritual Explorations.
• CHAPTER 12: Teaching Toward Inner Awakening Through a Spiritual Practices Project in SPEX.
• CHAPTER 13: The Wisdom Way of Knowing and Teaching: The Epistemological Foundations of SPEX Teachers.

PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS IN INNER AWAKENING.

• CHAPTER 14: Teaching Consciousness of the Body: Two Practitioners in Dialogue, Sangeeta Bansal and Marty Schmidt.
• CHAPTER 15: Non-Reactivity: The Supreme Practice of Everyday Life.
• CHAPTER 16: Dealing With the Accuser: Befriending Your Inner Critic, Sangeeta Bansal and Marty Schmidt.

PART IV: REFLECTIONS ON THE WISDOM WAY OF TEACHING.

• CHAPTER 17: Teacher Perspectives.
• CHAPTER 18: Student Voices.
• CHAPTER 19: My Wisdom Way of Teaching Philosophy.

Appendix A: Interview about Humanities I in Action.
Appendix B: Exemplary "Service, Society, and the Sacred" Final Essays.
Appendix C: My Worldview: Do I Believe in a Vertical Dimension?
Appendix D: Overview of the SPEX Curriculum.
References.