This book explores ways in which educational leaders can apply the wisdom of the Tao in their day-to-day work in schools. It offers an alternative to the standard ways of western thinking to give the leader more possibilities when confronting a situation. We tend to value immediate and decisive action, winning, directing, and getting one's way. Taoist Lessons for Educational Leaders offers another way of approaching the workplace. We can also value waiting and reflection before acting, seeing all participants as winners or at least no one as a loser, following as a form of leadership, and...
This book explores ways in which educational leaders can apply the wisdom of the Tao in their day-to-day work in schools. It offers an alternative to ...
The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and almost obvious, making the necessary changes and admitting the truth to ourselves is not necessarily going to happen easily. The suggestions for education made here will require that Americans admit certain flaws in the system, some of which involve their own actions and attitudes. They will also have to be willing to make sacrifices for the larger good, such as allowing shifts in power and control. In other words, these changes will require...
The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and alm...
The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and almost obvious, making the necessary changes and admitting the truth to ourselves is not necessarily going to happen easily. The suggestions for education made here will require that Americans admit certain flaws in the system, some of which involve their own actions and attitudes. They will also have to be willing to make sacrifices for the larger good, such as allowing shifts in power and control. In other words, these changes will require...
The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and alm...
Have you ever opened the refrigerator door in your cozy first-world home and found-to your utter surprise -God's presence in the cracked eggs of a carton your bratty kids broke open just to piss you off? Ever been captivated by the divine and ancient rhythms of the ocean as it drowns a seagull? Is there a universal, primal spirit of Love that drives all of humanity and Mother Earth to sail together in the cosmos of pornography? Packed with poems of sacred intoxications, sacrificial invocations and live volcanoes that eat decent people for a living, The Christ-Like Egg Collection promises to...
Have you ever opened the refrigerator door in your cozy first-world home and found-to your utter surprise -God's presence in the cracked eggs of a car...
