Table of Contents
Introduction: Everything Is Education; Everywhere Is a Classroom 1
Part I Reimagining Education 7
1 The Crisis of Education: Childhood in the Age of Loneliness 9
Our Story 12
The Cosmology of Loneliness and Education for Liberation 14
Education 17
2 The Context for Education: The One-Planet Classroom 25
The Whole: Cultivating Planetary Consciousness 26
Depth: The Third Dimension 30
Difference and Diversity 33
Ecology 36
The Power of Circles 40
Wildness and Play 45
Notes 49
3 The Process for Education: A Pedagogy for Reimagining the Story 51
Holistic Education 52
Community: Sharing the Story (Reimagining the Classroom) 57
Intellect: Critiquing the Story 60
Soul: Feeling the Story 63
Hands: Embodying the Story 65
Oikos: Expanding the Story 68
Creativity: Reimagining the Story 69
The Whole: Integrating the Story (Reimagining the World) 72
Note 73
Part II Reimagining the Classroom 75
4 Cosmos: Science and Math through Cosmology and Ecology 79
Community 81
Intellect 82
Soul 87
Hands 88
Oikos 94
Creativity 96
Integration 98
5 Arts: Literature, Performing Arts, Visual Arts 101
Community 102
Intellect 103
Soul 105
Hands 107
Oikos 108
Creativity 109
Integration 113
Note 114
16 Spirit: Spirituality, Mindfulness, Meditation 115
Community 116
Intellect 117
Soul 120
Hands 124
Ecology 127
Creativity 128
Integration 128
7 Hands: Practical Life, Work, and Hands-on Learning 131
Community 132
Intellect 133
Soul 134
Hands 135
Oikos 137
Creativity 137
Integration 138
8 Justice and Joy: Social-Emotional Justice Studies 141
Community 142
Intellect 143
Soul 144
Hands 146
Oikos 147
Creativity 150
Integration 152
Part III Reimagining the World 153
9 Unstandardized Testing: From Classroom to World 155
1 Are we aware of the story? 157
2 Do we experience intimacy with the Earth? 158
3 Are we physically and mentally healthy? 159
4 Is our work meaningful and impactful? 160
5 Is everyone an artist whose story is heard? 160
6 Is each person valued equally? 161
7 Are we playing and learning joyfully? 161
8 Are our institutions and systems liberatory? 162
9 Are our stories about ourselves asset-based rather than deficit-based? 162
10 Are our stories about the world relational rather than the cosmology of loneliness? 163
Epilogue: Learning How to Love and Be Loved 165
References 169
Acknowledgments 173
About the Author 175
Index 177