International Handbook of Holistic Education

John P. (Jack) Miller is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. Kelli Nigh is Sessional Faculty at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. Marni J. Binder is an Associate Professor in the School of Early Childhood Studies in the Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University, Canada. Bruce Novak is Past Chair of the Holistic Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and Co-Chair of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning of the National Council of Teachers of English. Sam Crowell is Professor Emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino; Affiliate Professor for UNESCO Chair for Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter at University for Peace; and Faculty at Self-Design Graduate Institute, USA.

Section 1 Foundations 1. Holistic Education: A Brief History 2. Experiencing Nets of Holism through the Threshold Body 3. Beauty and Learning 4. From a Deeper Place: Indigenous Worlding as the Next Step in Holistic Education 5. Eastern Philosophy and Holistic Education 6. Care of the Soul in Education Section 2 Teaching/Learning/Curriculum 7. Addressing the Needs of the Whole Child: Implications for Young Children and Adults Who Care for Them 8. Moving the Spirit: Holistic Education and Young Children 9. Sustainable Peace for the Planet 10. Core Reflection: Nurturing Human Potential in Students and Teachers 11. Self–development as Pedagogy in Teacher Education 12. Holistic-Contemplative Pedagogy for 21st Century Teacher Education: Education as Healing 13. Integrated Curriculum for the 21st Century 14. Holistic Assessment: Assessing Dialogically, Personally, Individually 15. Transformation Through Art and Vision: An Indigenous Perspective Section 3 Examples of Holistic Education, Practices 16. Waldorf Education: Freeing the Human Being 17. Holism in Montessori 18. Cultivating the Abilities of the Heart: Educating through a Pedagogy of Love 19. Lhomon Education: Teaching for Well-being in Bhutan 20. The School Forest Movement in South Korea from a Holistic Perspective 21. Madrasa Schools in East Africa: An Islamic Perspective in Holistic Education 22. Queer Bodies and Holistic Imaginaries 23. Holistic Features of Traditional Chinese Spiritual Practices for Personal Cultivation Section 4 Research 24. The Coexistence of Spirituality and Anxiety: Mothers and Daughters 25. Embodied Inquiry in Holistic Education 26. The Curriculum of Character: Poetic Ruminations of Growing Old(er) 27. Conducting Narrative Inquiry Research from a Holistic Perspective: Honouring Story and Soul 28. Sound Escapes: An Holistic Approach to Spirituality and Music Education 29. Research in, on and with Waldorf Education in the Netherlands 30. Holistic Education in Thai Buddhist Schools 31. Many Layers, Many Dimensions: Building a New Science of Holistic Education Section 5 Final Reflections 32. A Manifesto of Holistic Education: A Declaration for Unity and Personal Choice 33. Belonging, Identity and Meaning Making-the Essence of Spirituality: Implications for Holistic Education Programs in Plural Societies 34. Pedagogical Mediation as a Foundation for Doctoral Study at the Universidad De La Salle in Costa Rica 35. African Indigenous Education in Kenyan Universities: A Decolonizing and Transformational Tool 36. Hebraism, Hellenism and Holism: Finding Sources of Life in Western Culture 37. Toward an Integrative Mind