Education
Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) as a Catalyst for Climate Action
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It is imperative that schools ultimately position Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness in service of the shift in collective consciousness that’s so needed now—a shift where we truly care for each other and our planet as we engage in active hope.
Reconnecting Our Children to Nature
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To care for the earth, one must feel bonded to it. Many do not. Nature immersion from a young age avoids this ‘nature deficit disorder’ that is now rampant among children and adults in the USA.
What Is Global Education and Why Does It Matter?
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Global competencies encompass the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that help students develop, understand, and function in communities which are increasingly interdependent with other communities around the world.
On Edge Work, Migration Flows, and Glocalization
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In ecological design, the edge is known as the boundary or interface between two biological communities. It is the region where communities meet and integrate, producing conditions for increased diversity.
Global Citizenship | An Emerging Agenda in Education
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Introduced at an early stage of child development, global citizenship education enhances mutual respect and understanding, tolerance, and cultural literacy, while substantially weakening the power of radicalized messages.
Books in Brief
In Brief
Reviews of books spanning topics within science, culture, economics, spirituality, and more.
The Habits of Schooling
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...One part of me was urging the other part of me to get up, go to the professor, and seek clarity. The more fearful side of myself was anxious about being judged a fraud for being accepted to grad school at all; apprehensive of being yelled at or belittled.
An Uncommon Song
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...The relationship between song and education is well-known. Many have written on the subject, perhaps most famously Plato in The Republic. In it, Socrates warns about the dangers of teaching certain ungodly songs. If the gods are portrayed as vengeful and cruel, he says, what will prevent our children from emulating them?
How to Train Your Lightning Bolt: Shifting Ontologies of Parenthood
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Ej and I are regular Mrs. Grundies. She grew up in India, in a home where one was supposed to […]
book excerpt | The Soul of Education
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A book entitled The Soul of Education inevitably raises the question “Should modern public school education even have a soul?” […]