Spirituality, Education & Society: An Integrated Approach

Cover......Page 1
Spirituality, Education & Society......Page 4
ISBN 9789460916021 (hardback)......Page 5
DEDICATION......Page 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
FOREWORD......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
REFERENCES......Page 24
INTRODUCTION......Page 26
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 28
SPIRITUALITY......Page 30
CHILDREN’S SPIRITUAL WAYS OF KNOWING......Page 31
SPIRITUAL EDUCATION......Page 34
CONCLUSION......Page 37
REFERENCES......Page 38
INTRODUCTION......Page 40
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 41
Defining Spirituality through Individualism......Page 44
Defining Spirituality through Connectedness......Page 46
Connections to People and Communities......Page 48
Connections to History and the Past......Page 49
Connections to Larger Frameworks, Entities or Mysteries......Page 50
DISCUSSION: SPIRITUALITY AS RESISTANCE......Page 52
RESISTANCE WITHIN THE CLASSROOM......Page 53
Recognizing and Affirming Difference......Page 54
Affirming Collaborative Learning......Page 55
Creating Space for Active, Embodied Learning......Page 56
CONCLUSION......Page 57
REFERENCES......Page 58
TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION......Page 62
ANTI-RACIST EDUCATION......Page 63
INTERSECTION BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION, ANTI-RACIST EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY......Page 64
LOCATING SELF......Page 65
HOLISTIC LEARNING......Page 66
HOW TO RESTRUCTURE THE CLASSROOM......Page 69
How to Create Systemic Change......Page 71
REFERENCES......Page 72
SPIRITUALITY AND THE BUZZ AMONGST ACADEMICS TODAY......Page 74
SPIRITUALITY ANOTHER ‘PANDORA’S BOX’?......Page 76
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED SPIRITUALITY?......Page 78
TELLING TALES......Page 80
SITTING ON THE CUSHION......Page 84
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 88
REFERENCES......Page 89
INTRODUCTION......Page 92
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT AND MAAT......Page 94
SITUATING THE DISCOURSE OF SPIRITUALITY AS A RESEARCH TOOL......Page 96
Indigenous Knowledge......Page 100
Understanding Spirituality......Page 101
CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 104
REFERENCES......Page 105
INTRODUCTION......Page 108
GROUNDING OF EDUCATION IN TIBET......Page 109
A NEW DISCOURSE IN CHILDREN’S CURRICULUM: SYNTHESIZEING WESTERN PEDAGOGY AND TIBETAN ETHOS......Page 111
TEACHER QUALITIES IN A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 113
IMPLICATION OF SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE ON MAORI COMMUNITY AND TIBETAN VILLAGE EDUCTION......Page 114
2. The principle of validating and legitimating cultural aspirations and identity......Page 116
3. The principle of applying culturally preferred pedagogy......Page 117
6. The principle of a shared and collective vision/philosophy......Page 118
CONCLUSION......Page 119
REFERENCES......Page 120
INTRODUCTION......Page 122
JAPANESE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND SPIRITUALITY......Page 123
KOTOTAMA......Page 125
ENERGY THROUGH MARGINALIZATION AT SCHOOL......Page 127
IMPACTS OF ENERGY ON STUDENT’S LEARNING PROCESS AND ACHEIVMENT......Page 128
ANALYSIS......Page 130
REFERENCES......Page 134
INTRODUCTION......Page 136
SELF LOCATION......Page 137
LITERATURE REVIEW......Page 138
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 139
DUAL SPIRITUALITY OF THE ACHOLI PEOPLE......Page 140
REFLECTIONS ON THE POWER OF DREAMS......Page 141
INDIGENOUS HEALING......Page 143
INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY AND COEXISTENCE WITH OTHER SPIRITUALITIES......Page 146
CONCLUSION......Page 148
REFERENCES......Page 149
INTRODUCTION......Page 152
THE AFROCENTRIC/INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AS A FRAMEWORK......Page 153
SITUATING SELF......Page 154
AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY......Page 155
THE JOURNEY......Page 156
CONCLUSION......Page 162
REFERENCES......Page 163
INTRODUCTION......Page 164
PERSONAL LOCATION AND MOTIVATION FOR WORK......Page 165
UNDERSTANDING THE PRESSURES OFASSIMILATION AND RENAMING......Page 166
THE CANADIAN CLASSROOM AS A HISTORICAL SITE OF DE-SPIRITUALIZATION......Page 170
DIGGING UP OUR ROOTS: TRACING THE RENAMING OF THE OTHER......Page 175
WHAT IS IN A NAME?: EXPLORING THE TIGRINYA NAMING CEREMONY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE LOSE BY RENAMING OURSELVES......Page 177
CONCLUSION......Page 179
REFERENCES......Page 180
INTRODUCTION......Page 182
Nourishing the Five Levels of Your Being......Page 189
Practicing Ways to Understanding the Self, Embracing Both Negative and Positive Aspects of Your Being......Page 190
Respecting All Living Beings, for They All Have Spirits and Every Action We Make Has Spiritual Impact......Page 191
Understanding That Perfection Is Not the Goal. The Goal Is Truth and Honesty, Understanding Where You Stand as a Person, Spiritu Being......Page 192
REFERENCES......Page 193
BE (INTRO) (INSPIRED BY COMMON, 2005)......Page 194
AT THE HEART OF MY SPIRITUALITY (INSPIRED BY JAY-Z, 2001)......Page 195
STREET TALKIN’ (INSPIRED BY SLICK RICK, 1999)......Page 196
GHETTO-OLOGY (GOOBIE MOB, 1998)......Page 197
TAKE IT THERE FEAT. ADELIN (INSPIRED BY THE ROOTS, 2006)......Page 198
THE WAY TO MOVE (INSPIRED BY OUTKAST, 2003)......Page 201
P.S. SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU … (INSPIRED BY GOODIE MOB, 1998)......Page 202
KNOWING (OUTKAST, 2003)......Page 203
TRAPPED IN ME (SLICK RICK, 1999)......Page 204
REFERENCES......Page 205
PERSONAL BEGINNINGS......Page 208
Early Experiences......Page 209
Racism in the Indian Schools......Page 210
SPIRIT INJURY......Page 211
THE POWER OF AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY TO RESIST COLONIAL DOMINATION AND SPIRIT INJURY......Page 214
REFERENCES......Page 216
14. THE LOSS OF MY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES: AS I LOSE, I STRUGGLE TO FIND......Page 218
WHERE DOES MY STORY COME FROM?......Page 219
HOW WILL I TELL MY STORY?......Page 220
EXPERIENCING THE LOSS OF MY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES......Page 222
AS I LOSE, I STRUGGLE TO FIND......Page 224
SPIRITUAL STRENGTH: MY DECOLONIZING TOOL......Page 225
CONCLUSION......Page 226
REFERENCES......Page 227
INTRODUCTION......Page 230
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 231
IDENTITY AND AFFILIATION......Page 233
IDEOLOGY AND CONTROL......Page 234
THREE CASES OF FAITH, FUNDAMENTALISM AND POLITICS......Page 235
Iran, Political Islam and Ideology......Page 236
India, the BJP and Hindu Identity......Page 237
Evangelicals and the Christian Right in the United States......Page 238
DISCUSSION......Page 239
REFERENCES......Page 242
INTRODUCTION......Page 244
ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FRAMEWORK......Page 245
MOBILIZING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH THE SHARING OF MYTH AND SYMBOL......Page 247
SHARING THE LESSONS OF HISTORY, RELIGION AND SCIENCE......Page 250
REGARDING APPROPRIATION AND COMMODIFICATION......Page 254
FURTHER DISCUSSION......Page 256
CONCLUSION......Page 258
REFERENCES......Page 259
CONCLUSION: EXTENDING THE DIALOGUE......Page 260
REFERENCES......Page 263
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 264
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 268