To know as we are known
a spirituality of education
by Parker J. Palmer · first published 1983
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This primer on authentic education explores how mind and heart can work together in the learning process. Moving beyond the bankruptcy of our current model of education, Parker Palmer finds the soul of education through a lifelong cultivation of the wisdom each of us possesses and can share to benefit others.
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…students. It’s as simple as that”, a colleague of mine once said. You could look into some of Kieran Egan’s writings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran_Egan_(philosopher) Personally I found the book To Know as We are Known very inspirational: https://www.amazon.com/Know-Are-Known-Education-Spiritual/dp...
on “How to Teach Math?” ↗…sources, not all of which are easily accessed. This book, however, provides precisely such a study, and thereby presents Christian anarchism to both the wider public and the wider academic community. * To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey by Parker Palmer — …an eloquent inquiry into "obedience of truth", what it means to educate and to be educated, that to love is "to know" and "to know" is to love. That…
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