- Author
- Dalke, Anne and Barbara Dixson, eds.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang, New York, NY
- ISBN
- 820463574
- Table of Contents
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Introduction (Anne Dalke and Susan McNaught)
ch. 1 The spiritual roots of Quaker pedagogy (Steve Smith)
ch. 2 Liberating soul sparks : psyche, classroom, and community (Mary Watkins)
ch. 3 "Wait to be gathered" : the classroom as spiritual place (Mike Heller)
ch. 4 A gathered presence : creating a community of conscience in the composition classroom (Richard Johnson)
ch. 5 The American essay : where spirit and silence meet (Barbara Mallonee)
ch. 6 Teaching from the spiritual center (Barbara Dixon)
ch. 7 Teaching as listening : silence as heart knowledge (Stanford J. Searl, Jr.)
ch. 8 "Live up to the light thou hast" : the adult learner (Susan McNaught)
This book presents a series of reflections - excerpts from the inner and outer lives of college teachers - from which emerges a common concern for the interactive and spiritual dimensions of the educational process, and a sense of the light which can and should illuminate it. Informed either by personal commitment to Quakerism, or by individual work within Quaker institutions, the contributors offer perspectives that are important for teachers, parents, and readers generally interested in the classroom experience as a process of growth and exploration. (From the Publisher)