Full Description
There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship features an uplifting collection of educators' writings, as they expand their interior space, diving into the individual and collective psyche to engage in shadow work for healing and revitalization. Heartfelt, profoundly moving, and inspirational, these educators' journeys in curriculum as lived are embodied, emergent, and extraordinary in their crafted capacities for holding the tension between the dark and the light to open a crack for breathing in fresh new air.
Three forms of experiential studies and self-education are demonstrated in this collection: currere and autobiographical inquiry, mindfulness and mindful relationships, and nonviolent companionship. Grounding education in experiential understanding and integrative cultivation, beyond simplistic storytelling, these authors courageously make polyphonic lines of movement toward personal and social transformation, and their inner work and relational attunement are full of twists and turns. Working from within is the cornerstone for non-controlling relationality, in the spirit of contemplation, compassion, and companionship as well as of the struggles against psychic and social violence in various forms. Affirming the central role of interconnectedness, this book is a testimony to the integrative power of nonviolence.
Professors, graduate students, K-20 teachers, and curriculum and instruction leaders at various levels in the fields of curriculum studies, teacher education, nonviolence and peace education, and educational foundations will welcome this book. It also serves as a text for upper-level undergraduate courses in education and nonviolence studies.
Contents
Introduction: Experiential Understanding, Integrative Pathways, and a Pedagogy of Emergence; Hongyu Wang
Part I. Currere and Autobiographical Inquiry
Chapter 1. Stories from the End, and the Beginning; Liesa Griffin Smith
Chapter 2. Of Wor(l)ds, Weapons, and Wounds; Steven Woods
Chapter 3. Currere: Unlearning the "Rules"; Chelsey Walters
Chapter 4. Songs of My Mother: Unraveling Violent Chords through Nonviolent Understanding; Naomi Kikue Poindexter
Chapter 5. Mother and Peace; Yan Xu
Chapter 6. Lessons I Learned from My Father; Emily Mortimer
Part II. Nonviolent Companionship and Experiential Integration
Chapter 7. Nonviolent Companionship: An Orchid, a Statue, and Faith; Cathy Bankston
Chapter 8. Time with ᎠᎹ (Water); Lauren Rowley
Chapter 9. The Inner Gaze of Nonviolence in Integral Ecology; Heidi Massi
Chapter 10. A Nonviolent Relationship with the Family Farm; Kim Skarns
Chapter 11. Walking the Path to Nonviolence; Margaret Bailey
Chapter 12. Experiencing Indigenous Spaces; Samantha Lancaster
Part III. Mindful Practices, Relationships, and Teaching
Chapter 13. Cultivating Inner Peace: A Journey of Mindfulness and Nonviolent Transformation; Vanessa Jones
Chapter 14. Healing through Practicing and Teaching Mindfulness and Yoga; Lindsay Wessinger
Chapter 15. Mindfulness as a Practice of Nonviolence toward the Mothering Self after a Traumatic Birth; Erin Davis
Chapter 16. Mindfulness and Post-Traumatic Reactions: An Autobiographical Inquiry; Tifanie Lyn-Brumbaugh
Chapter 17. A Mindfulness Journey: Finding Spiritual Renewal through Contemplative Prayer; Medea Gabrielle Bendel
Chapter 18. Compassionate Pedagogy in Second Language Education; Brian S. McKinney
Chapter 19. The Gift of Mindfulness: A Student Affairs Staff's Journey; Chez S Redmond
Part IV. Intersections: Currere, Mindfulness, and Relationality
Chapter 20. The Stranger within the Self, Healing and becoming whole; Jennifer Williams
Chapter 21. Reckoning with the Shadow: Insights on Emotion and Creativity; Sophia Alvarez
Chapter 22. The Meandering Self: Traversing the Path to Nonviolence; Heidi W Jenkins
