Full Description
Now, more than ever, high quality relationships between teachers and learners are critical to deep meaningful learning and to the learner's long-term success. Transcendent Teacher Learner Relationships: The Way of the Shamanic Teacher (Second Edition) explores the nature of the transcendent teacher learner relationship and precisely how such relationships of warmth, safety, mutual care, mutual respect and mutual trust are developed and maintained. Personal narratives from the classroom frontlines as well as the analysis contained herein provide a fresh outlook, a roadmap that leads to the most transformative relationships imaginable for teachers and learners.
Contents
Acknowledgements
1 The Nature of the Transcendent Relationship
1 Dash and the Electrician: A Parable of a Transcendent Relationship
2 Analysis
3 Teacher and Learner
4 The King's Speech
5 The Transcendent Teacher
6 The Transcendent Teacher Learner Relationship
7 The Author's Background with Teaching and Learning Encounters
8 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
9 The Mother as Teacher
10 Life at School
11 How People Acted at School
12 Life at Home
13 What I Needed at School
14 Teacher Realness
15 Mrs. Peggy Pridemore, Transcendent Teacher
16 Down the Road
17 A Reflection Before a Storm, Then Sunshine
18 Teacher Power and Relationships
19 Questions for Thought
2 The Nature of the Transcendent Shamanic Teacher
1 Anne And Helen
2 Transcendent Shamanic Teaching
3 The Transcendent Shamanic Teacher Merges with the Learner
4 Transcendent Shamanic Teaching as a Glamorous Act
5 Transcendent Shamanic Teaching Uplifts, Heals and Mobilizes the Learner
6 A Note Regarding the Unencumbered Learner and the Transcendent Shamanic Teacher
7 The Origins of Transcendent Shamans
8 Portrait of Veronica and Theoni
9 Veronica Risks
10 Final Thoughts from Theoni
11 Transcendent Shamanism in the Everyday Context
12 Questions for Thought
3 Portrait of Transcendent Shamanic Teacher
1 Peggy the Learner and Her Transcendent Teacher Mr. Santon
2 Peggy the Teacher
3 Charley
4 Peggy and Hunter
5 A Moment of Peggy's Teaching: An Act of Glamour and Power
6 Questions for Thought
4 An Ethic of Care, Tact and Tone
1 An Ethic of Care
2 Obstacles to Caring for the Learner
3 Tact
4 Tone
5 Questions for Thought
5 Portrait of Transcendent Relator
1 At Home
2 Frances
3 Ms. Nettie
4 The Pedagogy of Manners
5 Being Open
6 The Art of Conversation
7 Freedom and Afffection
8 Questions for Thought
6 Trust, Freedom and Mother Love
1 The Facilitator
2 Three Essential Attitudes of the Facilitator
3 A Bit on Trust from Rogers
4 The Move toward Freedom
5 Mother Love
6 Questions for Thought
7 Portraits of Transcendent Relators
1 Lauren
2 Lauren's School Experiences
3 The Connection
4 Portrait of Kathy
5 Kathy
6 Kathy in High School
7 Kathy at College
8 Questions for Thought
8 Risk, Authority and Trust
1 Authority and Corresponding Risk
2 The Dilemma of Building a New Authority Dynamic
3 Trust
4 An Atmosphere of Security
5 The Revelation of the Teacher's Innermost Self
6 Morning Spirit
7 Questions for Thought
9 Portraits of Transcendent Relators
1 Jerry
2 A Cold Teacher (Ms. Gilzenskolds [A Pseudonym])
3 Leslie, a Caring Teacher
4 Jerry at Saint Albans High School
5 A Little Thing
6 Afffijirming the Learner's Individuality
7 Portrait of Transcendent Shamanic Teacher: Leslie
8 Leslie (Jerry's Professor)
9 Spiritual Professor
10 Direct Professor
11 Beloved Professor
12 Challenging Professor
13 Pushing Professor
14 Graceful Professor
15 Leslie the Teacher
16 Putting Oneself in the Place of the Learner
17 Jerry (Prior Portrait) and Leslie
18 Risk
19 Questions for Thought
10 Balance, Transcendence and Dispositions
1 Maxine Greene, Freedom and Negotiation
2 Freedom and Discipline
3 The Transcendence Space
4 Hospitality
5 Teacher Reflection
6 Transcendence
7 Hope
8 Creativity
9 Awareness
10 Faithful Doubt
11 Wonder, Awe and Reverence
12 Questions for Thought
11 Portraits of Transcendent Relators
1 Kellen
2 Kellen's Life
3 Jan
4 Dr. Noy
5 Dr. Ball
6 Portrait of Dr. Ball
7 Dr. Ball (Kellen's Professor)
8 The Service
9 More Background
10 Dr. Ball, the Teacher
11 The Teacher as Empowerer, Not as Helper
12 Humor and Answers
13 Questions for Thought
12 Reconciliation, Banking Education, Problem Posing Education, the I-It and I-Thou Relationships, and the Teacher as Midwife
1 Reconciliation between Teacher and Student
2 Banking Education
3 Problem Posing Education
4 The I-IT Relationship
5 The I-Thou Relationship
6 Becoming Mutual
7 Dialogue and Inclusion
8 The Teacher as Midwife
9 Communion
10 Questions for Thought
13 Portrait of Transcendent Shamanic Teacher
1 Laura
2 First Transcendence
3 The Confrontation
4 The Transformation
5 A Mutual Relationship
6 Laura the Teacher
7 Equality and Freedom
8 Humor
9 The Mutual Exchange
10 Reciprocal Relationships
11 Questions for Thought
14 Power, Rhythm, the Turning Point, Limits, Limitations and Labeling
1 Compelling Powers and Rhythm
2 Establishing a Bond with the Learner
3 The Turning Point
4 Limits and Limitations
5 The Damaging Impact of Labels
6 Precocious Learners and Labeling
7 Questions for Thought
15 Portrait of Transcendent Shamanic Teacher
1 Beth
2 Beth's Classroom
3 Beth the Teacher
4 Alexander
5 Removing Barriers
6 Questions for Thought
16 The Transcendent Teacher-Learner Relationship: A Class Investigation
1 Introduction/Perspectives of the Research
2 Methods/Data Source
3 Composite Narratives
4 Summary and Implications
5 Implications for Early Childhood Teacher Educators
6 Questions for Thought
17 Miracles Can Happen: The School of Transcendence
1 Perspectives on Education
2 Methods/Data Source
3 Findings
4 Philosophical Orientation and Approach to Creating Learning Encounters
5 Curricula
6 Planning and Scheduling
7 Assessment And Evaluation
8 Physical Space
9 School Community Interpersonal Relationships
10 Traditional Schools as Places of Violence
11 Governance of the School of Transcendence
12 Transcendence-Oriented Approaches Implemented in Reggio Emilia Schools
13 Metaphors for the School of Transcendence
14 Conclusion
15 Questions for Thought
18 Putting It All Together
1 A Synthesis of the Research on Transcendent Teacher Learner Relationships
2 Love
3 Trust, Risk and Tact
4 Seeing from the Other's Point of View
5 Dialogue and the Reduction of Distance
6 Mutuality and Reciprocity
7 Transcendent Impact
8 Community
9 The Transformative Impact of the Transcendent Teacher Learner Relationship
10 Questions for Thought
Appendix A: Heuristic Research Methodology and Procedures
Appendix B: Transcendent Teacher Dispositions
Appendix C: Role Play Scenarios
References
