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Barbara Wotherspoon – in education, 2011
Transformative educators such as Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, and Edmund O'Sullivan believe that the time has come for a shift away from the dominant Western educational ideology that focuses on achievement, individualism, and material success. They propose that education must become more than a system of banking information and standardized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Transformative Learning, Educational Change
Combs, Brian S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Students entering college for the first time are embarking on a life-changing journey like none they have experienced. The potential impact the college experience will have on their lives is extreme. Students will be engaged in class and co-curricular settings in ways that will challenge them to produce developmental growth that will carry them…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Student Interests
Shelton-Colangelo, Sharon, Ed.; Mancuso, Carolina, Ed.; Duvall, Mimi, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives, Field Studies, Educational Practices