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Transformative Learning Satish Kumar

Transformative Learning By Satish Kumar

Transformative Learning by Satish Kumar

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Transformative Learning presents a learn-by-doing pedagogy informed by ecology and developed over thirty years at Schumacher College that integrates head, heart, and hands into multi-disciplinary education for living in harmony with others and the Earth.

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Transformative Learning: Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College by Satish Kumar

Education as if people and planet mattered

In Transformative Learning, Satish Kumar reflects on the legacy of Schumacher College, a beacon of innovation that fosters an ecological-based, holistic model of higher education built around the college's unique learn by doing, head, heart, and hands pedagogy.

Over fifty current and former instructors and alumni, including Vandana Shiva, David Orr, Kate Raworth, Fritjof Capra, Bill McKibben, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Jonathon Porritt, paint a rich picture of education for human well-being and the ecological health of the planet.

Contributions delve deeply into the nature of transformational learning and holistic education, present a wealth of alumni experiences of working towards an ecological society, and detail the expansion of the Schumacher model to Belgium, Brazil, India, Japan, and beyond.

The result is a rich tapestry of ideas and educational methods packed with insights and experience for practitioners and activists looking to build a just, ecological society.

About Satish Kumar

Satish Kumar, long-time peace and environment activist and former Jain monk, has been quietly setting the global agenda of change for over 50 years. He settled in the United Kingdom after an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage and took the editorial helm of Resurgence magazine in 1973, a post he held until 2016. Over the decades, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally respected ecological and educational ventures including founding Devon's Schumacher College; authoring several books, including Elegant Simplicity; and presenting the documentary Earth Pilgrim. Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth, an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Abroad. He appears regularly in the media, is on the Advisory Board of Our Future Planet, and continues to teach and run workshops as a sought-after speaker in the UK and abroad. He lives in Devon, UK.

Pavel Cenkl, PhD, is former Dean of Sterling College, Vermont, a researcher on ecologically minded curriculum development, and an environmental philosophy instructor. An avid endurance and adventure runner, through a project called Climate Run, Pavel has covered hundreds of miles in the Arctic and subarctic on foot in order to bring attention to the connections between our bodies and the more-than-human world in the face of a rapidly changing climate. He is author of Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest and This Vast Book of Nature. He is Head of Schumacher College and lives in Devon, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A New Pedagogy Satish Kumar

Part 1: Education of Head: Science
In the Beginning: Greening of Education - Satish Kumar
An Overview: A Unique Learning Experience - Fritjof Capra
Pedagogy for the Planet: Salt in the Stew - David Orr
Holistic Science: Teaching for Gaia - Stephan Harding
Holistic Science: Transforming Lives - Rupert Sheldrake
Holistic Science: A New Biology - Bruce H. Lipton
Holistic Science: From the Quanta to the Seed - Vandana Shiva
Agriculture: Science in the Service of the Soil - Wes Jackson
Holistic Science: Healing the Divided Brain - Iain McGilchrist

Part 2: Education of Head: Economics
Small Is Beautiful: Buddhist Economics - E. F. Schumacher
Regenerative Economics: New Story - Jonathan Dawson
The Green New Deal: People and Planet Connection - Ann Pettifor
New Economics: Local Is Beautiful - Helena Norberg-Hodge
Meaningful Work: Less Is More - Juliet B. Schor
Blue Economy: Nature Has No Waste - Gunter Pauli
Doughnut Economics: Turning Economics into Art - Kate Raworth
Ecological Design Thinking: Only Connect - Roberto Fraquelli and Mona Nasseri
Other Ways of Knowing: Transition Design - Terry Irwin and Gideon Kossoff

Part 3: Education of Heart
The Climate Crisis: Radical Activism - Bill McKibben
A Green Future: Narratives of Hope - Jonathon Porritt
Fireside Chat: Love for All - Satish Kumar
Ecology and Spirituality: A Polar Star - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Engaged Ecology: A Learning Arc - Andy Letcher
Ecology and Spirituality: A Sense of the Sacred Earth - Matthew Fox
A Celebration: Experiencing Gaia - Peter Reason
Indigenous Wisdom: Sacred Activism - Starhawk
Indigenous Cultures: A Quincentenary in the Old Postern - Charlene Spretnak
Indigenous Wisdom: Creating a Core New Myth - Colin Campbell

Part 4: Education of Hands
Nature and Art: The Big Picture - Susan Derges
Nature and Art: Web of Connections - Chris Drury
The Craft Revolution: The Magic of Making - Lou Rainbow
Gaia's Kitchen: A Rich Mix - Julia Ponsonby
Daily Bread: Simple but Not Easy! - Voirrey Watterson
Nature Is Here - Matt Harvey
Regenerative Horticulture: Learning by Doing - Jane Gleeson
Volunteering: Learning Through Service - Elizabeth Webber
Short Course Program: In Search of Meaning - Jane Hall

Part 5: Schumacher Worldwide
Green Hub, Hong Kong: Learning, Living and Loving - Andrew McAulay
Schumi Learning Garden in China: Right Livelihood - Ying Liang
Escola Schumacher, Brazil: Learning as Encounter - Juliana Schneider
Efecto Mariposa, Colombia: The Gaian Connection - Adriana Puech
Bhoomi College, India: Unity in Diversity - Seetha Ananthasivan
Peace and Permaculture Dojo, Japan: Moved by Love - Kai Sawyer
The Schumacher Sprouts, Belgium: Ne me Quitee Pas... - Sabine Denis

Part 6: Schumacher Alumni Experiences
Shaping Sustainability - Sarah Butler-Sloss
East and West - Nancy Lan Liu
A New Worldview - Tom Rivett-Carnac
Taking the Tree Trunk from Our Eye - Nigel Topping
Community Spirit - Paul Dickinson
A Well-Being Economy - Julia Kim
Lasting Gifts - Emily Ryan
A Home and a Community - Eve Annecke and Fiona Tilley

Part 7: The Future
Flourishing: Regenerative Learning - Pavel Cenkl

Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About New Society Publishers

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9780865719521
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Transformative Learning: Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College by Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar
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New Society Publishers
2021-05-04
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