Education's Highest Aim Teaching and Learning through a Spirituality of Communion

Name: Education's Highest Aim Teaching and Learning through a Spirituality of Communion
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ISBN: 9781565483361

ISBN-10: 1565483367

ISBN-13: 9781565483361

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael James, Thomas Masters, Amy J. Uelmen, Anthony J. Cernera

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Since "A Nation at Risk" in 1983, the "problem" of education in the United States has occupied a prominent space in the media, in the halls of government, and in the lives of those most involved in schools. After twenty-five years of inquiry, experimentation, debate and legislation such as No Child Left Behind, the problems seem as insoluble now as then. Education's Highest Aim presents the thoughts and experiences of researchers, students, teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders who have applied a theoretical and practical framework derived from Chiara Lubich's spirituality of communion to their various scenes of teaching and learning. Education's Highest Aim offers…

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Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: New City Press of the Focolare
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

MICHAEL JAMES is a Visiting Fellow at the Max Beloff Centre for the Study of Liberty at the University of Buckingham. He has been a full-time editor since 1989, after a 20 year career as a lecturer in politics at universities in the UK and Australia. From 1994 to 1998 he was the founding editor of Agenda, the policy journal of the Australian National University s College of Business and Economics.

Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
What Does This Book Contain?	p. 12
Who Could Profit From This Book?	p. 13
How Can This Book Be Used?	p. 13
Re-imagining Education through a Spirituality of Communion	p. 17
Educational Practice, Theory and Identity Formation	p. 18
Fundamental Tensions in Education Theory and Practice	p. 19
Negotiating the Tension between the Individual Person and Persons in Relationship	p. 21
Existential Identity	p. 23
Fragmentation, Self and Secularism	p. 25
Narrative As an Interpretive Methodology	p. 28
Reading the Narratives	p. 30
The Focolare Movement and Education: Background and Sources	p. 33
Origins	p. 34
Building a New Society Together	p. 36
Youth Formation	p. 38
Academic Reflection	p. 40
"EDU — Education and Unity"	p. 41
Institutional Models	p. 42
Conclusion	p. 43
Theory and Practice: Applying a Spirituality of Communion in Academic Settings	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Enhancing Reciprocity in a School Environment	p. 48
Generating Communion among School Staff	p. 53
Generating Communion among Teachers	p. 57
Generating Communion between Teacher and Student	p. 58
Developing Classroom Discipline through Reciprocity	p. 61
Transforming the Isolation of Special-Needs Students	p. 66
Establishing and Maintaining Reciprocal and Dialogical Relationships through Home Schooling	p. 71
Balancing Moral Continuity and Academic Requirements	p. 80
Redefining Educational Relationships through Reciprocity	p. 84
Fostering Authentic Collegiality	p. 88
Strengthening the Identity of Religiously Affiliated Institutions in a Pluralistic Environment	p. 97
Establishing Educational Institutions through a Spirituality of Communion	p. 101
Postscript	p. 117
Appendix of Primary Sources	p. 121
The Resurrection of Rome (1950)	p. 121
Jesus the Teacher (1971)	p. 126
The Charism of Unity and Education (2000)	p. 129
Message to Participants at "The Community as Educator" Conference on Education (2006)	p. 136
Children, Springtime of the Family and of Society: The Evangelization of Children (2000)	p. 138
Works Cited	p. 145
Authors' Information	p. 147
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