Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an Integral perspective. The educational challenges faced today are driving us toward a new step in the evolution of educational theory and practice. Educators are called to go beyond simply presenting alternatives, to integrating the best of mainstream and alternative approaches and taking them to the next level. Integral Education accomplishes this by bringing together leading researchers and practitioners from higher education who are actively exploring the frontiers of education from an integral perspective. It presents an overview of the emerging landscape of integral education from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives. Key characteristics of integral education include exploring multiple perspectives, employing different pedagogical techniques (e.g., reflective, dialogical, empirical), combining conceptual rigor with embodied experience, drawing on developmental psychology, and cultivating a reflective and transformative space for students and teachers alike. Integral Education provides the most comprehensive synopsis of this exciting new approach and serves as a valuable resource for any integral effort within education. “As the first book to explore the overlap between Integral Theory and education, it offers a wide range of perspectives, including scientific, academic, applied, theoretical, socio-historical, and anecdotal/narrative.” — Thomas J. Murray, EdD “This book fulfills the Integral Theoretical approach by being comprehensive in its view of the field of education. I believe any professor worth his or her salt needs to read it.” — Mark J. Fischler, Plymouth State University Contents: Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments The Emergence and Characteristics of Integral Education: An Introduction Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Jonathan Reams, and Olen Gunnlaugson I. Historical Contexts 1. Western-Islamic and Native American Genealogies of Integral Education Gary P. Hampson, Southern Cross University 2. Elements of the Underacknowledged History of Integral Education Markus Molz, University of Luxembourg and Gary P. Hampson, Southern Cross University 3. The Complete Yoga: The Lineage of Integral Education Jim Ryan, California Institute of Integral Studies II. Distinct Approaches 4. Integral Theory in Service of Enacting Integral Education: Illustrations from an Online Graduate Program Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, John F. Kennedy University 5. Integral Transformative Education: A Participatory Proposal Jorge Ferrer, Marina Romero, and Ramon Albareda, California Institute of Integral Studies 6. A “Developmental Action Inquiry” Approach To Teaching First-, Second-, and Third-Person Action Research Methods Erica Steckler and William R. Torbert, Boston College 7. Teaching Integratively: Five Dimensions of Transformation Roben Torosyan, Fairfield University 8. Encountering the (W)hole: Integral Education as Deep Dialogue and Cultural Medicine Matthew Bronson, California Institute of Integral Studies, and Ashok Gangadean, Haverford College III. Case Studies 9. Jazz, Creativity, and Consciousness: A Blueprint for Integral Education Ed Sarath, University of Michigan 10. Grounding Integral Theory in the Field of Experience Terri O’Fallon, Pacifi c Integral 11. An Open Way of Being: Integral Reconceptualization of Mathematics for Teaching Moshe Renert and Brent Davis, University of British Columbia 12. Written in “Three Voices:” A Turn Toward Integral Higher Education Irene Karpiak, University of Oklahoma 13. Integral Education, Integral Transformation, and the Teaching of Mind-Body Medicine Joel Kreisberg, John F. Kennedy University 14. Matching Educational Intentions with Assessment: Using an Integral Map Nancy T. Davis, Florida State University 15. Expanding Our Vision in the Teaching and Design of University Science—Coming to Know Our Students Sue Stack, University of Tasmania IV. Looking Ahead 16. Integral Mind, Brain, and Education Katie Heikkinen, Harvard University 17. Embodying Integral Education in Five Dimensions Carissa Wieler, John F. Kennedy University 18. Opening Up the Path of Integral Education Olen Gunnlaugson, Simon Fraser University 19. Contemporary Integral Education Research: A Transnational and Transparadigmatic Overview Markus Molz, University of Luxembourg 20. Spirituality and Integral Thought in Higher Education Alexander Astin, UCLA and Jonathan Reams, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 21. Evolving Higher Education Integrally: Delicate Mandalic Theorizing Jennifer M. Gidley, Southern Cross University Author Biographies Index About the Editors: Sean Esbjörn-Hargens is Associate Professor and Founding Chair of the Integral Theory Program at John F. Kennedy University. He is the editor of Integral Theory in Action: Applied, Theoretical, and Constructive Perspectives on the AQAL Model, also published by SUNY Press, and Executive Editor of the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice. Jonathan Reams is Associate Professor of Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of Integral Review. Olen Gunnlaugson is a Postdoc Associate at Simon Fraser University.
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