Educating for HumanityEducating for Humanity

Educating for Humanity II: Excellence in Educating for Humanity II: Excellence in Teaching PracticeTeaching Practice

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Key Factors education: Key Factors education:

•StudentsStudents

•TeachersTeachers

•EarthEarth

Students should be Students should be educated in:educated in:• SelfSelf

• CommunityCommunity

• Earth Earth

• SpiritSpirit

Teachers prepare them Teachers prepare them for…for…•Their place in societyTheir place in society

•Their function in their Their function in their communitycommunity

•Their passionsTheir passions

•The causes and effects in the The causes and effects in the environmentenvironment

•Building and exploring different Building and exploring different relationshipsrelationships

Students: OneselfStudents: Oneself

• Making choicesMaking choices– What kind of What kind of educationeducation

– What teacher they What teacher they wantwant

• Group WorkGroup Work– What role do they What role do they playplay

• ExpressionExpression– Students needs to Students needs to be heardbe heard

The Importance of The Importance of TeachersTeachers

•Share oneself with studentsShare oneself with students

•Authenticity Authenticity

•Personal growth and developmentPersonal growth and development

•Connect to studentsConnect to students

•Collaboration with othersCollaboration with others

Teachers: GrowthTeachers: Growth

•Team collaborationTeam collaboration

•Life long learningLife long learning– Feel of accomplishment and Feel of accomplishment and appreciate for going beyond the appreciate for going beyond the teaching degreeteaching degree

•Take pride in their workTake pride in their work

•Use their passion to engage Use their passion to engage with students and communitywith students and community

Spirit in Education: Spirit in Education: Students and TeachersStudents and Teachers

• Nurturing of the inner lifeNurturing of the inner life

• Find deeper purpose and meaningFind deeper purpose and meaning

• Building an inclusive community of Building an inclusive community of learning togetherlearning together

The Spiritual Realm The Spiritual Realm

•Teachers a facilitators aid Teachers a facilitators aid students allow help students:students allow help students:– Find Find – EvokeEvoke– Uncover Uncover

•To find their personal meaningTo find their personal meaning

Spirit Integrated with Spirit Integrated with EducationEducation

•Education is understood in Education is understood in school when school when – HeartHeart– SpiritSpirit– Community Community

•Are integrated with academicsAre integrated with academics

Students Need and Students Need and UnderstandingUnderstanding

•Value of lifeValue of life

•Mean and purposeMean and purpose

•WisdomWisdom

•BeautyBeauty

•Justice Justice

DiversityDiversity

• When celebrated studentsWhen celebrated students– Are rewarded through collaborationAre rewarded through collaboration– Show commitment to Show commitment to

• Social responsibilitySocial responsibility• The natural world around usThe natural world around us• Honor and spirit in educationHonor and spirit in education

Inner Life of StudentsInner Life of Students

•Vocabulary development so there Vocabulary development so there are meaningful discussions are meaningful discussions aboutabout– What is sacredWhat is sacred– Spiritual meaningSpiritual meaning

•Their inner life needs to be Their inner life needs to be woven into the curriculumwoven into the curriculum

Schools, teachers, & Schools, teachers, & studentsstudents•Build a sense of communityBuild a sense of community

•Encourage diversityEncourage diversity

•Embrace artsEmbrace arts

•Celebrate natureCelebrate nature

•Honor the pastHonor the past

•Encourage social actionEncourage social action

•Search for authentic meaningful Search for authentic meaningful learninglearning

Social ValuesSocial Values

• Schools can Schools can teach academics teach academics with a broader with a broader context of context of social valuessocial values– A district wide A district wide mandatemandate• Bi-weekly class Bi-weekly class meetingsmeetings– TopicTopic

BullyingBullying

Building Classroom Building Classroom ClimateClimate• Creating a mysteryCreating a mystery• Maintaining that Maintaining that mysterymystery

• Creating Creating acceptanceacceptance

• Training to ask Training to ask good questionsgood questions– Open endedOpen ended

• Building Building enthusiasm to find enthusiasm to find solutionssolutions

Positive Classroom Climate Positive Classroom Climate PromotesPromotes

•CuriosityCuriosity

•QuestioningQuestioning

•Eager to learnEager to learn

Community: Indirect Community: Indirect TeachingTeaching• Non-judgmentalNon-judgmental

• IntegratedIntegrated

• Belonging Belonging

• ConnectednessConnectedness