| Description |
xviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Theoretical and empirical foundations of holistic engagement. Educating transformative social workers: the case for holistic pedagogies / Loretta Pyles and Gwendolyn J. Adam ; A new model for holistic engagement: a foundation for social work pedagogies / Gwendolyn J. Adam and Loretta Pyles -- Part II. Dialogue, participation, and critical pedagogy. Learning in community: a transformative healing educational model for teaching community organizing / Terry Mizrahi, Esperanza Martell, Kate Cavanagh, and Allison Weingarten ; 'By the end of the term, you will have gained power in the classroom and I will have lost none': the pedagogical value of discomfort and vulnerability in the teaching of community practice / Steve Burghardt ; Conversation and dialogue in social work education / Benjamin Shepard ; A deliberate pedagogy: introducing the hidden curriculum, social pedagogy, and the common third / Mette Christiansen -- Part III. Theater, arts, and the human spirit. Mimesis: a theory for holistic engagement / Phillip Dybicz ; Improvisation: a practice for Praxis / Uta M. Walter ; Teaching to the holistic self: a case study of a critical social work classroom / Julian Svistova, Lara Bowen, and Meera Bhat -- Part IV. Mindfulness and integrative social work. There is a path. Your are on it. It does lead somewhere. / David Pettie ; Is mindfulness value free? Tiptoeing through the mindfield of mindfulness / Robyn Lynn, Jo Mensinga, Beth Tinning, and Kelly Lundman ; Promoting integrative mind-body-spirit practice to advance holistic social work education / Salome Raheim and Jack J. Lu ; Pedagogy for an integrative practice: Experiential Unity Theory and Model / Alyson Quinn ; Reconstructing social work education: the path forward for holistic pedagogies / Loretta Pyles and Gwendolyn J. Adam. |
| Summary |
With stories from the classroom, this book invites and challenges social work, human services and counseling educators to seek meaning in their methods and content in the processes of teaching. Empirically grounded, the authors propose a new model for advancing pedagogy to draw from many ways of knowing and wisdom across traditions. Through rich analysis of globalization, higher education, and the social work profession, as well as first person accounts, they co-create a story of holistic pedagogies that are being employed across the globe. |
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"This text offers innovation and a call to action for educators -- engage fully to engage students fully. With stories from the classroom, Holistic Engagement invites and challenges social work, human services and counseling educators to seek meaning in their methods and content in the processes of teaching. Empirically grounded, the authors propose a new model for advancing pedagogy to draw from many ways of knowing and wisdom across traditions. Through rich analysis of globalization, higher education and the social work profession, as well as first person accounts, they co-create a story of holistic pedagogies being employed across the globe. Aiming toward transformative social work practice, the authors discuss the ways that they engage with the whole person (body, mind, heart, culture and spirit) and reveal how such participatory pedagogies strengthen presence, attunement, empathy, professional self-care and the integrative capabilities of social work students and human service professionals. Drawing from a wide range of literature and traditions, from Freire's critical pedagogy to the neuroscience of mindfulness, these engaging essays have much to offer both seasoned and new social work educators, while creating an integrative and realistic conceptual home for them. The authors discuss the uses of theatre, the arts, ritual, mindfulness, critical dialogue, yoga and many other methods that upend the traditional social work classroom. These approaches are used at the undergraduate and graduate levels in a range of courses, including policy, theory and practice. The auto-ethnographical nature of many of the essays will invite educators to reflect on their own pedagogies as they consider the rewards and risks of going beyond the cognitive and engaging the whole person." -- Publisher's description |
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Social work education.
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Holistic education.
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Holistic education. (OCoLC)fst01200897
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Social work education. (OCoLC)fst01123461
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| Added Author |
Pyles, Loretta, editor.
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Adam, Gwendolyn, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199392728 (alk. paper) |
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0199392722 (alk. paper) |
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