The Heart of Learning

by Steven Glazer

The Heart of Learning asks teachers and students to recommit themselves to what they love most in education. The renown contributors outline a map for enabling us to connect with the very reasons why we teach and learn thus to achieve greater fulfillment in both. Incisive essays by Parker Palmer, Rachel Naomi Remen , and the Tibetan lama Dozgchen Ponlop Rinpoche examine how our unique, individual experiences of the sacred can profoundly enrich how we learn and teach. Writings by bell hooks and the Dalai Lama show how we simultaneously can cultivate both individual beliefs and openness to the diversity of the contemporary classroom. Works by Huston Smith and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi explore our need to balance our past histories and traditions with the needs of present and future generations.This extraordinary collection of original work provides a unified, inspiring, and immensely practical new paradigm for how teaching and learning can mean more, accomplish more, and inspire the best in each of us. This book is a must for every teacher, student, parent, and anyone who loves to learn.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Anna Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the sections by Palmer and Rachel Naomi Remen (hers especially!!!). This book was good - a lot of modernist content and some wishy-washy chapters, but it wasn't too bad of a read overall.

[Julieta]

This book was not what I was expecting at all! However, it was a very interesting read on other religious/spiritual perspectives in relation to education.

[Shinemoos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice concepts but not all articles are as interesting

[Lizzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gift from Alana for my first year of teaching. The essay by bell hooks was exactly what I needed to read for strength for my job. Appreciated the dialogue between the masters Huston Smith and Rav Schachter. However many of the sentiments seemed anti science and I found this off putting. I also found it frustrating to be continuously told my classroom was wrong. Further, the book mostly emphasized Buddhist traditions and neglected other spiritual traditions