Love and compassion
Subtitle: exploring their role in education
By: John P. Miller
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781487522575; 9781487503314
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Compassion; Teaching; Philosophy; Education; Love
Description: "Teachers often speak about their love for their subject, their students, and their vocation. As multidimensional as love is, it can be a taboo subject relative to teachers and students. In Love and Compassion, John P. Miller explores different forms of love, including self-love, love of others, love of beauty, and love of learning, and how they can be nurtured in an educational setting to improve teaching and learning. Love and Compassion is both a practical and conceptual work, and will interest those involved in the study and practice of holistic and contemplative education. In addition to the different dimensions of love, Miller discusses nonviolent action and compassion and how they are crucial to the practice of teaching, and reflects on his own and his students' experiences with creating a loving environment in the classroom."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-147) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Thomas Moore; title: Love: an introduction; title: Self-Love; title: Personal love; title: Impartial love: compassion and lovingkindess; title: Love of learning and the importance of curiosity; title: Love of beauty; title: Love as nonviolence; title: The gift of presence; title: Eros; title: Love and education.