{"product_id":"the-heart-of-higher-education-isbn-9780470487907","title":"The Heart of Higher Education","description":"A call to advance integrative teaching and learning in higher education.  \u003cp\u003eFrom Parker Palmer, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Teach,\u003c\/i\u003e and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, comes this call to revisit the roots and reclaim the vision of higher education. \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e proposes an approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being—mind, heart, and spirit—an essential integration if we hope to address the complex issues of our time. The book offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory, and proposals for action from two educators and writers who have contributed to developing the field of integrative education over the past few decades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents Parker Palmer’s powerful response to critics of holistic learning and Arthur Zajonc’s elucidation of the relationship between science, the humanities, and the contemplative traditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores ways to take steps toward making colleges and universities places that awaken the deepest potential in students, faculty, and staff\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a practical approach to fostering renewal in higher education through collegiality and conversation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e is for all who are new to the field of holistic education, all who want to deepen their understanding of its challenges, and all who want to practice and promote this vital approach to teaching and learning on their campuses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Nepo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGratitudes xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Toward a Philosophy of Integrative Education 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 When Philosophy Is Put into Practice 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Beyond the Divided Academic Life 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Attending to Interconnection, Living the Lesson 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Experience, Contemplation, and Transformation 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Transformative Conversations on Campus 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Appendices: Experiments in Integrative Education 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A In the Classroom 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Beyond the Classroom 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C Administrative and Campuswide Initiatives 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 229\u003c\/p\u003e  Palmer and Zajonc have issued a compelling call for change and renewal in higher education. They show us how colleges and universities can be transformed by taking a more integrated approach to teaching and learning that focuses on the inner lives of their students and faculty.\u003cbr\u003e ” —Alexander and Helen Astin, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA  \u003cp\u003e“At a moment when many are dreaming of an integrative form of higher education that unites intellectual rigor with compassion and love, Palmer and Zajonc invite us to engage in conversations designed to infuse the academy with meaning, purpose, and soul. For those who yearn to transform colleges and universities from sterile, vacuous spaces to places of hope, possibility, and respect for everything human, this is the book you have been waiting for.”\u003cbr\u003e —Laura I. Rendón, professor of higher education, Iowa State University, and author, \u003ci\u003eSentipensante Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Parker Palmer and Arthur Zajonc call for a renewal of our commitment to inspiring deeper thinking and educating the whole person. This book should and will inspire debate about our larger purpose, about how we can go beyond the traditional silos in which we work for the sake of individual and institutional transformation.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anthony Marx, president, College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“What should be at the center of our teaching and our students’ learning? Palmer and Zajonc take up this simple but daunting question and provide the most solid ground yet on which to hold a conversation about the heart of our enterprise. They reimagine higher education in a way commensurate with the magnitude of our problems and offer us practical paths toward implementation. Integrative education is the most important reformation of higher learning since the rise of the modern university. This book can help us achieve it.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anthony Lising Antonio, associate professor of education and associate director, Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[The book] strikes a welcome balance between theoretical claims and practical applications. I find [it] a worthy read for anyone interested in asking the deeper questions about what it means to educate an undergraduate. I encourage you to find the paragraphs that resonate most deeply with you, and to do the one thing the authors ask of us: have a meaningful conversation about higher education with a few colleagues. For, as they put it, ‘renewal…will germinate first in the soil of these caring and collegial conversations.’”\u003cbr\u003e —Allison Gale, Departmental Teaching Fellow for Earth and Planetary Sciences, for \u003ci\u003eThe Bok Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePARKER J. PALMER\u003c\/b\u003e is a highly respected writer, teacher, and activist. His work speaks deeply to people in many walks of life, including education, medicine, religion, law, philanthropy, politics, and social change. Author of seven books, including the best sellers \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Teach\u003c\/i\u003e (now in its tenth anniversary edition), \u003ci\u003eLet Your Life Speak\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Hidden Wholeness\u003c\/i\u003e, his work has been recognized with ten honorary doctorates and a number of national awards. Named one of the “most influential senior leaders” in higher education, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eARTHUR ZAJONC\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of physics at Amherst College and has been a Fulbright professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eMeditation as Contemplative Inquiry: When Knowing Becomes Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently directs the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, which supports appropriate inclusion of contemplative methods in higher education.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEGAN SCRIBNER\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor and writer who has worked with numerous foundations and educational organizations. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTeaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeading from Within\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves as an advisor to the Fetzer Institute.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to everyone who cares about the academy to revisit its roots and help reclaim its highest calling. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParker J. Palmer, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Teach\u003c\/i\u003e and founder of the Center for Courage \u0026amp; Renewal, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics and director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, advocate a holistic approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being—mind, heart, and spirit. \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory, and action options and models to help colleges and universities become places that awaken the deepest potential in students, faculty, and staff. 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