The Ecological Heart of Teaching
Radical Tales of Refuge and Renewal for Classrooms and Communities
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- New York, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2016. XV, 265 pp.
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author(s)/editor(s)
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Foreword: Not Just as We Please, or by Choice: A Meditation on What It Means to Make a Difference
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: We Went Once Around the Sun: Some Notes on the Origins and Organization of This Book
- Chapter Three: From What Does Ethical Relationality Flow? An Indian Act in Three Artifacts
- Chapter Four: Successful Assimilation
- Chapter Five: A Pedagogy of Panic
- Chapter Six: A Better Place
- Chapter Seven: All Beings Are Your Ancestors: A Bear Sutra on Ecology, Buddhism and Pedagogy (1997)
- Chapter Eight: Relearning Freedom: Advice to a New Teacher
- Chapter Nine: Matches
- Chapter Ten: A Modern Hunting Tradition
- Chapter Eleven: “You Need Accuracy”: An Appreciation of a “Modern Hunting Tradition”
- Chapter Twelve: Advice to New Teachers
- Chapter Thirteen: Beckoning
- Chapter Fourteen: Remembering Mr. Routhier
- Chapter Fifteen: Teaching Everything
- Chapter Sixteen: Blossom Everlasting: A Meditation
- Chapter Seventeen: Timed Beings
- Chapter Eighteen: In My Timid Voice
- Chapter Nineteen: My Brother
- Chapter Twenty: Advice to a New Teacher
- Chapter Twenty-One: Meditations on Contemplative Pedagogy as Sanctuary
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Thoughts and Aspirations for a New Teacher
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Dear New Teacher
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Henry
- Chapter Twenty-Five: A Little Uprising
- Chapter Twenty-Six: (Here Is) Where You Are Supposed to Be
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: River Otters and Such
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: My Teacher Supply List
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Chapter Thirty: Echolocations
- Chapter Thirty-One: Chasing Calmness
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Tortuga
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Conversation
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Dear New Teacher
- Chapter Thirty-Five: Nani
- Chapter Thirty-Six: On Witches and Kites
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: It Is All Love
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Typewriter
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: Curriculum Artifact: Guided Reading Table
- Chapter Forty: New Stories and Roles
- Chapter Forty-One: Too Young for an Identity Crisis
- Chapter Forty-Two: From Darkness to Light: Observations From Inside the Linoleum Cavern
- Chapter Forty-Three: Hypocrite
- Chapter Forty-Four: Two Young Fish
- Chapter Forty-Five: Whisking Away the Table
- Chapter Forty-Six: Spontaneous Learning
- Chapter Forty-Seven: “I Love the Terror in a Mother’s Heart”
- Chapter Forty-Eight: Dear Adam’s Teacher
- Chapter Forty-Nine: Remembrances of the Land and Rocks in My Pocket
- Chapter Fifty: Fish Bones in the Trees
- Chapter Fifty-One: Let’s Take a Journey
- Chapter Fifty-Two: Old Dog, Same Trick
- Chapter Fifty-Three: Thoughts on Being Neither Finished nor Unfinished
- Chapter Fifty-Four: There Is Only This Farm
- Chapter Fifty-Five: How to Love Black Snow
- Chapter Fifty-Six: Bee & Nothingness
- Chapter Fifty-Seven: Turning In/wards
- Chapter Fifty-Eight: Radiant Beings
- Chapter Fifty-Nine: Additional Thoughts on the Terror in a Mother’s Heart: An Allegorical/Pedagogical Speculation on the Economies of Knowledge
- Chapter Sixty: Josh
- Chapter Sixty-One: Curriculum Theorizing
- Chapter Sixty-Two: Interview With the Gym Hall Water Fountain
- Chapter Sixty-Three: Beyond the Outfield Fence
- Chapter Sixty-Four: American Dippers and Alberta Winter Strawberries
- Chapter Sixty-Five: Advice to a New Teacher
- Chapter Sixty-Six: Girls, Go Close the Doors!
- Chapter Sixty-Seven: So Many Voices
- Chapter Sixty-Eight: An Ode to Xmas Present
- Chapter Sixty-Nine: Dear Cohort
- Chapter Seventy: An Address
- Chapter Seventy-One: Becoming Uncongealed
- Chapter Seventy-Two: Ode to My Rabbit Teacher
- Chapter Seventy-Three: School Storage Bags: Not as Innocent as They Seem
- Chapter Seventy-Four: Teaching, Practice, Wisdom: An Invitation to the Banff Centre
- Chapter Seventy-Five: “The Path and the Goal”
- Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Series index
Chapter Sixty-Two: Interview With the Gym Hall Water Fountain
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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
Interview WITH THE Gym Hall Water Fountain
IAN WALSH
Ian Walsh: Thanks for taking the time; I know you have a long day ahead of you.
Gym Hall Water Fountain: I sure do, the Gym class is into a pretty serious dodge ball tournament right now so I am running ‘fast and cold,’ as they say.
IW: I know you don’t get a lot of attention; you are often assumed to be around somewhere or lumped in with the bathrooms. Does that bother you?
GHWF: It is true, but we are not show-off types; we like to do our job and stay quiet. No loud flushes, no automation, just a nicely arcing stream of what you need when you need it.
IW: Besides providing water on demand, what does your day consist of?
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- Title
- Copyright
- About the author(s)/editor(s)
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Foreword: Not Just as We Please, or by Choice: A Meditation on What It Means to Make a Difference
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: We Went Once Around the Sun: Some Notes on the Origins and Organization of This Book
- Chapter Three: From What Does Ethical Relationality Flow? An Indian Act in Three Artifacts
- Chapter Four: Successful Assimilation
- Chapter Five: A Pedagogy of Panic
- Chapter Six: A Better Place
- Chapter Seven: All Beings Are Your Ancestors: A Bear Sutra on Ecology, Buddhism and Pedagogy (1997)
- Chapter Eight: Relearning Freedom: Advice to a New Teacher
- Chapter Nine: Matches
- Chapter Ten: A Modern Hunting Tradition
- Chapter Eleven: “You Need Accuracy”: An Appreciation of a “Modern Hunting Tradition”
- Chapter Twelve: Advice to New Teachers
- Chapter Thirteen: Beckoning
- Chapter Fourteen: Remembering Mr. Routhier
- Chapter Fifteen: Teaching Everything
- Chapter Sixteen: Blossom Everlasting: A Meditation
- Chapter Seventeen: Timed Beings
- Chapter Eighteen: In My Timid Voice
- Chapter Nineteen: My Brother
- Chapter Twenty: Advice to a New Teacher
- Chapter Twenty-One: Meditations on Contemplative Pedagogy as Sanctuary
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Thoughts and Aspirations for a New Teacher
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Dear New Teacher
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Henry
- Chapter Twenty-Five: A Little Uprising
- Chapter Twenty-Six: (Here Is) Where You Are Supposed to Be
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: River Otters and Such
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: My Teacher Supply List
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Chapter Thirty: Echolocations
- Chapter Thirty-One: Chasing Calmness
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Tortuga
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Conversation
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Dear New Teacher
- Chapter Thirty-Five: Nani
- Chapter Thirty-Six: On Witches and Kites
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: It Is All Love
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Typewriter
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: Curriculum Artifact: Guided Reading Table
- Chapter Forty: New Stories and Roles
- Chapter Forty-One: Too Young for an Identity Crisis
- Chapter Forty-Two: From Darkness to Light: Observations From Inside the Linoleum Cavern
- Chapter Forty-Three: Hypocrite
- Chapter Forty-Four: Two Young Fish
- Chapter Forty-Five: Whisking Away the Table
- Chapter Forty-Six: Spontaneous Learning
- Chapter Forty-Seven: “I Love the Terror in a Mother’s Heart”
- Chapter Forty-Eight: Dear Adam’s Teacher
- Chapter Forty-Nine: Remembrances of the Land and Rocks in My Pocket
- Chapter Fifty: Fish Bones in the Trees
- Chapter Fifty-One: Let’s Take a Journey
- Chapter Fifty-Two: Old Dog, Same Trick
- Chapter Fifty-Three: Thoughts on Being Neither Finished nor Unfinished
- Chapter Fifty-Four: There Is Only This Farm
- Chapter Fifty-Five: How to Love Black Snow
- Chapter Fifty-Six: Bee & Nothingness
- Chapter Fifty-Seven: Turning In/wards
- Chapter Fifty-Eight: Radiant Beings
- Chapter Fifty-Nine: Additional Thoughts on the Terror in a Mother’s Heart: An Allegorical/Pedagogical Speculation on the Economies of Knowledge
- Chapter Sixty: Josh
- Chapter Sixty-One: Curriculum Theorizing
- Chapter Sixty-Two: Interview With the Gym Hall Water Fountain
- Chapter Sixty-Three: Beyond the Outfield Fence
- Chapter Sixty-Four: American Dippers and Alberta Winter Strawberries
- Chapter Sixty-Five: Advice to a New Teacher
- Chapter Sixty-Six: Girls, Go Close the Doors!
- Chapter Sixty-Seven: So Many Voices
- Chapter Sixty-Eight: An Ode to Xmas Present
- Chapter Sixty-Nine: Dear Cohort
- Chapter Seventy: An Address
- Chapter Seventy-One: Becoming Uncongealed
- Chapter Seventy-Two: Ode to My Rabbit Teacher
- Chapter Seventy-Three: School Storage Bags: Not as Innocent as They Seem
- Chapter Seventy-Four: Teaching, Practice, Wisdom: An Invitation to the Banff Centre
- Chapter Seventy-Five: “The Path and the Goal”
- Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Series index