This is a Powerpoint Presentation of chapters 3 and 4 of the author’s doctoral dissertation. It contains theoretical development and qualitative data from an empirical study. This presentation was delivered at the 2016 International Big History Association Conference.
This is the front matter and (synopsis and table of contents) to my recently completed doctoral dissertation. As this dissertation is currently being converted into a book, individual chapters are made available upon request.
J. C. Smuts coined the term “holism” ( from holo-‘whole’ + -ism) in the 1920s to designate the tendency in nature to produce organized “wholes” (bodies or organisms) from the ordered grouping of units. Holism is the theory that parts of a whole are in intimate interconnection, such that they cannot exist independently of the […]
This year, in lieu of a final cumulative assessment in Big History, nearly 100 teens participated in a Big History exhibition of their final projects, which were showcased on a walking tour of the eight thresholds of increasing complexity in the story of our universe, planet, and humanity. The teens invited family and other community […]
The Ridge and Valley Charter School, Blairstown, NJ is a pre-eminent example of a school inspired by the work of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme and the movie/book Journey of the Universe. Founded in 1999 by a group of people associated with Genesis Farm in Blairstown, NJ and its pioneering Earth Literacy curriculum developed by […]
This link connects you to the Curriculum Framework section of the Ridge and Valley Charter School’s website. Here you can read about the philosophy behind, and different elements in, our framework. You can also download the Curriculum Framework document to read in it’s entirety.
This is my attempt, after receiving much needed guidance from Cynthia Stokes Brown, to bring together two very important educational approaches.
Zest for Life – Partnering with our Sacred Earth Community
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An eight minute video of Ilya Prigogine, one of the greatest minds of any century…….reflecting on his epic work in describing the self-organizing dynamics of living systems…..the emergent creativity in/of the interior domains at every evolutionary level.
This is a manual that I created to support the implementation of Big History within our high school program at Community Montessori.
Our Vision is to ignite our sense of connectedness with Earth and nurture a spirituality of Earth care through learning circles.
Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
Gladwyne Montessori is an independent Montessori school on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Committed to guiding adults in their journey as they discover the truths about childhood and study Montessori pedagogy. Personal growth and deep understanding prepares us for success.
The result is transformative.
