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Big History and the Secondary Classroom: A Twenty-First Century Approach to Interdisciplinary?

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Aug 12, 2014 | Article, Big History, Education, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

Big History poses big questions addressing big issues like “How did we get here? Where are we going?” It encourages exploration of deep philosophical questions about the meaning of life and the nature of the cosmos. Answering these questions pushes teachers and students to move beyond the confines of traditional disciplinary boundaries to examine the […]

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From Traditional Curriculum to Transdisciplinarity

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Aug 12, 2014 | Big History, Education, Higher Education, Image, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

This is a slide that shows movement from: traditional curriculum in discipline silos; to multi-disciplinarity; to interdisciplinarity; to transdisciplinarity. It was part of a power point presentation by Tracy Sullivan at the 2012 International Big History Conference.

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What Came Before the Big Bang?

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Aug 12, 2014 | Adult Education, Article, Cosmic Evolution, Higher Education, Lifelong, Posts & Resources |

This article appeared in the Special Collector’s Edition of Scientific American, Fall 2014 Einstein’s general theory of relativity says that the universe began with the big bang singularity, a moment when all the matter we see was concentrated at a single point of infinite density. But the theory does not capture the fine, quantum structure […]

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International Big History Conference Program 2014

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Aug 11, 2014 | Adult Education, Big History, Document, Education, Government, Higher Education, Law, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Secondary 9 - 12 |

This is the program that describes all the papers and panels for the 2014 conference.

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Sacred Place, Sacred Role

Posted by Paul J Kirbas | Jul 23, 2014 | Adult Education, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Higher Education, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, Story of the Universe |

Sacred Place, Sacred Role is a curriculum study designed for use in churches and other...

The Kirbas Institute

Posted by Paul J Kirbas | Jul 19, 2014 | Adult Education, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Higher Education, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Social Justice, Website |

This website offers resources for building bridges between faith and science. The website offers a...

This Sacred Earth:Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Nature and Humanity’s Place Within It

Posted by Paul J Kirbas | Jul 18, 2014 | Adult Education, Book, Ecology/Sustainability, Higher Education, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality |

This book explores the basic and important question of whether nature is sacred in and of its own...

Extinction Grieving Prayer

Posted by Terri MacKenzie | Jul 14, 2014 | Ecology/Sustainability, Lifelong, Posts & Resources, Ritual, Website |

DTJN members like Carolyn Baker have written about the importance of conscious grieving. I often...

The Origin, Differentiation and Role of Rights

Posted by Jennifer Morgan | Jul 11, 2014 | Adult Education, Agriculture, Art, Document, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Government, Higher Education, Law, Lifelong, New Cosmology, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, The New Story |

This important document helped launch a movement for defending the rights of Nature and Earth Jurisprudence. It lays out the foundation for where rights originate and why they need to be respected, and how the rights all things fit into the larger context.

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The Renewal Project Website

Posted by Marty Ostrow | Jul 11, 2014 | Adult Education, Agriculture, Cosmic Evolution, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Government, Higher Education, Lifelong, Other, Other, Posts & Resources, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Social Justice, Website |

The Renewal Project Website is dedicated to reporting on and advancing America’s emergent religious-environmental movement. The site is built around Renewal, the ground-breaking 90-minute documentary film about diverse religious communities who have been motivated by their beliefs to build a more sustainable future. Visitors will discover a vast array of information and resources for educators […]

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Big History and the Secondary Classroom: A Twenty-First Century Approach to Interdisciplinary?

From Traditional Curriculum to Transdisciplinarity

What Came Before the Big Bang?

International Big History Conference Program 2014

This Sacred Earth:Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Nature and Humanity’s Place Within It

Extinction Grieving Prayer

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