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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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THE 14 BILLION YEAR LOVE STORY, The Evolving Story of Ongoing Creation

Posted by Len Sroka | Aug 11, 2014 | Adult Education, Education, Higher Education, Religion/Spirituality, Secondary 9 - 12, Story of the Universe, The New Story, Video |

This 3 video series is the story of evolving matter, life and humanity—emerging from and sustained by Love Divine. 1. Matter Is Loved Into Being 2. Matter Is Loved Into Life 3. Life Learns to Love This work is a synthesis of insights from: Teilhard de Chardin, SJ – priest, scientist and mystic Thomas Berry, […]

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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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Category: Types

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

THE 14 BILLION YEAR LOVE STORY, The Evolving Story of Ongoing Creation

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

Extinction Grieving Prayer

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