Spirituality and English Language Teaching - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spirituality and English Language Teaching write by Mary Shepard Wong. This book was released on 2018-08-09. Spirituality and English Language Teaching available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teaching (ELT). The chapters broaden a topic which has traditionally focused on Christianity by including Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and non-religious perspectives. They address the ways in which faith and ELT intersect in the realms of teacher identity, pedagogy and the context and content of ELT, and explore a diverse range of geographical contexts, making use of a number of different research methodologies. The book will be of particular interest to researchers in TESOL and EFL, as well as teachers and teacher trainers.
Religious Faith and Teacher Knowledge in English Language Teaching
Religious Faith and Teacher Knowledge in English Language Teaching - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Faith and Teacher Knowledge in English Language Teaching write by Bradley Baurain. This book was released on 2016-01-14. Religious Faith and Teacher Knowledge in English Language Teaching available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The field of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) stands at an active crossroads – issues of language, culture, learning, identity, morality, and spirituality mix daily in classrooms around the world. What roles might teachers’ personal religious beliefs play in their professional activities and contexts? Until recently, such questions had been largely excluded from academic conversations in TESOL. Yet the qualitative research at the core of this book, framed and presented within a teacher knowledge paradigm, demonstrates that personal faith and professional identities and practices can, and do, interact and interrelate in ways that are both meaningful and problematic. This study’s Christian TESOL teacher participants, working overseas in Southeast Asia, perceived, explained, and interpreted a variety of such connections within their lived experience. As a result, the beliefs-practices nexus deserves to be further theorized, researched, and discussed. Religious beliefs and human spirituality, as foundational and enduring aspects of human thought and culture, and thus of teaching and learning, deserve a place at the TESOL table.
Spirituality, Social Justice and Language Learning
Spirituality, Social Justice and Language Learning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spirituality, Social Justice and Language Learning write by David I. Smith. This book was released on 2007-02-01. Spirituality, Social Justice and Language Learning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book sets out to explore the intersections between matters not frequently yoked in academic discussions: spirituality, social justice, and the learning of world languages. The contributing authors contend not only that these intersections exist, but that they are the site of issues and realities that require the attention of language educators and point to avenues of growth for the language teaching profession. The essays included seek to indicate the possibilities of a neglected area of inquiry, not only in terms of theory but also in terms of the practices of language education. Given this aim of opening up fresh questions, the book is arranged so as to show the relevance of the nexus of spirituality and social justice to teacher education (chapters 3 and 4), language classroom practices (chapters 5 and 6), and the theoretical sources that inform scholarly discussion of language education (chapters 7 and 8). The opening chapters place these explorations in a larger context by showing how they fit into existing social contexts and academic discussions.
John Baptist de la Salle
John Baptist de la Salle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook John Baptist de la Salle write by Saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle. This book was released on 2004. John Baptist de la Salle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education
Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education write by Edward J. Brantmeier. This book was released on 2010-07-01. Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education attempts to deeply explore the universal and particular dimensions of education for inner and communal peace. This co-edited book contains fifteen chapters on world spiritual traditions, religions, and their connections and relevance to peacebuilding and peacemaking. This book examines the teachings and practices of Confucius, of Judaism, Islamic Sufism, Christianity, Quakerism, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and of Indigenous spirituality. Secondly, it explores teaching and learning processes rooted in self discovery, skill development, and contemplative practices for peace. Topics in various chapters include: the Buddhist practice of tonglen; an indigenous Hawaiian practice of Ho’oponopono for forgiveness and conflict resolution; pilgrimage and labyrinth walking for right action; Twelve Step Programs for peace; teaching from a religious/spiritual perspective; narrative inquiry, Daoism, and peace curriculum; Gandhi, deep ecology, and multicultural peace education in teacher education; peacemaking and spirituality in undergraduate courses; and wisdom-based learning in teacher education. Peace education practices stemming from wisdom traditions can promote stillness as well as enliven, awaken, and urge reconciliation, connection, wisdom cultivation, and transformation and change in both teachers and students in diverse educational contexts. In various chapters of this book, a critique of competition, consumerism, and materialism undergird the analysis. More than just a critique, some chapters provide both conceptual and practical clarity for deeper engagement in peaceful action and change in society. Cultural awareness and understanding are fostered through a focus on the positive aspects of wisdom traditions rather than the negative aspects and historical complexities of violence and conflict as result of religious hegemony.
