Sean Esbjörn-Hargens & Jonathan Reams 
Integral Education [EPUB ebook] 
New Directions for Higher Learning

The educational challenges being faced today are driving us toward a new step in the evolution of educational theory and practice. Educators are called to go beyond simply presenting alternatives, to integrating the best of mainstream and alternative approaches and taking them to the next level. Integral Education accomplishes this by bringing together leading researchers and practitioners from higher education who are actively exploring the frontiers of education from an integral perspective. It presents an overview of the emerging landscape of integral education from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives. Key characteristics of integral education include: exploring multiple perspectives, employing different pedagogical techniques (e.g., reflective, dialogical, empirical), combining conceptual rigor with embodied experience, drawing on developmental psychology, and cultivating a reflective and transformative space for students and teachers alike. Integral Education provides the most comprehensive synopsis of this exciting new approach and serves as a valuable resource for any integral effort within education.

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List of Figures

Acknowledgments



The Emergence and Characteristics of Integral Education: An Introduction


Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Jonathan Reams, and Olen Gunnlaugson




I. Historical Contexts



1. Western-Islamic and Native American Genealogies of Integral Education


Gary P. Hampson, Southern Cross University



2. Elements of the Underacknowledged History of Integral Education


Markus Molz, University of Luxembourg and Gary P. Hampson, Southern Cross University



3. The Complete Yoga: The Lineage of Integral Education


Jim Ryan, California Institute of Integral Studies




II. Distinct Approaches



4. Integral Theory in Service of Enacting Integral Education: Illustrations from an Online Graduate Program


Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, John F. Kennedy University



5. Integral Transformative Education: A Participatory Proposal


Jorge Ferrer, Marina Romero, and Ramon Albareda, California Institute of Integral Studies



6. A “Developmental Action Inquiry” Approach To Teaching First-, Second-, and Third-Person Action Research Methods


Erica Steckler and William R. Torbert, Boston College



7. Teaching Integratively: Five Dimensions of Transformation


Roben Torosyan, Fairfield University



8. Encountering the (W)hole: Integral Education as Deep Dialogue and Cultural Medicine


Matthew Bronson, California Institute of Integral Studies, and Ashok Gangadean, Haverford College




III. Case Studies



9. Jazz, Creativity, and Consciousness: A Blueprint for Integral Education


Ed Sarath, University of Michigan



10. Grounding Integral Theory in the Field of Experience


Terri O’Fallon, Pacifi c Integral



11. An Open Way of Being: Integral Reconceptualization of Mathematics for Teaching


Moshe Renert and Brent Davis, University of British Columbia



12. Written in “Three Voices:” A Turn Toward Integral Higher Education


Irene Karpiak, University of Oklahoma



13. Integral Education, Integral Transformation, and the Teaching of Mind-Body Medicine


Joel Kreisberg, John F. Kennedy University



14. Matching Educational Intentions with Assessment: Using an Integral Map


Nancy T. Davis, Florida State University



15. Expanding Our Vision in the Teaching and Design of University Science—Coming to Know Our Students


Sue Stack, University of Tasmania




IV. Looking Ahead



16. Integral Mind, Brain, and Education


Katie Heikkinen, Harvard University



17. Embodying Integral Education in Five Dimensions


Carissa Wieler, John F. Kennedy University



18. Opening Up the Path of Integral Education


Olen Gunnlaugson, Simon Fraser University



19. Contemporary Integral Education Research: A Transnational and Transparadigmatic Overview


Markus Molz, University of Luxembourg



20. Spirituality and Integral Thought in Higher Education


Alexander Astin, UCLA and Jonathan Reams, Norwegian University of Science and Technology



21. Evolving Higher Education Integrally: Delicate Mandalic Theorizing


Jennifer M. Gidley, Southern Cross University



Author Biographies

Index

Sobre el autor

Sean Esbjörn-Hargens is Associate Professor and Founding Chair of the Integral Theory Program at John F. Kennedy University. He is the editor of
Integral Theory in Action: Applied, Theoretical, and Constructive Perspectives on the AQAL Model, also published by SUNY Press, and Executive Editor of the
Journal of Integral Theory and Practice.
Jonathan Reams is Associate Professor of Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of
Integral Review.
Olen Gunnlaugson is a Postdoc Associate at Simon Fraser University.