Reviews
"Mike Seymour has gathered a remarkable group of essays from authors
who share his concern about the role of education in creating a more positive
future for our world. The book is inspiring, informative, and will be of
great value to educators in these challenging times."
Dee Dickinson, CEO,
New Horizons for Learning
http://www.newhorizons.org
Educating for Humanity provides a stunning panoramic view of our present
cultural and ecological crisis that demonstrates convincingly how much is
at stake in our decisions about education. Mike Seymour has invited some
of the wisest people of our time to join with him in reflecting on the vital
task of rethinking and reinventing how we teach our young people. They show
us that in these troubled and complex times, education needs to prepare
the next generation, not merely for employment, but for a meaningful, morally
engaged life.
Ron Miller, Foundation
for Education Renewal
founder,
Psychology Press/Holistic Education Press
(from the Foreword)
The thrust of this volume is the quest to open the school experience
to a different reality for students, a world that poses many contradictions
that need resolution. Students need to consider the presence of material
abundance alongside poverty, massive conflict and insecurity alongside desire
for peace and stability, and natural beauty and order amidst environmental
degradation and destruction. Only through confronting the challenges can
these contradictions be overcome by human community. Education for humanity
is awareness of both the problems and possibilities that we face and the
proactive tools and courage to act together. It is the provision of educational
tools and processes that make the world a better place for humanity through
serving human needs and those of community. It is an education dedicated
to awakening and empowering our spiritual sensitivities, our relation to
human community, our connection to nature, and our values as human beings
dedicated to a healthy society, present and future.
Henry Levin, Teachers
College, Columbia University