Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground
International Conference
October 26-28, 2007
Toronto, Canada

FRIDAY, October 26, 2007
8:30am – 9:00am   REGISTRATION

9:00am – 12:00am Pre-Conference Workshops

1 Ed Sarath - Advocating Creativity and Consciousness/Contemplative Studies
2 Deborah Orr - Mindfulness in Anti-Oppressive Teaching and Learning
3 Chet Sisk -  Group Thought Identification, The Power of the Media and the Use of Language

12:30pm – 1:00pm   REGISTRATION

1:00pm - 4:00pm Pre-Conference Workshops

4 Celeste Snowbar - Freeing the Body Within
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6 David Booth - How Do Graphics and Images Connect with Words to Construct Meaning?

5:30pm – 6:45pm  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

7:00pm    Introduction/Welcome

7:15pm    Keynote - Rebekah Carpenter: Awakening Voices In The Classroom

8:15pm    Break-out Groups

8:45pm – 10:00pm  Wine and Cheese Reception (cash bar)

9:00 - 10:15am - Concurrent Workshop Sessions (A 1-11)

- Susan Schiller: Activating Spiritual Intelligence in Every Learner
- Mary Beattie et al: Fostering Connectedness: Hearing the Music of Life
- Stanley Scott, Hood Frazier & Deborah Frazier: Literature Circles for Holistic Learning and Spiritual Leadership
- Nicole Lohrbeer: Spiritual Leadership in the Feminist Classroom: Being Present With Conflict
- Sam Crowell: Stories of Peace –Journeys to Transformation
- Pauline Smiley: Prompting Creative Thinking
- Helene Gross: Head, Heart and Hands: Imagination and the integration of Spirituality and Morality in the Waldorf Curriculum
- Sandee Sharpe: Your Authentic Self- A Holistic Approach to Leadership
- Anne Mulvaney: By My Choices I Rule My Life, I Choose!
- Rebekah Carpenter:
- Andy James: The 3 Regulations of Body, Energy and Mind in Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong

BREAK 10:15 - 10:45 am

10:45 - 12 noon - Concurrent Workshop Sessions (B 1-10)

- Susan Dermond: Calm and Compassionate Children: Grounded in the Heart and Body
- Bob London: Nourishing Students’ Relationship with Nature: A Spiritual Perspective
- Peter Laurence & Diana Denton: Preparing Students for Global Leadership: Spirituality, Diversity, and Communication
- Rina Cohen: Dealing with Fear and Anxiety: Spiritual Perspectives
- Susan Allen/Susiawan: Shadow Puppetry as a Tool in Holistic Learning
- Gary Babiuk: Schools as Sacred Places
- Cynthia Burnett: Holistic Approaches to Creative Problem Solving
- Heather Morton: Making a Difference: Yoga and You
- Isabella Colalillo Kates: Creativity as a Spiritual Principle in Self Transformation
- Judith Gabor: Leading From the Heart: Becoming the Leaders and the Nurturers of Leaders Who Lead from the Heart

12:00 – 1:00 pm LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00 pm - Keynote – Mary Gordon: Six Strands of Connection

BREAK 2:00 - 2:30 pm

2:30 - 3:45 pm - Concurrent Workshop Sessions (C1-11)

- Marni Binder: “I see the universe, I see the world”: Nurturing Spiritual Literacy in the Elementary Classroom
- Diana Denton: The Contemplative Leader: Towards a Transformative Practice
- Scott Mullins: The Prospects for Using Intuition as a Tool in Holistic Education
- Karen Bishop: Working With Spiritual Presence of Young People: Empowering Spiritual Leadership.
- Selia Karsten: Exploring Leadership
- Atsuhiko Yoshida:    Response to the International Collaboration for Holistic Education from Japan
- Helene Dunkelblau & Ed Dunkelblau: Teaching to the Head and Heart: Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom
- Warren Trimble: Paradigms and Prisons: Translations & Transformations
- Farzaneh Peterson: Threading Spiritual Path With Practical Feet
- Vicki Kelly: To See, To Know, To Shape, To Show: Art as a Way to Embody Knowing
- Grace Feuerverger: Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles: A Spiritual Journey
 

BREAK  3:45 - 4 pm

4:00 - 5:15 pm  Concurrent Workshop Sessions (D 1-11)

- Larry Nusbaum: Inner Wisdom: Tools for Remembering Your Way
- Bob London & Sam Crowell: Transformative Approaches to Teacher Education
- Carlo Ricci: Healing from the Wounds of Schooling
- Linda Rhinehart Neas: Contemplative Education within Critical Literacy: Teaching with Spirit
- Rubye Braye: Spirit-led Leadership
- Winnie Hunsburger & Shelley van Benschop: Spiritual Unfoldment and the Reggio Emilia Approach
- Eimear O’Neill: Circles of Transformation: Rekindling Indigenous Spirit
- Wendy Agnew & Catrina von Radecki: The Shores of Serendip
- Melanie Whitham: Connecting With Ourselves and Children
- Vanessa Compton: Labyrinth Practice in the Educational Setting
 

8:00 – 10:30pm  Arts Celebration

8:30-9:45 am - Concurrent Workshop Sessions (E1 - 10)

- Barbara Brooks: Educating for a Culture of Peace Through Holistic Education
- Christopher Reynolds: A Gathering of Orphans: Keeping a Foot in Two Worlds
- Cheryl Brightman and Donaria Coroa-Pauta: Learning to Love Who I Am
- Darrell Dobson: Archetypal Teacher Reflectivity: An Experiential Workshop
- Helene Dunkelblau & Carolyn Cooper: The Discursive Meditation: A Tool for Self-Inquiry in Education
- Katherine Humphrey & Kathleen Brunetta: Reading Soul in Biography: Self-Knowledge and Education
- Sandra Roberts: Keeping up with the New Kids: Raising Your Own Vibration
- Jack Miller - Education and the Soul
- Brent Cameron: : Nurturing Genius Through Natural Learning
- Rick Jarow: Creating the Work You Love: Vision Vocation and Value
 

BREAK 9:45 - 10:00 am

10:00 – 11:15 - Concurrent Workshop Sessions (F1 - 11)

- Chet Sisk: Evaluation Results on Chet W. Sisk’s  New Method of Personal Transformation and its Public Policy Implications
- Ocean Robbins: Our Stories, Our Values
- David Reid Marr & Sam Crowell: The Emergent Curriculum:  What Happens When Curriculum Disappears
- Geoffrey Soloway: Clowning, Mindfulness and Teacher Renewal
- Judith Gabor: Leading From the Heart: Becoming the Leaders and the Nurturers of Leaders Who Lead from the Heart
- Linda Cameron & Kimberly Bezaire: Play Matters in Wholehearted Leadership!
- Jacqueline Wislesky: We are all Leaders – We are all Learners
- Diane Devenyi: Fearless Mastery: Proof that Video Games Can be Holistic, Educational and FUN
- Gillian Stevens & Sandra Roberts: Mining for Gold: Educational Alchemy
- Jia Luo: Theorizing the Knowledge of Peace and Research in Educational Action Through Tibetan Ethos
- Marisa Ferrera: Holistic Education: From Theory to Practice

BREAK - 11:15 - 11:30 am

11:30 – 12:30 pm -   Keynote – Ocean Robbins: When Hope Takes A Stand

12:30 – 1:00 pm Closing

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