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Recommended Reading
Educating for Humanity: Rethinking the Purposes of Education
by Mike Seymour
Paradigm Publishers, August 2004
ISBN: 1594510644This book presents a timely and persuasive argument for a new vision for education at a time when the worldwide crises in social justice, peace, democracy and ecological integrity have become the defining issues of our times.
Lending this subject the importance it deserves are contributions from many respected educators including Deborah Meier, Parker Palmer, Nel Noddings, Thomas Berry, David Orr, Fritjof Capra, Duane Elgin, Linda Lantieri and Thomas Sergiovani, just to name a few. The book, its preface and introduction, contributor backgrounds, and an excellent progressive education resource list may be previewed at: www.educatingforhumanity.org
The promise and necessity of working toward "a world that works for all" is a viable aspiration for education at a time when our young people are searching for meaning in an increasingly dangerous, complex and perplexing world. Let's realize that excellence in education means educating for character, compassion, purpose and social responsibility at the same time that skills and content knowledge are learned.