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Book SynopsisToward a Re-Emergence of James Moffett's Mindful, Spiritual, and Student-Centered Pedagogy is an edited collection comprised of thirteen original chapters and two vital reprints of Moffett's work that have been out of print for more than thirty years. All of the contributions in this volume are dedicated to pushing forward Moffett's prescient ideas into the contemporary contexts of teaching, learning, and the language arts which inform current discussions of holistic education.
The volume offers scholars, educational professionals, teachers, and graduate students of writing studies, rhetoric, composition, and English education a practical guide to understanding the theory, methodology, and praxis of James Moffett. This text is perfect for scholars at all levels who are focused on language learning, writing and composition, and mindfulness and spirituality in teaching and learning or teacher educators seeking inventive approaches to literacy learning which account for
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“No history of the National Writing Project, or of English Language Arts teaching more generally, would be complete without a rich engagement with the work and ideas of James Moffett. Written during the tumultuous 1960’s, Moffett’s central books, Teaching the Universe of Discourse and A Student-Centered Language Arts Curriculum, sparked a paradigm shift in how the profession came to understand the purpose and substance of teaching language and literacy. As current teachers grapple with another tumultuous time, Toward a Re-Emergence of James Moffett’s Mindful, Spiritual, and Student-Centered Pedagogy is a book that will help them (re)discover the nurturing and humanistic underpinnings of their calling.” —Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director, National Writing Project
Table of Contents
Jonathan Marine & Paul Rogers: Introduction – Moffett’s Turn to the Spiritual and Meditative — Jonathan Marine & Paul Rogers: The Moffett Roundtable — Gareth Rees- White: James Moffett as Trans- Atlantic Nexus — Paige Arrington: Moffett, Berthoff, and the Art of Conciliation — Joseph Jones: James Moffett’s Ineffable — Paul Rogers & Jonathan Marine: Meditation and the Writing Process — Lisa Chong : (Re)orienting Teachers’ Gaze with Moffet’s Vision — Damian Koshnick : James Moffett’s Critique of the Harkness Tables — Jonathan Marine: The Theoretical Genealogy of Steiner & Moffett — Jeff Schwartz : Moffett’s Influence on Early Uses of the Internet — Shelley Breeden Hernandez: The Universal Schoolhouse - Moffett Prophets Reimagined — Cynthia Miecznikowski & Danielle Chilcote: "How One Learns to Discourse" Through COVID-19 and Beyond — James Moffett: Writing, Inner Speech, and Meditation — John Crosswhite, Barbara Schoen & James Moffett: Two Comments on James Moffett’s "Writing, Inner Speech, and Meditation" and James Moffett Responds — Tom Gage: Epilogue – Into the Woods with the Moffetts — Notes on Contributors — Index
