Ahimsa.
Danita Dodson is trained in the principles of nonviolence. She is the co-editor of the book Teachers Teaching Nonviolence. Since 2015, she has been the Assistant Editor of the Ahimsa Center Newsletter, published by the Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Teachers Teaching Nonviolence
The stories told in this volume illustrate the powerful impact that nonviolence education can yield in the lives of students as well as teachers, as they navigate schools plagued by physical violence and regimes of standardized curricula and assessments. The book emphasizes the ways that teachers can act as agents of nonviolent social change through curricular experiments and pedagogical innovations, shifting attention toward nonviolence as a viable way of life, in opposition to the ways violence has been normalized nationally and globally. This book could be included in the following kinds of courses and programs: peace education; teacher education; multiculturalism, diversity and equity courses; literacy; curriculum development; mindfulness.
”Advocates for reimagining education for the 21st century have often overlooked a discussion of how the purpose of education needs to evolve with explicit understanding that human and ecological well-being are intertwined. The profound wisdom of ahimsa is that it advocates well-being for all. Applying this to education is a vital ingredient for transforming education. The educators who have shared their experience and practice of ahimsa in Teachers Teaching Nonviolence eloquently illustrate that the mindset and practice of nonviolence can enhance individual, community, and global well-being.” —Catherine O’Brien, PhD, Senior Scholar, Cape Breton University
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