The Heart of Learning asks teachers and students to recommit
themselves to what they love most in education. The renown contributors
outline a map for enabling us to connect with the very reasons why we
teach and learn thus to achieve greater fulfillment in both. Incisive
essays by Parker Palmer, Rachel Naomi Remen, and the Tibetan lama
Dozgchen Ponlop Rinpoche examine how our unique, individual
experiences of the sacred can profoundly enrich how we learn and teach.
Writings by bell hooks and the Dalai Lama show how we
simultaneously can cultivate both individual beliefs and openness to the
diversity of the contemporary classroom. Works by Huston Smith and
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi explore our need to balance our past
histories and traditions with the needs of present and future
generations.This extraordinary collection of original work provides a
unified, inspiring, and immensely practical new paradigm for how
teaching and learning can mean more, accomplish more, and inspire the
best in each of us. This book is a must for every teacher, student,
parent, and anyone who loves to learn.