The Continuum Concept

The Continuum Concept
Author: Jean Liedloff
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1986-01-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780201050714

A landmark treatise on how humanity lives versus how we should, what we've lost with our "progress," and how we can reclaim our true nature Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and led her to a radically different view of what human nature really is. She offers a new understanding of how we have lost much of our natural well-being and shows us practical ways to regain it for our children and for ourselves.

The Continuum Concept

The Continuum Concept
Author: Jean Liedloff
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1975
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

The Continuum Concept

The Continuum Concept
Author: Jean Liedloff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1985
Genre: Child development
ISBN:

The child-care habits and emotional security of the Yequana Indians of Venezuela provide the bases for a system of caring for children during their first six months that stresses physical contact, warmth, and love.

The Continuum Concept

The Continuum Concept
Author: Jean Liedloff
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1986-01-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780201050714

A landmark treatise on how humanity lives versus how we should, what we've lost with our "progress," and how we can reclaim our true nature Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and led her to a radically different view of what human nature really is. She offers a new understanding of how we have lost much of our natural well-being and shows us practical ways to regain it for our children and for ourselves.

The Natural Child

The Natural Child
Author: Jan Hunt
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2001-12-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780865714403

It shouldn't hurt to be a child!

The Case Against Adolescence

The Case Against Adolescence
Author: Robert Epstein
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2007
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781884956706

This groundbreaking book argues that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that people are better off without. Robert Epstein, former editor-in-chief of "Psychology Today," shows that teen turmoil is caused by outmoded systems put into place a century ago which destroyed the continuum between childhood and adulthood. Where this continuum still exists in other countries, there is no adolescence. Isolated from adults, American teens learn everything they know from their media-dominated peers--"the last people on earth they should be learning from," says Epstein. Epstein explains that our teens are highly capable--in some ways more capable than adults--and argues strongly against "infantilizing" young people. We must rediscover "the adult in every teen," he says, by giving young people adult authority and responsibility as soon as they can demonstrate readiness. This landmark book will change the thinking about teens for decades to come.

The Soul of Creativity

The Soul of Creativity
Author: Tona Pearce Myers
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2011-09-22
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1608681246

?There is no single definition of creativity. It is as wide-ranging as the people who seek it: writers, painters, musicians, actors — indeed anyone who desires a richer, more rewarding life. Many consider it inaccessible — limited to gifted artists and celebrities. But as the extraordinary contributors to this book show, it is really everyone’s birthright, too often shoved to the recesses of our psyches by the demands of everyday life. From the vibrant naturalist and poet Diane Ackerman, to musical theorist Don Campbell, to inspirational author SARK, these talented contributors guide us through the creative process with clarity and insight. They remind us that inspiration is always available to those willing to realize the power and possibility of their true creative being. Contributors include: Diane Ackerman • Pat B. Allen • Christina Baldwin • Hal Zina Bennett • Echo Bodine • Jean Shinoda Bolen • Don Campbell • Lucia Capacchione • Michelle Cassou • Judith Cornell • Adriana Díaz • Riane Eisler • Linda Firestone • John Fox • Robert Fritz • Aviva Gold • Robert Grudin • Jean Liedloff • Ann Linnea • Shaun McNiff • Eric Maisel • Jill Mellick • Stephen Nachmanovitch • Kent Nerburn • Jan Phillips • SARK

Speaking of Learning . . .

Speaking of Learning . . .
Author: Avraham Cohen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 946209716X

I have no doubt that many of you who read this book will be captivated by it, just as I have been captivated. This book is woven through evocative stories told by masterful educators who came together to explore the meanings of learning, teaching, and life. For those who have read Speaking of Teaching, it is not a surprise to hear, again, the profoundly touching, humane, and imaginative voices of these authors. This book draws me in, touches my heart, and refreshes my mind. —Hongyu Wang, Professor, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK, US The authors invite us to join them in asking, “What else can learning be?” What else indeed? What is beyond the recipes, rubrics, formulas, and credentials of contemporary education? Deep in the heart of their own personal stories, told and untold, spoken and unspoken, the authors search and tell. With an artful admixture of stories, poems, artwork, and reflections, this book is a rare opportunity to listen in on an eight-year extended conversation amongst these gifted educators as they become increasingly present in their learning journeys. —Arden Henley, Professor and Principal, Canadian Programs, City University of Seattle, Vancouver, BC, Canada