Praise for Learning in Nature:
""Learning in Nature is a rich resource for holistic
educators at all levels of education. It offers a wealth of
insights and ideas, theoretical perspectives and practical
activities. This writing sings as it invites us to be alive to our
senses, our imaginations, our intellects, and intuitions----alive
and in the moment---in the fullness of our humanity.""- Mary
Beattie, Professor Emerita, OISE, University of Toronto;
""In this sensitive and moving inquiry Kelli Nigh begins with a
constellation of academic references that bear directly on aspects
of ourselves that come into play in our life transformations--
images, felt senses, dreams, imagination, meditation, symbolism,
and mind-body experience. Against this thoroughly woven backdrop,
the dramas of six young participants who share in Nigh's inquiry
unfold. The inquiry is long--over years. There is another crucial
aspect of it. The landscapes and weather of Nature itself--bluffs,
skies, water, trees, wildlife, flowers-- become the scenery through
which all the participants' stories gain significance. Nigh, with
gentle insight and attention to detail, demonstrates the evolution
of what essentially becomes their imaginal learning in nature.
Throughout this play of sharing in nature, Nigh includes glimpses
of her own evolution of self as she inter-folds her experiences
with those of the others. As Nature cycles through the seasons, so
cycle the lives of these individuals. Nigh's academic and lyrical
passages will inspire educators to widen teaching methods to
include what it is beyond our everyday thought that significantly
influences what we learn.""- Vivian Darroch-Lozowski, Professor
Emerita, University of Toronto
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