Nordic Integral Education

(THIS SITE IS NOW TRANSFERRING TO http://nordicintegral.thoughtlead.com/ )In these podcasts I inquire into the moral, ethical, philosophical and spiritual context fundamental to leadership in education today and tomorrow - from preschool and up - highlighting case studies from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, USA, Canada, Australia and UK. These calls are inspired by the model IT'S YOUR CHOICE! Important themes on the podcasts and Tuesday Conference Calls on Education are: What does it mean to be a teacher/leader in our time in history? What role can education play as a vehicle for catalyzing development at the level of consciousness and culture both in and outside of a classroom? What does the expression of higher and deeper values and expressions of inclusiveness, meaning and purpose look like between teachers and students? THIS SITE IS NOW TRANSFERRING TO http://nordicintegral.thoughtlead.com/

Friday, Aug 01, 2008

Spiral Dynamics and the work of Clare Graves: Exploring the Implications for Education. An Interview with Kirk Coleman (Part 1) Introduction

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In this podcast I talk with Kirk Coleman who lives on Vancouver island on the west coast of Canada and teaches grade 6/7. Kirk is currently working on his Master's thesis in education. He contacted me in March. The focus of his research is to explore the implications for education related the model Spiral Dynamics and to the work of Claire Graves. His paper should be finished by the end of August. He recently sent me a draft and we decided to do this first series.

To our knowledge there are only a few academic papers written about Spiral Dynamics and education. In the interview Kirk mentions the following reference by Yalcin Yalaki (2004). Science teachers' worldviews: A way to understand beliefs and practices. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida State University College of Education, Tallahassee. (224 pages).
Available here: http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05192004-181457/unrestricted/YalakiDissertation.pdf

To learn more about Spiral Dynamics here is an excellent online resource and interview with Don Beck published by the magazine WIE (published by EnlightenNext): http://www.wie.org/spiral/

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