 | John Miller phone: (416) 978-0221 email: jmiller@oise.utoronto.ca | |
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Academic History Ph.D. University of Toronto, Curriculum, 1971 M.A.T. Harvard University, Education, 1967 B.A. University of Missouri, Economics, 1965 Research Overview Dr. John Miller is a Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at OISE. His research interests focus on holistic education, spirituality in education, contemplation in educational settings, and curriculum orientations. Dr. Miller has been working in the field of holistic education for 35 years. He is author of more than a dozen books and his writing has been translated into seven languages. He has worked extensively with holistic educators in Japan and Korea and has been a visiting professor at two universities in Japan. His recent research focus has been on the long term effects of meditation practice for teachers. Teaching Overview Dr. Miller has taught the following Graduate-level courses at OISE: • CTL 1825 The Contemplative Practitioner (1996-2009) • CTL 1110 Holistic Curriculum (1996-2009) • CTL 1106 Spirituality in Education (1998, 2000-2009) • CTL 1000 Foundations of Curriculum (2000) Professional Activities Lectures and Keynotes: • “Soulful Learning” The Asia-Pacific Conference on Children’s Spirituality, Hong Kong, (February 27th, 2009) • “Soulful Learning” Annual Conference of the Japanese Holistic Education Society, Kyoto Japan, (June 20th, 2009) • “Eros and Education” Holistic Learning Conference, Geneva Park, Ontario, (October 23rd, 2009) • “ Soulful Learning” St. Michael’s College, Burlington Vermont, (April 28th 2009) • “Contemplative Learning in Higher Education, St. Michael’s College, (April 28th, 2009) • "Education and Eros” the 8th International Conference on Children’s Spirituality: The Role of Spiriituality in Educational and Health. Australian Catholic University. Ballarat, Australia. (Jan. 2008) • “Education and Eros” Keynote at conference on Educating the Imagination, LaTrobe University, Melbourne Australia. (Jan. 2008) •“Education and Eros” Keynote at the Annual Summer Conference of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning. Mount Madonna Conference Centre, California. (May, 2008) • “Education and Eros” for the XII Forum on Holistic Education in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Nov. 2008) • “Whole Child Education” Short course at Schumacher College, Totnes, UK, (Nov. 2008) • “Whole Child Education” for the Delaware Valley Region of Pennsylvania ASCD, (April 2008) • Holistic Curriculum. Community Colleges Western Region Conference: “Exploring the Next Decade in Teaching and Learning”. Ridgeway, Ontario, (May 29, 2007) • “A Relaxed Spiritual Univeralism” UNESCO conference Tokyo (Nov. 2007) Representative Publications BOOKS Whole Child Education. To be published by UT Press (August 2010)
Spirituality, Religion and Peace Education. Coeditor with Brantmeier, E. & Lin, J.
The Holistic Curriculum. 2007, 1996, 1988. Published by U of Toronto Press Edition published in Japanese by Shunju Sha, Tokyo, 1994 Educating for Wisdom and Compassion: Creating Conditions for Timeless Learning, 2006, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin 176pp. Holistic Education and Spirituality in Education: Breaking New Ground. 2005 (Senior Editor) Albany,NY: SUNY Press, 250pp. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS In press “Towards a Relaxed Universalism” in New Stakes for Cultural Diversity in Search of Transversal Values through Dialogue. A UNESCO publication
In press. “ Timeless Learning” in Soul in Education. Isabella Colallilo Kates
In press. Educating for Wisdom in Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education. “Eros and Education” in The International Handbook of Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing. Marian de Sousa (ed.) Springer Publishers. (2009) pp. 581-592 “Compassion and Care” in Holistic Care Seshagi Publishers, (2009) pp. 172-180 “ The Thinking Heart” in Issues in Education: Integrating Theory and Practice, Chau Meng Huat and Trevor Kerry (eds.) London: Continuum (2008) pp. 62-76
“Holistic Education and Environmental Education”, Green Frontiers:Environmental Educators Dancing Away from Mechanism, J. “The Journey of a Vietnam War Resistor”, Narrating Transformative Learning inEducation. Morgan Gardner and Ursula Kelly (Eds.) Palgrave MacMillinan Press. (2008) pp. 223-233. Curriculum Vitaehttp://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/John_Miller_CV.pdf |
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