Curriculum & Teaching for a Neohumanist Future

Neohumanist teachers share with all educators the need to articulate a theory of curriculum and the aims and goals of learning, design lesson plans, develop comprehensive unit plans, shape the physical space of a classroom, structure learning experiences, and assess student learning. Neohumanist education asks more of teachers, however, requiring that they facilitate inner exploration and character development with the aim of creating a sense of “oneness,” or love for all creation. These tasks have deep implications for the study of curriculum and teaching. In this course, we explore curriculum and teaching with the aim of furthering a model of Neohumanist education that meets the needs of students in the present while being oriented toward a future characterized by justice, peace, equity, joy, and harmonious living in a deeply connected web of life. Specialized pedagogical content knowledge that extends these aims will follow in the next sequence of courses, including…