MULTICULTURAL & HOLISTIC TEACHING
The Learning Wheel
A practical guide to planning lessons that bring together different ways of learning, cultural perspectives and creative activities.
- 208 PDF pages
- 6 chapters
- Published • 1994
By Annabelle Nelson
A RESOURCE FOR EDUCATORS
Different ways to learn.
One thoughtful plan.
For teachers, curriculum designers and teacher educators, this guide combines a learning framework with practical methods and examples for learners from primary school through adulthood.
Explore learning approaches
Combine practical, technical, conceptual, creative and expanded approaches.
Plan with purpose
Build activities around clear objectives and varied teaching methods.
Connect cultural perspectives
Reflect on culture, assumptions and respectful cross-cultural work.
A FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHING
A framework.
Tools to use.
Six chapters introduce the model and its methods, followed by sample lesson plans and five practical appendices. Includes lesson-planning forms, an imagery-script form and cultural reflection materials.
The Wheel Model
Explore circular models across cultural traditions.
Intuition and Imagery
Explore guided imagery and creative instruction.
Wheel Intelligence Model
Discover the book's five approaches to knowing.
Cultural Competence
Examine assumptions and cross-cultural relationships.
Learning Wheel Methods
Turn the framework into lessons and thematic units.
Lesson Plans
Browse 19 examples across subjects and age groups.
TAKE A LOOK INSIDE
Book Excerpt
Flip through sample lesson plans before downloading.
about the author
Annabelle Nelson, PhD
Professor, School of Human Organization and Development at Fielding Graduate University.
Annabelle has a lifelong passion for understanding how humans learn, so that programs can match these natural tendencies and can help humans become healthy emotionally and spiritually. That pursuit has led Nelson to seek authenticity in her own awareness and contact the healing and spiritual force within. She has practiced yoga, meditation, imagery, and storytelling, all in her quest to allow the spirit within to be unleashed to move into health and happiness.
Nelson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Developmental and Child Psychology, is a Professor at the Fielding Graduate University and is the founder of the WHEEL Council, Wholistic, Health, Education and Empowerment for Life. She was also a Fulbright scholar to India. She is an author, storyteller, teacher, and program developer.
Nelson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Developmental and Child Psychology, is a Professor at the Fielding Graduate University and is the founder of the WHEEL Council, Wholistic, Health, Education and Empowerment for Life. She was also a Fulbright scholar to India. She is an author, storyteller, teacher, and program developer.
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- 208 pages
- English
- Published • 1994
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