Ramon Gallegos Nava
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Ramon Gallegos Nava was born in Baja California
, México
. He studied psychology and sociology in college, and received his PhD in education. He is a well known author in genres such as education and spirituality. His most known works are in the field of holistic education
and spiritual intelligence. Ramon Gallegos has also developed important new educative models, such as the Holistic Educative Multinivel-Multidimension model, the Learning Communities Model, and the Holistic Model of Spiritual Intelligence.
, México. He lived his childhood in the border zone between Tijuana
and San Diego, and lived most of the time in East Los Angeles. He moved to Guadalajara
, México, at age of 12. His interest for education and spirituality have followed him since childhood. Inspired by the Advaita Vedanta
philosophy, he has maintained a serious meditative and indagative practice that led him to develop an educative paradigm focused in spiritual awareness, social integration and holistic education
.
He was full-time professor and researched at the university , as well as graduate-programs coordinator. He also became an invited researcher in 1986 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he studied the psychology and religion of Mexican immigrants.This research was latter published. In 1996, he received the ANUIES award for his work "Quantum Project: an Universitarian Model for a Sustainable Society". In 2001, he received the international "Book of the Year 2001" award for his book "Holistic Education, pedagogy of universal love".
He is the founder and former president of the International Foundation for Holistic Education. He also offers courses, graduate programs, conferences and seminars about holistic education, spiritual intelligence and Advaita Vedanta
. He coordinates the master and PhD program in Holistic Education at UCLA.
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
, México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He studied psychology and sociology in college, and received his PhD in education. He is a well known author in genres such as education and spirituality. His most known works are in the field of holistic education
Holistic education
Holistic education is a philosophy of education based on the premise that each person finds identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to humanitarian values such as compassion and peace. Holistic education aims to call forth from people...
and spiritual intelligence. Ramon Gallegos has also developed important new educative models, such as the Holistic Educative Multinivel-Multidimension model, the Learning Communities Model, and the Holistic Model of Spiritual Intelligence.
Biography
He was born in North Baja CaliforniaBaja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
, México. He lived his childhood in the border zone between Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
and San Diego, and lived most of the time in East Los Angeles. He moved to Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
, México, at age of 12. His interest for education and spirituality have followed him since childhood. Inspired by the Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta is considered to be the most influential and most dominant sub-school of the Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. Other major sub-schools of Vedānta are Dvaita and ; while the minor ones include Suddhadvaita, Dvaitadvaita and Achintya Bhedabheda...
philosophy, he has maintained a serious meditative and indagative practice that led him to develop an educative paradigm focused in spiritual awareness, social integration and holistic education
Holistic education
Holistic education is a philosophy of education based on the premise that each person finds identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to humanitarian values such as compassion and peace. Holistic education aims to call forth from people...
.
He was full-time professor and researched at the university , as well as graduate-programs coordinator. He also became an invited researcher in 1986 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he studied the psychology and religion of Mexican immigrants.This research was latter published. In 1996, he received the ANUIES award for his work "Quantum Project: an Universitarian Model for a Sustainable Society". In 2001, he received the international "Book of the Year 2001" award for his book "Holistic Education, pedagogy of universal love".
He is the founder and former president of the International Foundation for Holistic Education. He also offers courses, graduate programs, conferences and seminars about holistic education, spiritual intelligence and Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta is considered to be the most influential and most dominant sub-school of the Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy. Other major sub-schools of Vedānta are Dvaita and ; while the minor ones include Suddhadvaita, Dvaitadvaita and Achintya Bhedabheda...
. He coordinates the master and PhD program in Holistic Education at UCLA.
Books
His teachins are integrated in the 25 books that he has wrote. Some of the most important are:- One Consciousness (1997)
- The Undivisible Destiny of Education (1997)
- The Sacred and the New Cience (1998)
- Where do we go (1998)
- Holistic Education, Pedagogy of Universal Love (1999)
- The Spirit of Education, Integrity and trascendence in holistic education (2000)
- Holistic Education, Pedagogy of universal love (English version) (2001)
- The Heart's Education, Twelve principles for holistic schools (2001)
- Learning to Be, The rise of a new spiritual awareness (2003)
- Learning Communities, Transforming schools in communities that learn (2003)
- Pedagogy of Universal Love, An holistic vision of the world (2003)
- Holistic Dialogues, Holistic education and perennial philosophy I (2004)
- Wisdom, Love, and Compassion Holistic education and perennial philosophy II (2004)
- The Path of Perennial Philosophy, Holistic education and perennial philosophy III (2004)
- Education and Spirituality, Education as a spiritual practice (2005)
- Spiritual Intelligence, Beyond multiple and emocional intelligences (2006)
- Education for Life and Peace, Beyond educativ quality (2008)
- The Education that Humankind Needs, Holistic education; XXI century paradigm (2008)
- In Unity with the Being, Spiritual Intelligence I (2010)
- The Illuminated Consciousness, Spiritual Intelligence II (2010)
- Happiness Nectar, Spiritual Intelligence III (2010)