Intro
Series Editor's Foreword
Finding the Poetry of Tutors
Acknowledgement
Contents
Table of Figures
About the Author
Introduction
1 Part One: Found by the poem
Alternative education in New Zealand
Being found by the poem
Phenomenological poetic inquiry
Poetic Inquiry
Research context and participants
Introducing the research participants
2 Part Two: In search for shining fragments
Finding the words
Creating found poetry from interview transcripts
Deepening the found poems
Creating Maximus
Maximus and the imprinting of essences

A pause: considering poetry in research
3 Part Three: Constellations
Making sense through constellations
From crystallizations to performing constellations
Creating concrete constellation poems
The lines that join
essences of call
essences of love
essences of joy
essences of empathy
essences of grace
essences of mana
essences of watching-over
essences of commitment
essences of past experiences
essences of criticality
essences of whānau
essences of guidance
essences of poiesis
essences of talanoa
essences of holism

Essences of thoughtful pedagogy
essences of inspirational pedagogy
essences of movement
essences of epiphany
essences of mystery
essences of transformation
The interlocking horizons of alternative education tutor essences
Conclusion: Making landfall
The inland journey for tutors
References