Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning

Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning
ISBN-10
1118646924
ISBN-13
9781118646922
Category
Education
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2013-10-30
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Daniel P. Barbezat, Mirabai Bush

Description

Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to: empower students to integrate their own experience into thetheoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen theirunderstanding; help students to develop sophisticated problem-solvingskills; support students’ sense of connection to and compassionfor others; and engender inquiries into students’ most profoundquestions. Contemplative practices are used in just about everydiscipline—from physics to economics to history—and arefound in every type of institution. Each year more and morefaculty, education reformers, and leaders of teaching and learningcenters seek out best practices in contemplative teaching, and nowcan find them here, brought to you by two of the foremost leadersand innovators on the subject. This book presents background information and ideas for thepractical application of contemplative practices across theacademic curriculum from the physical sciences to the humanitiesand arts. Examples of contemplative techniques included in the bookare mindfulness, meditation, yoga, deep listening, contemplativereading and writing, and pilgrimage, including site visits andfield trips.

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