Barbezat / Bush Contemplative Practices in Higher Education

Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-64692-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barbezat, Daniel P.

Bush, Mirabai

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Parker J. Palmer vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
The Authors xxi
PART ONE Theoretical and Practical Background 1
1 Transformation and Renewal in Higher Education 3
2 Current Research on Contemplative Practice 21
3 Contemplative Pedagogy in Practice: Two Experiences 39
4 Teacher Preparation and Classroom Challenges 67
PART TWO A Guide to Contemplative Practices 87
Introduction to the Practices 89
5 Mindfulness 95
6 Contemplative Approaches to Reading and Writing 110
7 Contemplative Senses: Deep Listening and Beholding 137
8 Contemplative Movement 159
9 Compassion and Loving Kindness 174
10 Guest Speakers, Field Trips, and Retreats 189
11 Conclusion 198
Afterword by Arthur Zajonc 205
References 207
Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel P. Barbezat is professor of economics at AmherstCollege and executive director of the Center for Contemplative Mindin Society. He has been a visiting professor at NorthwesternUniversity and Yale University and has taught in the summer programat Harvard University.
Mirabai Bush is senior fellow and founding director ofthe Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, a nonprofitorganization that encourages contemplative awareness in Americanlife in order to create a more just, compassionate, and reflectivesociety.