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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821415203321

Autore

Barbezat Daniel P

Titolo

Contemplative practices in higher education : powerful methods to transform teaching and learning / / Daniel P. Barbezat, Mirabai Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9781118646885

1-118-64692-4

1-118-64688-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Classificazione

EDU015000EDU029000

Altri autori (Persone)

BushMirabai

Disciplina

300

370.114

Soggetti

Contemplation - Study and teaching (Higher)

Education, Higher - Curricula

Meditation - Study and teaching (Higher)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  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 .

Sommario/riassunto

Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to:empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding;help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving skills;support students' sense of connection to and compassion for others; and engender inquiries into



students' most profound questions.Contemplative practices are used in just about every discipline-from physics to economics to history-and are found in every type of institution. Each year more and more