Contemplative pedagogies for transformative teaching, learning, and being
"In our current systems of education, there is a trend toward compartmentalizing knowledge, standardizing assessments of learning, and focusing primarily on quantifiable and positivist forms of inquiry. Contemplative inquiry, on the other hand, takes us on a transformative pathway toward wisdom...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Bingley, U.K :
Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc.,
[2019]
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| Series | Transforming education for the future.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781806606108 |
| DOI | 10.1108/978-1-64113-782-9 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (398 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Contemplative pedagogies for profound transformation in teaching, learning, and being / Jing Lin, Tom Culham, and Sachi Edwards
- Section I. Meditation: Why and how can it powerfully transform us?
- Chapter 1. Connecting meditation, quantum physics, and consciousness: Implication for higher education / Jing Lin And Roshan Parikh
- Chapter 2. Mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of empathy: Contemplation from a 10-day meditation retreat / Ayush C. Pokharel
- Section II. Programs transforming students through contemplative curricula
- Chapter 3. Pedagogical infusion of the contemplative: Simon fraser university's contemplative inquiry master's of education program in Canada / Laurie Anderson, Muga Miyakawa, Meena Mangat, Charles Scott, and Heesoon Bai
- Chapter 4. Nourishing the inner life of the educator / Robert London
- Section III. Mindfulness for teacher education and teacher professional development
- Chapter 5. From the instrumental to the existential: An experiential approach to teaching mindfulness / Hongyu Wang
- Chapter 6. Expanding the ripples of peace and thinking of new metaphors: Employing transformational peace language activities in teacher education and the schools / Rebecca L. Oxford and M. Matilde Olivero
- Chapter 7. Teaching compassionately: Teacher professional development and impact / Molly S. Dunn
- Section IV. Movements as meditation: Aikido and tai chi, and labyrinth walking
- Chapter 8. Tai chi as a contemplative practice and its impacts in higher education / Fan Yang and Jing Lin
- Chapter 9. Contemplative practices: Introducing tai chi as a mindfulness exercise in school curriculums / Julie Keddell
- Chapter 10. The labyrinth as contemplative pedagogy in higher education / Natalie Vinski Ibrahim
- Chapter 11. The way of the classroom: Aikido as transformative, embodied pedagogy for self cultivation / Michael Gordon
- Section V. Working with young children and adolescents, and children on the streets
- Chapter 12. Building a mindful classroom: The quaker school experiences / Yuyun Peng
- Chapter 13. Cultivating response-ability through contemplative practices: Philosophical underpinnings and pedagogical applications in a Hong Kong high school / Weili Zhao and Marty Schmidt
- Chapter 14. Street family: A global look at programs for street children and contemplative approaches for restorative justice / Cameron Busacca
- Section VI. Cultivating love and virtue ethics
- Chapter 15. Application of meditation in business ethics education: An action research / Tom Culham and Neha Shivhare
- Chapter 16. Cultivating a heart space: The role of eros in facilitating campus group meditation / Keith Brown and John P. Miller
- Section VII. Learning and teaching contemplatively, reflectively, and relationally
- Chapter 17. The classroom as an interconnected, living space: Integrating reflective, contemplative practice into general education / Amanda Fiore
- Chapter 18. Reflective journaling as contemplative practice: Applications for a social justice educator / Sachi Edwards
- Chapter 19. Using contemplative practice to build and explore connections to nature: A case study / Jennifer Byrne
- About the contributors.