Contemplative pedagogies for transformative teaching, learning, and being / edited by Jing Lin, Tom Culham, Sachi Edwards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lin, Jing, 1962- editor.

Culham, Tom E., editor.

Edwards, Sachi, editor.

Series:

Transforming education for the future.

Transforming education for the future

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transformative learning.

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Reflective learning.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

"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, morality, integrity, equanimity, and joy (Zajonc, 2009). These holistic learning practices are needed as a counterbalance to the over-emphasis on positivism that we see today. In addition to learning quantifiable information, we also need to learn to be calmer, wiser, kinder, and happier. This book aims to find and share various pathways leading to these ends. This book will describe educational endeavors in various settings that use contemplative pedagogies to enable students to achieve deep learning, peace, tranquility, equanimity, and wisdom to gain new understanding about self and life, and to grow holistically. Embodiment is a central concept in this book. We hope to highlight strategies for exploring internal wisdoms through engaging ourselves beyond simply the rational mind. Contemplative pedagogies such as meditation, yoga, tai chi, dance, arts, poetry, reflective writing and movements, can help students embody what they learn by integrating their body, heart, mind, and spirit"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64113-782-7