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Video Presentation of Contemplative Pedagogies
Video Presentation of Contemplative Pedagogies
What is Contemplative Pedagogy?
What is Contemplative Pedagogy?
“The integration of meditative practices [before, during, and after active] teaching and learning” (Vanderbilt, 2019)
“The integration of meditative practices into higher education as a complement to critical reasoning with the goal of rebalancing liberal education to include head and heart, body and mind” (Vanderbilt University Teaching and Learning Center).
Why Contemplative Pedagogy?
Why Contemplative Pedagogy?
Why Contemplative Pedagogy?
Research:
Improves cognitive and academic performance
Students: Aids in focusing attention, improving concentration, and increasing self knowledge
Teachers: fosters connection with students, increases creative engagement with teaching & research
Increases empathy, compassion, interpersonal skills, creativity, & self-awareness
Student reframing of their educational goals to be more holistic
Opportunity to be fully present to
student motivation/resistance
power imbalances in the classroom
Emotional and spiritual impact of the curriculum
What contemplative practices do you already engage in? (Work, or home?)
4 Categories of Contemplative Practice
4 Categories of Contemplative Practice
Contemplative Pedagogies Workshop
Aleks Babić and Wess Daniels
1. Silence/mindfulness/meditative/quiet practices
1. Silence/mindfulness/meditative/quiet practices
Activities and practices that focus on centering the self toward an open and present pedagogy.
5+ minutes of meditation
AirPlane Mode/Do Not Disturb/sleep away from phone
Breathing apps / meditation apps (our recommendations: Oak, Calm, Headspace)
Examene - Prayer / reflection that prompts review of the day (Pray as you go, Prayer of Examen Video)
2. Journaling/reflective/integrative writing
2. Journaling/reflective/integrative writing
A reflective practice that supports processing and integrating learning.
“Word of the day” focus - find a service you can subscribe to that gives you a word to reflect on over the course of the day
Daily readers (“poem of the day”/short contemplative podcast; journal prompt)
Scheduled journaling practice/Morning Pages (The Artist’s Way)/freewrite
“What’s on your mind?” as a daily prompt/mental offload
3. Small group reflective practices/storytelling
3. Small group reflective practices/storytelling
Structured, interactive, group-based process designed for team-based learning and development.
Asking open-ended question (connecting field of study to self)
Circle of trust / Clearness committees - Parker Palmer
“Moth Story Hour” (Sharing an individual story based on a theme/prompt)
Lectio Divina - contemplative, repeated reading and reflection on a text
4. Multimedia/multimodal
4. Multimedia/multimodal
Physically engaged/embodied exploration, learning, and development.
Sketching/adult coloring
Body practices such as Tai Chi and Yoga (FC offers weekly yoga during fall/spring)
Playbill Review (reflective drawing) - Link to an example
Walking (solo: phone on airplane mode; set 10 min alarm; “notice what you notice, pay attention what you pay attention to”)
Camping (not for everyone; what learning can happen outside?)
Bullet Journal (“Track the past, organize the present, and prepare for the future.” planning & documentation combined; visualization)
Knitting/crochet/sewing/crafts (consider process vs. product; connect to sourcing materials, ethicals of clothing production, animal breeding & care, color theory, etc.)
Further Resources: https://sites.google.com/guilford.edu/contemplative/resource
Download the Handout Here
Download the Handout Here
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