Explorations in Contemplative Pedagogy

Contemplative Pedagogy in Practice: Teacher Prep, Classroom Challenges Join us for a short experiential contemplative exercise followed by a shared exploration of this month’s topic, from chapters 3&4 of the text: Barbezat, D., & Bush, M. (2014). Contemplative practices in higher education : Powerful methods to transform teaching and learning, The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series (pp. xxiii, 231 pages). Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/lib/ucalgary/reader.actio… Registration is required for all or single sessions. If you do not have a chance to read the chapters under discussion, please come anyway! Any and all faculty at any stage of developing or cultivating an interest in contemplative approaches to teaching and learning are welcome. Register at: http://ucalgary.ca/taylorinstitute/events-workshops/explorations-contemplative-pedagogy-0 For more information about this series and the budding Community of Practice in Contemplative Pedagogy on D2L, please email Rachael Crowder at rcrowder@ucalgary.ca

Location:

Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning

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Rachael Crowder is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University in Calgary, Southern Alberta Region. She began her formal teacher training in mindfulness based interventions in June 2006 with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and later with Dr. Zindel Segal. Her current research interests include the role of mindfulness in trauma therapy, in building resilience to prevent burnout in social workers, and contemplative pedagogy in higher education. She currently holds a Teaching Scholars Program award to develop a Community of Practice in Contemplative Pedagogy through the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/explorations-contemplative-pedagogy