The recent issue of Edutopia (George Lucas’s newletter on education) has several interviews relevant to Contemplative Pedagogy. Please also check out the related topics in the box next to the main article.
http://www.edutopia.org/linda-lantieri-how-to-relaxation
Add comment August 13th, 2008 by Dibakar Barua
This question was tackled by the fourth group on the closing day of the Summer Session: please continue the discussion by commenting on this post.
Add comment August 9th, 2008 by David Kahane
This question was tackled by the third group on the closing day of the Summer Session: please continue the discussion by commenting on this post.
Add comment August 9th, 2008 by David Kahane
This question was tackled by the second group on the closing day of the Summer Session: please continue the discussion by commenting on this post.
2 comments August 9th, 2008 by David Kahane
This question was tackled by the first group on the closing day of the Summer Session: please continue the discussion by commenting on this post.
My own take away from our discussion (I was in that group) was about the importance, in my context and at this point in my career, of fully inhabiting my own values and commitments as a teacher. So I’m not inclined to seek to convince colleagues that contemplative pedagogies are for all of them, since my values and commitments may not be the same as theirs. If I can fully manifest these values and commitments, it will draw some people to me, and these are the people I most need to be with. For others, the clearer I make my values, the more we may diverge, but perhaps these divergences can be healthy, and grounds for respectful or loving engagement.
Add comment August 9th, 2008 by David Kahane
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Beth
1 comment April 21st, 2008 by Beth Wadham
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Add comment April 9th, 2008 by Beth Wadham
Today’s Inside Higher Educationhas an interesting little article on the creation of Meditative Spaces on campus.
Add comment December 3rd, 2007 by David Kahane
Me again,
In the next iteration of the course on global justice (see post below), I plan to introduce lovingkindness (metta) meditation. My plan is to spend a few weeks acquainting the class with mindfulness meditation before adding in about ten minutes of lovingkindness practice each week (with a couple of longer sessions to start out).
I would love to hear advice from those of you who have taught metta in your classrooms (or elsewhere). A couple of specific questions:
* I’ve had different advice about the step of directing lovingkindness toward oneself: some make this the first step, and others think that it’s the hardest, and should only be brought in after the practice is established. Thoughts?
* A colleague suggested that a good way to start is to have students do metta for each other in pairs; this sounds to me, though, like a very intense place to begin. Thoughts?
Thanks!
David
1 comment November 15th, 2007 by David Kahane
Hi all.
I’ve just written the paper linked below, about the course I worked on at the first Smith Summer Session. I’d love your reactions. As you’ll gather from some of the framing of the paper, it’s to appear in a book on internationalizing the higher education curriculum.
Best,
David
“Learning about obligation, compassion, and global justice: the place of contemplative pedagogy”
Oh, and let me also post a syllabus for the class; comments welcome on this as well!
1 comment November 15th, 2007 by David Kahane
