Barbezat, Daniel P.

Contemplative practices in higher education ; Powerful methods to transform teaching and learning - San Francisco, Calif. Jossey-Bass 2014 - 231 pages

Contemplative pedagogy is more than a trendy new teaching technique. It is a way for instructors to:empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding;help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving skills;support students' sense of connection to and compassion for others; andengender inquiries into students' most profound questions. Contemplative practices are used in just about every discipline-from physics to economics to history-and are found in every type of institution. Each year more and mor

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College teaching--Philosophy.

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