TY - BOOK AU - Barbezat,Daniel P. AU - Bush,Mirabai TI - Contemplative practices in higher education: Powerful methods to transform teaching and learning SN - 9781118435274 AV - LB2331 U1 - 370.114 PY - 2014/// CY - San Francisco, Calif. PB - Jossey-Bass KW - College teaching KW - Philosophy KW - HIGHER EDUCATION KW - HOCHSCHULWESEN N2 - 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 ER -