Contemplative Practices in Higher Education

by Daniel Barbezat, Mirabai Bush, Daniel Barbezat

Book Overview

Contemplative pedagogy 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; and engender inquiries into students' most profound questions. Contemplative practices are used in just about every discipline--from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118435273
• ISBN13: 9781118435274
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"