Open Access12: CONTEMPLATIVE PEDAGOGY
Author(s) -
Barbezat Daniel,
Pingree Allison
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2012.tb00681.x
Subject(s) - contemplation , introspection , engineering ethics , epistemology , pedagogy , connection (principal bundle) , psychology , sociology , engineering , philosophy , structural engineering
We provide an overview of the definition, intention, and benefits from contemplative exercises, showing how these practices can build and sustain attention, deepen understanding of the material presented, support and increase connection and interrelatedness, and inspire inquiry and insight. Following that, we provide approaches to fostering these of sorts of practices through university teaching and learning centers. We also provide a cautionary note on possible problems with this approach. We hope that these descriptions will stimulate interest and inquiry into contemplative/introspective exercises and enable further investigation and discovery .