Contemplative Practices and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies for Higher Education: Bridging the Disciplines

ISBN-13: 9781032063492 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 258 str.

Gaard, Greta

Opis

This volume explores mindfulness and other contemplative approaches as strategic tools for cultivating anti-oppressive pedagogies in higher education.

Spis treści

Part I: Contemplative Theoretical Frameworks 1. Introduction to Contemplative Practices and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies for Higher Education  2. Pursuing Antiracist and Anticolonial Approaches to Contemplative Practices  Part II: Contemplative Pedagogies for Environmental Justice  3. Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety in the Classroom  4. Contemplative Pedagogies, Environmental Literature, and the Art of "Interbeing"  5. Literary Reading, Mindfulness, and Climate Justice: An Experiment in Contemplative Ecocritical Pedagogy  6. Mindfulness, Writing, and Sustainable Happiness in the Anthropocene  Part III: Contemplative Pedagogies Across the Disciplines 7. Inner Tracking: A Reflective Practice for Transformative Learning  8. A Mindful Approach to Teaching Art and Yoga as a Means of Liberation  9. Contemplative Practices for Teaching the Sciences  10. Enhancing Students’ Mindfulness Practice Through Philosophy of Mind  11. Creating Mindful and Self-Aware Counseling Practitioners: Centering Privilege and Oppression  Part IV: Contemplative Practices for Community and Institutional Change  12. Reflections on Developing a Campus-Wide Workshop Series on Contemplative Practice and Social Justice  13. Using Neuroscience and Mindfulness to Form New Habits of Mind Around Race  14. Contemplative Learning Communities: Transforming Universities by Embedding Contemplative Practices in the Academic Life