Creating a Place for Self-care and Wellbeing in Higher Education: Finding Meaning Across Academia

ISBN-13: 9780367700522 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 200 str.

Narelle Lemon

Opis

In this edited collection written by those working in higher education for those working in higher education, authors navigate how they find meaning in academia as they create a place for self-care and wellbeing.

 

Spis treści

1. Self-care is worthy of our attention: Using our self-interest for good in higher education Nurturing self: Self-care is worthy of our attention 2. 2019: A Year in Self-Care 3. Juggling the Triad: Caring for Yourself with a Block-mode Approach To Research, Teaching, and Service 4. The rewriting on the walls: An autoethnographic journey into wellbeing in neoliberal academia 5. Being at One with Myself: Embracing the Teacher Identity 6. Pendulation: Awakening to Rest, Supporting, nurturing, and encourage others 7. How a More Than Human Family Lives the Phd Journey 8. An Appreciative Circling Approach to Promoting Doctoral Wellbeing and Growth, 9. Finding my centre: integrating contemplative practices, my children, and higher education into a balanced life 10. Exploring cultural identity through coffee: steps towards self-care Facilitating institutional change and forming a community of scholars who promote wellbeing 11. Bushwacking a Path Forward: Contemplative Pedagogy for Wellbeing In Higher Education 12. Preventing ‘Millennial Burnout’ using Huffington’s Third Metric in Academia 13. Moving from survival mode to wellbeing in academia 14. Stepping into a shared vulnerability: Creating and promoting a space for self-care and wellbeing in higher education.

O autorze

Narelle Lemon is an interdisciplinary researcher in her fields of education, positive psychology, and arts, holding the position of Associate Professor in Education at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Narelle is a researcher who focusses on translating theory and evidence into practice to enhance engagement and participation for teachers and students across all fields of education. Recent research has investigated mindfulness in education, self-care, and wellbeing to empower educators, arts and cultural education, and her award-winning scholarship of learning and teaching in the integration of social media for learning and professional development.