Full Description
The second book in this series, Impacting Teaching and Learning: Contemplative Practices, Pedagogy, and Research in Education, demonstrates research-based practices from a variety of teacher education programs, bringing together a rich collection of voices from diverse settings. All of the authors in this book share their research investigating the varied ways learners respond to contemplative practices, and the skills and dispositions that contemplative practices cultivate in preservice teachers. Authors explore challenges faced institutionally, with students, and personnel.
Contents
Introduction- Elizabeth Hope Dorman, Jane E. Dalton & Kathryn Byrnes
Chapter 1: Encounters with the Soul in Teacher Preparation- William Greene & Younghee Kim
Chapter 2: Cultivating Mindful Teachers: Using a Mindfulness-Based Teaching Approach with Student Teachers- Vanessa M. Villate & Gayle L. Butaud
Chapter 3: Cultivating Reflective Teaching Practice Through Mindfulness- Evan E. Moss, Matthew J. Hirshberg, Lisa Flook, & M. Elizabeth Graue
Chapter 4: Preparing Teachers for the Classroom: Mindful Awareness Practice in Preservice Education Curriculum- Shelley Murphy
Chapter 5: Contemplative Teacher Education, Teacher Identity and Relationship Building Strategies- Anne Maj Nielsen & Per F. Laursen
Chapter 6: Narrative Pedagogy as a Mindful Contemplative Practice: Discovering Preservice Teachers' Mindful Presence- Elsie L. Olan & Roshmi Mishra
Chapter 7: Mindfulness, Student Resistance, and the Limits of Fast-Track Teacher Prep- Jennifer Cannon
Chapter 8: Nurturing the Inner Core through the Five Dimensions of Engaged Teaching- Elizabeth Hope Dorman
Chapter 9: "There was this moment when I realized...": A Framework for Examining Mindful Moments in Teaching- Kira Baker-Doyle
