Full Description
A Mindful Teaching Community: Possibilities for Teacher Professional Learning describes a grassroots professional learning journey wherein a group of practicing classroom teachers researches their teaching practices and the role of mindfulness in their learning. Using a mix of methods, this book illustrates how the stories of an educator can be uncovered, investigated, and transformed through practicing mindfulness within a community. Through the stories told in this collection the teachers learn to see greater connections between their individual ways of thinking, their actions, and the greater system they live and work in. The storied inquiry of the educators offers unique possibilities for teachers' professional learning.
Contents
Contents
Foreword
Karen Ragoonaden and Sabre Cherkowski
Acknowledgments
Note from the Editor
Chapter One: A Mindful Teaching Community
Kelly Hanson
Chapter Two: Foundations of Our Mindfulness
Kelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Melissa Johnson
Chapter Three: Gathering, Being, and Moving Together
Kelly Hanson, Melissa Johnson, and Shawna Denman
Chapter Four: Mindfulness and Creativity
Kelly Hanson, Jeanne Parker, and Deanne Collinson
Chapter Five: Mindfulness and Social Justice
Kelly Hanson, Doryan Elliott, and Ryan Scorgie
Chapter Six: Mindfulness and Nature
Kelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Michael Ross
Final thoughts: The Ecology of Our Stories
Kelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Lori Hazel
About the Editor and Contributors
