Mindfulness in Education: Cultivating the Social and Emotional Competencies of Educators. A Symposium of the Garrison Institute Contemplative Teaching and Learning Initiative Symposium | Presenters | Agenda | Resources The November symposium will bring together those who train and support educators including faculty at schools of education, district staff or providers of alternative licensure and professional development who also share an interest in the use of contemplative practices in this work The Symposium will explore the ways that contemplative practice can be used to cultivating the cognitive and social and emotional competencies (SEC) of educators.
Social and emotional competencies of educators are central to their personal well-being, their efficacy and their ability to promote positive school cultures. Yet little is done to train or support educators’ social and emotional competencies in the formal systems of educator training, induction or support. Open to those who train and support educators If you would like to attend please contact ctl@garrisoninstitute.org. CARE for Teachers. CARE for Teachers (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but it can also be one of the most stressful. CARE for Teachers is a unique program designed to help teachers reduce stress and enliven their teaching by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration - the inner resources they need to help students flourish, socially, emotionally and academically. Cutting-edge neuroscience confirms that practicing mindfulness facilitates awareness and self-regulation and develops the capacity for a calm, focused mind — a mind with the openness, responsiveness and sensitivity for optimal teaching, guiding, and learning.
For teachers, these resources can provide the inner strength to be powerfully present and emotionally responsive. As a result, teachers become effective guides, and influential models of healthy social and emotional behavior. CARE for Teachers Program Design and Delivery CARE Research. Teaching Meditation Techniques to Organizations. Could Online Education Be the End of the Typical College Experience? No one ever recalls their online education experience with as much fondness as those remembering their college dorm years. San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., is piloting a new program to offer remedial classes online. The university is partnering with Silicon Valley start-up Udacity, an online education platform.
At first, the program will let in around 300 students and offer only three courses, but there's a possibility this online education for first-year classes could expand to all California state schools if it's a success. The California State University system is the largest university system in the U.S., so the college experience for future students could potentially be drastically different. As the New York Times noted, California Governor Jerry Brown has been pushing schools to adopt online classes as a way to make education more affordable for students. Dr. These online education companies give people unprecedented access to higher learning, she continues. Promoting Hinduism? Parents Demand Removal Of School Yoga Class. Hide captionThird-graders at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif., perform chair pose with instructor Kristen McCloskey last month. Kyla Calvert for NPR Third-graders at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif., perform chair pose with instructor Kristen McCloskey last month.
During first period at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif., Kristen McCloskey leads about two dozen third-graders through some familiar yoga poses. "All right, so let's do our opening sequence A," she says, instructing the kids. "Everyone take a big inhale, lift those arms up. At the end of the half-hour class, 8-year-old Jacob Hagen says he feels energized and ready for the rest of the day. Schools across the country are focusing more on teaching students to make healthy choices; Encinitas Superintendent Tim Baird says yoga is just one element of the district's physical education curriculum. "We also have a nutrition program," he says. "Absolutely not — no.
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Without faculty status: Source: U.S. Full professors Associate professors Instructors. Contemplative Pedagogy. “Opening the contemplative mind in schools is not a religious issue but a practical epistemic question… Inviting contemplative study simply includes the natural human capacity for knowing through silence, pondering deeply, beholding, witnessing the contents of consciousness and so forth.” ~ Tobin Hart, Opening the Contemplative Mind in the Classroom, Journal of Transformative Education Vol. 2 No. 1, January 2004 The ancient practice of contemplation is being explored by many institutions of higher education as a new means of enhancing liberal education.
Research demonstrates that “contemplative pedagogy”-the integration of meditative practices into higher education-facilitates the achievement of traditional educational goals such as improved cognitive and academic performance. Studies also show that it fosters the development of the whole person, increasing capacities such as creativity, empathy, compassion, interpersonal skills and self-awareness. Tags: Contemplative Pedagogy. UVa Class Schedule - Schedule of Classes for Religious Studies - Spring 2013 (Unofficial, Lou's List) Freud on Creative Writing and Daydreaming. Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom. Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are.