Many
faculty, staff and students have been working creatively and
often quietly by themselves in their quest to create a compassionate
pedagogy using Mindfulness practices in their curriculum and
program designs. These initiatives employ the practical application
of mindfulness practices to enhance teacher training, curriculum
development and leadership skills. Internationally, our peers
in higher education are working to establish a new direction
in education. This movement is described as holistic, integrated,
transformational, compassionate, inclusive, cross-cultural
and dynamic incorporating among many things mindfulness. The
improvement of teaching and learning in universities is an
important matter. Its purpose is not only to provide students
with a pleasant and rewarding educational experience, but
to prepare them to take charge of their own learning and to
embrace the joy in fully participating and creating a caring
and cooperative society.
Dialogues
for Mindfulness in Higher Education
Creating an opportunity for leaders in Mindfulness Education
to connect is the charge of The Dialogues for Mindfulness
in Higher Education. Universities are the finishing school
of our future leaders providing them with distinct and experiential
opportunities that will allow them to move forward and create
a compassionate world.
Many individuals from various disciples have begun work to
create a new wave of Mindfulness in Education. These individuals
whom I named “Compassion Generators”
are working to develop mindfulness curriculum in all levels
of education. We live in the world of relationship. Through
the process of connecting in conversation and dialogue we
can offer new possibilities for the future of education. Compassion
Generators are people who are changing the way they look at
the world and their enthusiasm is creating a wave of sustainable
change in education that supports the mind, body and hearts
of our children.
It makes for an interesting conversation when a Wall Street
corporate executive, college professor, actor, and scientist
sit down together with the intention of simply creating a
better world for our children through education. If you want
to be a part of this conversation contact me. We will begin
meeting in October for brown bag lunch conversations the
first Friday of each month
at 12 noon in Newcomb
Hall's Kaleidoscope Room. (No meeting
in January or June thru September) | Email:
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