Mindful Teaching Community (eBook)

Possibilities for Teacher Professional Learning

Kelly Hanson (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
146 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5885-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes how practices of mindfulness significantly contribute to teacher professional development by increasing educators’ sense of well-being, collegiality, and connection with each other. It will guide other educators to incorporate mindfulness into their professional learning.

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A Mindful Teaching Community: Possibilities for Teacher Professional Learningdescribes 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 storiesof 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.

Autor

Kelly Hanson is doctoral student at the University of British Columbia.

Inhalt

ContentsForewordKaren Ragoonaden and Sabre CherkowskiAcknowledgmentsNote from the EditorChapter One: A Mindful Teaching CommunityKelly HansonChapter Two: Foundations of Our MindfulnessKelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, andMelissa JohnsonChapter Three: Gathering, Being, and Moving TogetherKelly Hanson, Melissa Johnson, and Shawna DenmanChapter Four: Mindfulness and CreativityKelly Hanson, Jeanne Parker, and Deanne CollinsonChapter Five: Mindfulness and Social JusticeKelly Hanson, Doryan Elliott, and Ryan ScorgieChapter Six: Mindfulness and NatureKelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Michael RossFinal thoughts: The Ecology of Our StoriesKelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Lori HazelAbout the Editor and Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.9.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Mindfulness in Education
• Co-Autor: Deanne Collinson, Shawna Denman, Doryan Elliott, Kelly Hanson, Melissa Johnson, Clay McLeod, Jeanne Parker, Michael Ross, Ryan Scorgie
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 11 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: circle pedagogy • contemplative pedagogy • critical friendship • Mindfulness • practitioner scholarship • professional learning • Self-study • systems thinking • Teacher identity
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5885-2 / 1498558852
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5885-3 / 9781498558853