The Contemplative Pedagogy Network (CPN) has evolved since a meeting in London in 2014 of six educators, trainers and lecturers during which we discussed our shared interest in contemplative practice in higher and further education settings. We spoke about our personal contemplative practice, how it influenced our work and our experience of utilising contemplative practice in the classroom as well as other training contexts. Overall the meeting left us with a welcome sense of connection, a spring in our step and a twinkle in our eye.
Aims
The aims of the network are to:
Inspire – to encourage those interested in contemplative pedagogy to explore ways of embedding it within their classrooms and within the curricula they teach. We also hope to provide inspiration for educators looking to take up, deepen or diversify their own contemplative practice.
Inform – as a relatively new concept, particularly in the UK, research and evidence of good practice within contemplative pedagogy is currently quite limited. We aim to highlight useful resources and encourage sharing of successes and failures so that we may all learn and progress.
Connect – making connections between those interested in contemplative pedagogy will provide valuable support for both our teaching and contemplative practice. Creating active, engaged and positive communities is at the heart of contemplative pedagogy.
Contemplative Pedagogy Network 
I discovered your blog through the ACMHE list serve and had a wonderful time reading through your blog and the great resources you have listed. Thank you for your enthusiasm and heartfelt sharing. Best wishes for the Network and for your upcoming events. Cheryl
Cheryl Banks-Smith
Associate Professor/Dance Department
Pasadena City College
1570 E. Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, California
(626) 585-3301
cabanks-smith@pasadena.edu
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It’s wonderful to see that contemplative pedagogy as an area of study, research and practice is expanding around the globe! I live in Vancouver Canada, and have been working with contemplative pedagogy through art, meditation and poetry for over 25 years. I was fortunate to attend Naropa University’s (Boulder Colorado), last contemplative pedagogy retreat for university educators and administrators a few years ago. The field is burgeoning. Simon Fraser University, in the Vancouver area, just started their first year of a new Master’s program in Contemplative Education. Many schools in the Vancouver area have embraced the MindUp program for elementary and high school students. There is a growing curriculum, and a cohort of teachers who are using mindfulness practices with their students with great success. Students report greater concentration, more calm, and better relationships with friends and family. Students learn socil-empotional regulation and ways of calming themselves in times of stress. Students are teaching their families how to meditate too. I’m interested to know if this has been introduced in Europe as well.
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Hello,
I am trying to sign up for the writing seminar on 3/24 and the registration link takes me to a zoom meeting. Should I just click on that next week at seminar time? Thank you!
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Hello, yes that’s correct. Please scroll down and fill in the registration details for the zoom meeting and you will be sent the link. See you there 🙂
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