I am very excited to announce the launch of Contemplative Pedagogy Network (CPN) Workshops. The workshops are being organised by a generous team from the network - Mike Wride, Anne Vicary, Juliet Trail and Andrew Morgans. They will take place roughly four times a year. Each workshop will feature a tried and tested classroom activity … Continue reading Launch of Contemplative Pedagogy Network Workshops
Reflection on contemplative pedagogy
Coping with depression in academic life: creating space through contemplative practice
I have felt this blog developing in my mind for sometime and was finally inspired to get on with it after receiving an email on 4th February about it being 'Time to Talk Day'. I currently work as a Senior Lecturer and in this blog I explore how I cope with academic life when depressive … Continue reading Coping with depression in academic life: creating space through contemplative practice
Discovering contemplative pedagogy
To be great, be entire: of what's yours nothing Exaggerate or exclude. Be whole in each thing. Put all that you are Into the least that you do. Like that on each place the whole moon Shines, for she lives aloft. Fernando Pessoa I have started with this poem by Pessoa because for me stumbling … Continue reading Discovering contemplative pedagogy