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Stop, look, listen: Contemplative teaching and learning
Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: Nov 30, 2012
Pages: 392 - 406
Sources ID: 82841
Visibility: Public (group default)
Abstract: (Show)
In an age of overwhelming quantities of information, an increasing superficiality of understanding, and an increasing emphasis on “devices” Christian educators can invite learners into transformational learning through focal contemplative practices that help learners sharpen their attention and deepen their experience. Participation in focal practices invites the emergence of contemplation and helps cultivate a readiness to receive the gift of contemplation. This essay explores brieflythe relationship between focal practice and contemplation. It then considers three particular practices that can support and encourage contemplative knowing across a range of teaching/learning contexts: contemplative looking, contemplative reading, and contemplative play.