Patricia Owen-Smith is Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at Oxford College of Emory University. She is the founder and director of Oxford College's Women's Studies and Service-Learning programs.

"At a time when accelerated learning drives so much what occurs in the classroom,... the author proposes to slow things down and to have students and teachers alike see the power and meaning in silent and slow reflection." -Howard Tinberg, author of Writing With Consequence: What Writing Does in the Disciplines "The book is beautifully and graciously written--a style that helps convey the book's invitation to readers: pay attention to each other's strengths and build on them in order to help fulfill the full range of educational outcomes long given voice in college and university mission statements and strategic plans." -Mary Taylor Huber, co-author of The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration and Impact

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Historical Review2. Contemplative Practices in Higher Education3. Challenges and Replies to Contemplative Methods4. Contemplative Research5. The Contemplative Mind: A Vision of Higher Education for the 21st CenturyCodaReferencesIndex

Patricia Owen-Smith is Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at Oxford College of Emory University. She is the founder and director of Oxford College's Women's Studies and Service-Learning programs.

"At a time when accelerated learning drives so much what occurs in the classroom,... the author proposes to slow things down and to have students and teachers alike see the power and meaning in silent and slow reflection." -Howard Tinberg, author of Writing With Consequence: What Writing Does in the Disciplines "The book is beautifully and graciously written--a style that helps convey the book's invitation to readers: pay attention to each other's strengths and build on them in order to help fulfill the full range of educational outcomes long given voice in college and university mission statements and strategic plans." -Mary Taylor Huber, co-author of The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration and Impact

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Historical Review2. Contemplative Practices in Higher Education3. Challenges and Replies to Contemplative Methods4. Contemplative Research5. The Contemplative Mind: A Vision of Higher Education for the 21st CenturyCodaReferencesIndex

Patricia Owen-Smith is Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at Oxford College of Emory University. She is the founder and director of Oxford College's Women's Studies and Service-Learning programs.

"At a time when accelerated learning drives so much what occurs in the classroom,... the author proposes to slow things down and to have students and teachers alike see the power and meaning in silent and slow reflection." -Howard Tinberg, author of Writing With Consequence: What Writing Does in the Disciplines "The book is beautifully and graciously written--a style that helps convey the book's invitation to readers: pay attention to each other's strengths and build on them in order to help fulfill the full range of educational outcomes long given voice in college and university mission statements and strategic plans." -Mary Taylor Huber, co-author of The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration and Impact

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Historical Review2. Contemplative Practices in Higher Education3. Challenges and Replies to Contemplative Methods4. Contemplative Research5. The Contemplative Mind: A Vision of Higher Education for the 21st CenturyCodaReferencesIndex