Catalyzing the Field

Olen Gunnlaugson is Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizational Development at Université Laval, Canada. Charles Scott is Associate Professor of Education at City University of Seattle and Adjunct Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Heeson Bai is Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Edward W. Sarath is Professor of Music and Director of the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies at the University of Michigan.

"The present volume provides an excellent introduction to the topic and to the issues surrounding contemplative learning; chapters provide case studies that explore how this approach is used in many disciplines. The editors are highly qualified to write on these topics, and an excellent group of practitioners across a wide variety of disciplines in higher education have contributed chapters … The material presented in this book is cutting-edge and would be of interest to faculty and researchers in universities that are involved in this approach to pedagogy. Each chapter is insightfully written and well referenced." — CHOICE"Catalyzing the Field makes an important contribution to contemplative education. I especially appreciate its innovative approaches, practical insights, and potential applications." — Louis Komjathy, editor of Contemplative Literature: A Comparative Sourcebook on Meditation and Contemplative Prayer

• IntroductionOlen Gunnlaugson, Charles Scott, Heesoon Bai, and Edward W. Sarath 1. Mindfulness in Education: Contemplative Inquiry in a Community of LearnersKathryn Byrnes and Jessica S. Caron 2. Meditating Together, Speaking from Silence: The Theory and Practice of Interpersonal MindfulnessNancy Waring 3. Intersubjectivity in the Holistic Teaching of the Sociology of Religion at Glendon College in TorontoVéronique Tomaszewski 4. Being with Horses as a Practice of the Self-with-Others: A Case of Getting a FEEL for TeachingStephen J. Smith and Karen LaRochelle 5. A Disciplined Practice of Collaboratively Working on Teaching as Contemplative Professional PracticeThomas Falkenberg and Michael Link 6. Awakening to Wholeness: Aikido as an Embodied Praxis of IntersubjectivityMichael A. Gordon 7. Self, Other, and the SystemIan Macnaughton 8. Walking Steps: Contemplative Wanderings with HumanbecomingDeborah Sally Thoun, Anne Bruce, and Coby Tschanz 9. Contemplative Learning: A Second-Person Approach to Physical FitnessSally K. Severino and M. Andrew Garrison 10. Teaching Creativity and Building Community in the Undergraduate Classroom: Self-Awareness, Empathy, and Character through Relational and Contemplative PracticeSean Park 11. A Three-Tiered Monastic Approach to Intersubjective Dialogue for Application within Higher EducationMary Keator 12. No Mind in Community: Cultivating "Fields in Good Heart" in an Intellectual and Professional Praxis-Enhancing CommonsArden Henley ContributorsIndex