Catalyzing the Field

Catalyzing the Field presents a diverse series of applied case studies about the second-person dimension of contemplative learning in higher education. As a companion volume to the editors' previous book, The Intersubjective Turn, the contributors to this book explore various pedagogical scenarios in which intentional forms of practice create and guide consciousness. Their essays demonstrate that practice is not only intellectual, but somatic, phenomenological, emotional, and spiritual as well. Along with their first book, Contemplative Learning and Inquiry across Disciplines, the editors craft an essential body of work that affirms the fundamental importance of contemplative practice in institutions of higher learning.

Introduction Olen Gunnlaugson, Charles Scott, Heesoon Bai, and Edward W. Sarath 1. Mindfulness in Education: Contemplative Inquiry in a Community of Learners Kathryn Byrnes and Jessica S. Caron 2. Meditating Together, Speaking from Silence: The Theory and Practice of Interpersonal Mindfulness Nancy Waring 3. Intersubjectivity in the Holistic Teaching of the Sociology of Religion at Glendon College in Toronto Véronique Tomaszewski 4. Being with Horses as a Practice of the Self-with-Others: A Case of Getting a FEEL for Teaching Stephen J. Smith and Karen LaRochelle 5. A Disciplined Practice of Collaboratively Working on Teaching as Contemplative Professional Practice Thomas Falkenberg and Michael Link 6. Awakening to Wholeness: Aikido as an Embodied Praxis of Intersubjectivity Michael A. Gordon 7. Self, Other, and the System Ian Macnaughton 8. Walking Steps: Contemplative Wanderings with Humanbecoming Deborah Sally Thoun, Anne Bruce, and Coby Tschanz 9. Contemplative Learning: A Second-Person Approach to Physical Fitness Sally 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 Practice Sean Park 11. A Three-Tiered Monastic Approach to Intersubjective Dialogue for Application within Higher Education Mary Keator 12. No Mind in Community: Cultivating "Fields in Good Heart" in an Intellectual and Professional Praxis-Enhancing Commons Arden Henley Contributors Index