{"id":134,"date":"2025-11-04T18:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/?post_type=part&p=134"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:15:13","slug":"seeds-of-contemplative-pedagogy-and-practices","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/part\/seeds-of-contemplative-pedagogy-and-practices\/","title":{"raw":"Seeds of contemplative practices and pedagogy","rendered":"Seeds of contemplative practices and pedagogy"},"content":{"raw":"Contemplative practices can be visually represented as a \u201ctree\u201d (Duerr, 2004). Read more from Maia Duerr about the process of developing this tree. <\/a>You can also hear from our own Rosemary Reilly talking about the tree in this video.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn this resource we use the \"branches\" and the \"roots\" of this tree to frame our presentations of the materials. In this first section, we discuss the what<\/i> and why<\/i> that gives us the purpose for contemplative pedagogy: what these terms mean<\/a>, connect contemplative practices and pedagogy to your goals for students<\/a>, discuss contemplative pedagogy and awe<\/a>, and share testimonials from our own instructors and their students.\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"674\"]\"The The Tree of Contemplative Practices \u00a9 Maia Duerr, the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society[\/caption]\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

Contemplative practices can be visually represented as a \u201ctree\u201d (Duerr, 2004). Read more from Maia Duerr about the process of developing this tree. <\/a>You can also hear from our own Rosemary Reilly talking about the tree in this video.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this resource we use the “branches” and the “roots” of this tree to frame our presentations of the materials. In this first section, we discuss the what<\/i> and why<\/i> that gives us the purpose for contemplative pedagogy: what these terms mean<\/a>, connect contemplative practices and pedagogy to your goals for students<\/a>, discuss contemplative pedagogy and awe<\/a>, and share testimonials from our own instructors and their students.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Tree of Contemplative Practices \u00a9 Maia Duerr, the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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