Lexington Books
Pages: 146
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-5884-6 • Hardback • September 2017 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-5885-3 • eBook • September 2017 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Kelly Hanson is doctoral student at the University of British Columbia.
Contents
Foreword
Karen Ragoonaden and Sabre Cherkowski
Acknowledgments
Note from the Editor
Chapter One: A Mindful Teaching Community
Kelly Hanson
Chapter Two: Foundations of Our Mindfulness
Kelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, andMelissa Johnson
Chapter Three: Gathering, Being, and Moving Together
Kelly Hanson, Melissa Johnson, and Shawna Denman
Chapter Four: Mindfulness and Creativity
Kelly Hanson, Jeanne Parker, and Deanne Collinson
Chapter Five: Mindfulness and Social Justice
Kelly Hanson, Doryan Elliott, and Ryan Scorgie
Chapter Six: Mindfulness and Nature
Kelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Michael Ross
Final thoughts: The Ecology of Our Stories
Kelly Hanson, Clay McLeod, and Lori Hazel
About the Editor and Contributors
A Mindful Teaching Community is an accessible and inspiring contribution to the literature on mindful and relational teaching. Kelly Hanson and her colleagues introduce educators to mindfulness practices and guide them in inquiry through the self-study of teaching practices. Through their stories of experience, they offer teachers practical approaches to being authentically present in classrooms and in professional learning communities.
— Julian Kitchen, Brock University
Anyone who is interested in how mindfulness is applied in real-life classrooms will find this book a great introduction. For interested researchers as well as practitioners, this book provides specific examples of how teachers have applied mindfulness to their personal growth and teaching interests, such as art and ecology. Hansen links these practices to relevant research literature, which provides a useful introduction for teachers and administrators who may be interested in implementing a mindfulness program in their school.
— Veronika Bohac Clarke, University of Calgary