“The Promises and Perils of Mainstreaming Mindfulness” with Susan Bauer-Wu, Jeremy Hunter, Carolyn Jacobs, Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg
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ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Robert Roeser
School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Erin McCarthy
Embodying Change: Buddhism, Feminism, and Contemplative Education
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Jeremy Hunter
The Missing Link of Leadership Development: Cultivating Awareness in Action
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Lizabeth Roemer
Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – Harold Roth
What’s ‘Critical’ About ‘Critical First-Person’ Perspectives?
ISCS 2016 – Master Lecture – John Dunne
The Transdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices: Challenges and Opportunities
A Call for More Compassionate, Equitable Education
What’s Equity Got to Do With It? Recently I presented at a workshop for educators interested in the science of social and emotional learning (SEL) and prosocial education. After leading a half-day session on cultivating compassion, in which I also highlighted common blocks and obstacles — like stereotype, bias, prejudice and racism — to cultivating …
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Developing Measures of Compassion, Empathy, Care, and Kindness
As contemplative approaches are being applied in educational settings with increasing frequency, early studies using self-report and academic outcomes suggest that these programs hold promise for the well-being of both teachers and students. However, the field currently lacks empirically rigorous measures to evaluate important real-world behavior and psychological change due to the cultivation of compassion, …
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