Tuning the student mind : a journey in consciousness-centered education / Molly Beauregard.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: An angel museum -- First week : why do you believe what you believe about yourself? -- Second week : what types of knowledge do we value? -- Third week : what does the American dream look like today? -- Fourth week : how do we know ourselves? -- Fifth week : how does the world around us inform our sense of self? -- Sixth week : who is responsible? -- Seventh week : what do we really learn in school? -- Eighth week : how do we know what we know? -- Ninth week : what roles do you play? -- Tenth week : how do labels define us -- and confine us? -- Eleventh week : how does place define our sense of self? -- Twelve week : what does it mean to be a consumer? -- Thirteenth week : what does it mean to be an artist? -- Fourteenth week : how do we create a more compassionate world? -- Conclusion: Letter to the reader.

"How can we rethink teaching practices to include and engage the whole student? What would student experience look like if we integrated silence and feeling with empirical analysis? Tuning the Student Mind is the story of one teacher's attempt to answer these questions by creating an innovative college course that marries the spiritual and the theoretical, integrating meditation and self-reflection with more conventional academic curriculum. The book follows Molly Beauregard and her students on their intellectual and spiritual journey over the course of a semester in her class, "Consciousness, Creativity, and Identity." Interweaving personal stories, student writing, and Beauregard's responses, along with recommendations for further reading and a research appendix, it makes the case for the transformative power of consciousness-centered education. Written in a warm, engaging voice that reflects Beauregard's teaching style, Tuning the Student Mind provides an accessible, step-by-step template for other educators, while inviting readers more broadly to reconnect with the joy of learning in and beyond the classroom"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide