Contribution to Book
Contemplative Pedagogy: Building Resilience in Academic Libraries:
Going Green: Implementing Sustainable Strategies in Libraries Around the World Buildings, Management, Programmes and Services
(2018)
Abstract
This chapter addresses the emerging movement of contemplative pedagogy in higher education with an emphasis on academic librarianship. The authors posit how integrating mindfulness-based practices into pedagogy and programming builds resilience in students, creating meaning in an age of climate disruption, information overload and uncertain times. Examples of librarians’ relevant professional development activities are also included. Library spaces offering mindfulness opportunities for students are explored and a contemplative-oriented, campus-wide collaboration centered on climate disruption is featured. Selected Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda are touched on, demonstrating how contemplative approaches in academic libraries support well-being, justice, community building and concern for the fate of the earth.
Keywords
- resilience,
- transformation,
- academic libraries,
- contemplative pedagogy,
- Sustainable Development Goals
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2018
Editor
Petra Hauke, Madeleine Charney, Harri Sahavirta
Publisher
De Gruyter Saur
Series
IFLA Publications 177
ISBN
978-3-11-060887-8
Citation Information
Madeleine K. Charney and Jenny Colvin. "Contemplative Pedagogy: Building Resilience in Academic Libraries:" Going Green: Implementing Sustainable Strategies in Libraries Around the World Buildings, Management, Programmes and Services (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charney_madeleine/89/
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