Mindfulness in the Academy

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This book focuses on the way academics understand, embrace and enact the concepts of mindfulness in approaching their work in demanding and dynamic contemporary higher education environments. It examines how they implement formal and informal mindfulness practices that increase the capacity to transform mind and body states by drawing on concepts such as compassion, kindness, gratitude, curiosity, self-awareness and non-judgemental stances. The book provides insights into and highlights the struggles of scholars through their experiences and perspectives in relation to their identities, practices and job enactment. Each chapter author explains their mindfulness practices and their motivations for implementing them, and explores how mindful ways of researching, writing, learning and teaching, leading, and engaging with others leads us to self-awareness and engagement in the present.
This book focuses on the way academics understand, embrace and enact the concepts of mindfulness in approaching their work in demanding and dynamic contemporary higher education environments. It examines how they implement formal and informal mindfulness practices that increase the capacity to transform mind and body states by drawing on concepts such as compassion, kindness, gratitude, curiosity, self-awareness and non-judgemental stances. The book provides insights into and highlights the struggles of scholars through their experiences and perspectives in relation to their identities, practices and job enactment. Each chapter author explains their mindfulness practices and their motivations for implementing them, and explores how mindful ways of researching, writing, learning and teaching, leading, and engaging with others leads us to self-awareness and engagement in the present.

Examines the specific ways higher education academics have implemented mindfulness practices in their work Introduces the lived experience of academics, and connects experiences with strategies for the current climate Considers the work of academics in higher education from a range of perspectives Provides an international perspective on the role of mindfulness in academic practice Offers practical strategies for informal and formal mindfulness practices

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Narelle Lemon

Themen in »Mindfulness in the Academy«

Mindfulness and Academic Practice Academic Work in Universities Leadership in Universities Mindfulness Strategies and Approaches Work Life Balance in Academia Ethic of Care in Higher Education Identity in Higher Education Casualisation and Academic Work Networking and Collegiality International Perspectives on Academic Work learning and instruction

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