Scheduled towards the end of the two-year M.Ed. cohort program (second last course), this course aims both to integrate previous learning with students’ lived understanding of their educational practice, and to encourage and support students’ ongoing professional growth after the program ends. The course introduces the philosophy and design of “mixed methods research,” in particular, heuristic, autobiographical/narrative, spiritual/integral, and arts based research with a particular focus on contemplative pedagogy. As a central part of the course, each student will design and carry out a mixed method research project in an educational setting of their choosing.
Questions to answer
1) What resonated in the article for you and why?
2) What questions did the article raise for you?
3) In what way did the article link with your current understanding of contemplative education?
4) How will the article contribute (if at all) to your own area of inquiry and/or your contemplative journey?
14th January 2017 Field trip to Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Society
The premises of Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society is a two-storey contemporary building of over twenty thousand square feet conveniently located on Victoria Drive, not far from downtown Vancouver. It is equipped with both traditional dharma and modern teaching facilities, including a Worship Hall, Longevity Hall (Hall of the Medicine Buddha), Meditation Hall, Ancestral Hall, Conference Hall, Multi Purpose Hall, library, and a shop selling Buddhist artifacts, literature and souvenirs. http://tlkycs.buddhistdoor.com/
27th January 2017 Awakening Joy with Michele Lilyanna
Spirit Rock founder, author, and teacher James Baraz’s Awakening Joy offers his large and loyal readership a program to gain contentment and happiness by cultivating the seeds of joy within. Here he joins with Michele Lilyanna, a classroom teacher for 25 years, to offer caregivers and children ways to find joy and build social-emotional wellbeing into everyday activities.
This unique offering nourishes both adults and kids. James shares the practices for the adults—parents, caregivers, and teachers. Michele offers her own experiences as a parent and as a teacher, showing how the themes work with kids, followed by the tried and true lessons that she's used herself in the classroom and at home.
Packed with practices and activities that James and Michele have gathered over their many years of working with thousands of adults and children in retreats, workshops, and the classroom, Awakening Joy for Kids is imbued with compassion and delight.
February 24th and 25th Michelle Beatch- Mindfulness.
Michelle is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. She incorporates mindfulness into her work counselling individuals and couples. For her PhD she is translating traditional Buddhist teachings into secular teachings for education.
www.michellebeatch.com
Avraham Cohen is a psychotherapist, author and teacher of counselling at City University.
March 31st and April 1st. Heesoon Bai- Theory of Everything (TOE) and The Egg Yolk Theory of Enlightenment.
April 1st- Avraham Cohen
Avraham Cohen is a psychotherapist, author and teacher of counselling at City University. He spoke about the importance of educators doing their own deep work. He gave a demonstration of how we works one-to-one with individuals.
April 7th and 8th a presentation by Dr Davidicus Wong
April 7th and 8th a presentation by Dr Davidicus Wong, local physician and UBC professor. Dr Wong incorporates contemplative perspectives into his practice and his talk. explore how the stories we tell and believe about ourselves can profoundly affect the quality of our lives article