Practice and the Transformation of Education
Dr. Daniel Barbezat
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Crimson
Event Center, Folger Hall
8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m
Continental Breakfast Included
Faculty,
staff and students are all welcome!
world creates a space that is at the core of profound learning
and insight. Contemplative practice sharpens concentration to
the present moment, deepens a sense of presence, and builds
compassion towards others. In this workshop we will examine
together how the whole educational institution can be creating,
supporting and sustaining environments that provide the tools to
support students’ ongoing inquiry into meaning, purpose and
values.
Daniel Barbezat, Ph.D is professor of Economics at Amherst College
and Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. He
has been a visiting professor at Northwestern University, Yale
University and has taught in the summer program at Harvard
University. In 2004, he won the J. T. Hughes Prize for Excellence
in Teaching Economic History from the Economic History
Association. Over the past decade, he has become interested in how
self-awareness and introspection can be used in higher education
and economic decision-making. He has developed courses that
integrate contemplative exercises designed to enable students to
gain deeper understanding and insight. His approach to these
economic classes has been featured in the Boston Globe, the U.S.
News & World Report, as well as on the NPR program “Here &
Now.”
Kindly RSVP Patti Shaffer pshaffer@iup.edu