Conference presentation
Heart centered teaching - enabling a pedagogy of kindness
SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 09/11/2021 - 11/11/2021)
11/2021
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Abstract
What is heart centered teaching and how do we, or can we practice it? Why is sharing our kindness practices to establish relationships with and among students and colleagues important, and especially now? Over the last two years, the pandemic has accelerated the shift to online teaching and a sharp uptake in the use of technology as a teaching tool. We have all experienced a tyranny of distance in our personal and professional lives. This time of increased separations, loneliness, and isolation, has meant we have had to work harder to create and sustain connection with our students and colleagues. Freire (1988) referred to teaching as an act of love. The spirit of good teaching resides in a positive and engaging connection between student and teacher. How can we, and do we, teach in a way that helps to increase connection and warms up the teaching and learning space? This heartfelt connection is where learning, students, and staff all flourish. What strategies contribute to a pedagogy of kindness?
We know everyone has explored and grappled with ways to connect and help students and colleagues. We look to the collective wisdom of our community. We know you ve been in the trenches so we invite you to share your experience about strategies you have thought about or employed to deliver heart centered teaching that helped to create richness and warmth in teaching practice across the disciplines.
Details
- Title
- Heart centered teaching - enabling a pedagogy of kindness
- Creators
- Mieke Witsel - Southern Cross UniversityAirdre Grant - Deakin University
- Conference
- SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 09/11/2021 - 11/11/2021)
- Identifiers
- 991013135810102368
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT