Bringing Our Souls to the Classroom - 9781452532622

This book is about Affirmation based pedagogy. Affirmation/Mindfulness based pedagogy for learner-centered teaching can make a difference. Mindful communication is the key to building insight and professionalism when modeling behaviour to students and colleagues. This book offers appropriate self-awareness and communication skills development and understanding of thinking patterns to develop goal-orientation and insight-orientation strategies to enhance understanding of what it means to be successful by analyzing both psychological and sociological theories on approaches to the significance/influence of mental health on overall well-being. Students will develop strategies to consider constructive options that effectively solve problems in daily life. This book offers appropriate self-awareness and communication skills development. It serves to enhance understanding of what it means to be successful by analyzing both psychological and sociological theories on approaches to the significance/influence of mental health on overall well-being. By programming ourselves to be more positive in and out of the class so to our students will develop emotional and cognitive awareness and understanding; bodily awareness and coordination and interpersonal awareness.

Author: Rob D'Alessio

Publisher: Balboa Press

Publication Date: Mar 02, 2011

Number of Pages: 228 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1452532621

ISBN-13: 9781452532622