Perspectives of International Citizen-Practitioners Respecting and Embracing Responsibility for Enhancing Holistic Well-Being

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

More than a trend or knee-jerk reaction to issues, wellbeing has the power and potential to impact critical challenges facing us in our individual identities, within diverse communities and as global citizens for the sustainability of our planet. In institutional settings, holistic education provides a framing for promoting a range of wellness practices. A focus on contemplative practices across diverse international contexts enables identification of similarities and differences that lead to insights spanning micro to macro system levels. Contributing papers from New Zealand, Australia and the US explore the desirability and feasibility of contemplative practices to create powerful interpretations of wellbeing and to enhance the potential of holistic education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Holistic Education

Chair

• Joanna Higgins, Victoria University of Wellington

Papers

• Promoting Holistic Well-Being in Aotearoa New Zealand - Joanna Higgins, Victoria University of Wellington; Tabitha McKenzie, Victoria University of Wellington; Suskya Goodall, Victoria University of Wellington; Grant Zouch, Victoria University of Wellington

• Being a Mindful Teacher Educator: Poetic Responses to Preservice Teachers Becoming - Narelle Suzanne Lemon, Swinburne University of Technology

• Investigating Mindfulness Practices for Student Empowerment in a U.S. Title I High School Setting - Malgorzata Powietrzynska, Brooklyn College; Linda Noble, Brooklyn College

• Compassionate Systems Framework: Creating Generative Social Fields in Education - Suchitra Sarda, SEE Learning india

Discussant

• Deborah Shanley, City University of New York, Brooklyn College