Sept. Sch, Bldr. Lee Worley, Naropa University Bob London, Cal. The program schedule consists of two one-month summer sessions, online course work during the two intervening school years and a concluding summer conference. The Master of Arts in Contemplative Education joins the wisdom and skillful means of Eastern meditative traditions with Western holistic educational methods and insights. Based on the principals and practices of mindfulness and awareness, the program curriculum offers a path of personal nourishment and effective pedagogy.
Students study a variety of spiritual approaches to teaching, learning, and human development.
A public Spirituality in Education conference at Naropa ushers in each summer session. Featuring noted leaders in this emerging field, the conference is an opportunity for MA students to learn from educators from around the world representing a variety of perspectives in holistic and spiritual learning. It also features the theses presentations of graduating MA Contemplative Education students examining an application of contemplative education from their classroom experience. The curriculum in the first summer session emphasizes the contemplative transformation of oneself as teacher and experiencing everyday mindful teaching as sacred and artistic. The second summer deepens the student's approach to contemplative education extending it into curriculum, environmental design and instructional strategies.