Contemplative Pedagogy and its Application to CFL Course Design (Fri, Apr 9, 5-6:30PM)

Ran Zhao

Friday  |  April 9  |  5-6:30PM

This presentation will give a brief introduction to the contemplative pedagogy (CP) and its application in higher ed. The presenter will then discuss why CP can and should be applied to designing courses of world languages. The majority of this presentation will be concrete examples of how CP was used in the presenter's first-year and third-year Chinese classes. Specific in-class activities and outside-class assignments will also be shared and discussed to show why and how CP can be effective in world language classrooms, which can serve multiple purposes of language learning, community building, and cultivating holistic growth and flourishing.

Ran Zhao earned her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. She works as Associate Professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the University of Virginia.

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Meeting ID: 946 5277 8484   Passcode: 628244