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Garretson, Kate – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2010
Because learning to meditate shares important qualities with learning to be a better reader and writer--for example, dispassionate noticing, becoming more aware of inner processes, a faith in inner wisdom, effort made with a light touch, the cultivation of a practice through simple, regular doing--practice in mindfulness meditation was used to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Individual Development
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Horowitz, Sara R.; King, Nancy – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1993
An experimental colloquium course at the University of Delaware focuses on ways students read and respond to texts. Using nontraditional activities including image making and symbolic expression, the course discourages passive learning as it explores literature and its effect on the reader's inner world. (JB)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Courses, Educational Quality