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8:30AM Breakfast

9AM Opening Remarks by Brie Gertler (Interim Associate Dean of Humanities & Arts)

9:10AM Overview of Day & Contemplative Pedagogy in World Languages: Definitions & Context by Juliet Trail (Director of Education, UVA Contemplative Sciences Center)

9:30AM Co-Creating Dialogue Prompts by Mieko Kawai (Senior Lecturer of Japanese)

 

10:15AM Break

10:30AM Contemplative Check-In Activity: Weather Report by Zaida Villanueva García (Lecturer of Spanish)

10:50AM Spanish Practice Retreats for Students 2018 and 2019 by Esther Poveda Moreno (Lecturer of Spanish)

11:10AM Movement Practice by Alicia López-Operé (Assistant Professor of Spanish, General Faculty)

11:40AM Contemplative Reading & Writing Exercise by Karolyn Kinane (Associate Director of Faculty Engagement & Pedagogy, UVA CSC)

 

12PM Lunch On Site

1PM Considerations for Bringing Contemplative Pedagogy into the Classroom by Mieko Kawai (Senior Lecturer of Japanese) & Juliet Trail (Director of Education, UVA Contemplative Sciences Center) & Emily Scida (Professor and Spanish Language Program Director)

1:30PM Student Responses by Mieko Kawai (Senior Lecturer of Japanese) Zaida Villanueva García (Lecturer of Spanish) Spyros Simotas (Instructor of French)

2PM Discussion and Questions by Juliet Trail (Director of Education, UVA Contemplative Sciences Center)

3PM Adjourn