Title V, OSET and the Office of Equity and Inclusion invite UNM students, staff and faculty to a keynote and open forum with Laura Rendón on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. in SUB Lobo A&B. Rendón presents, “Contemplative Practice and Social Justice in the College Classroom: A Sensing Thinking Pedagogy.” A reception and book signing will follow in the SUB Navajo Lounge.
Photo: Laura Rendón
Rendón, professor and chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University, is a national leader in educational leadership. She is author of “Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice, and Liberation,” (Stylus, 2009).
Prior to the keynote and forum, Rendón presents a workshop for faculty, “Employing a Pedagogy of Wholeness, Social Justice, and Liberation,” from 9:30 a.m. – noon. Contact OSET at 277-2229 or OSET@unm.edu to reserve a seat. The first 25 registered faculty members will receive a complimentary copy of Rendón’s book.
Rendón is visiting UNM to help kickoff the 2009-2010 Title V program of events organized around the theme, Teaching, Learning and Working across Differences. Rendón’s pedagogy connects the sentir (to feel) of intuition and the inner life and the pensar (to think) of outer learning and the pursuit of intellectual life. A newly-designed pedagogic model will be presented—one that is integrative in nature, employs contemplative practice to engage the learner more deeply in the material, emphasizes social justice, and embraces diverse ways of knowing.
For more information, contact Title V at 277-1723.