명상도서관

명상도서관

Art as meditation: A mindful inquiry into educator well-being 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명KYNARD, Carmen
  • 학회/출판사/기관명The Qualitative Report
  • 출판년도2020
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Community Literacy Journal
  • 발행사항14(2), 5-24
  • ISBN/ISSN1555-9734
  • 소개/요약Being prepared for the intensity and complexities that educators face in their work means building strategies for managing well-being. This qualitative study explored educators ' conceptualizations about their well-being using an arts-based, community-based participatory research (AB-CBPR) methodology. After a brief mindfulness meditation and contemplation ofprompting questions, educators were invited to participate in drawing and writing reflections. The artifacts were coded to determine themes. Themes suggested the importance of human connectedness and interconnection, self care and nurturance, the healing qualities of the natural word, and the recognition that institutions need to provide space and resources to support educator well-being. The mindfulness-based art-as-meditation process was itself a salutogenic process and provided a means for developing a deeper understanding of educator well-being through a community-based participatory research approach.