ERIC Number: EJ1483661
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0633
EISSN: EISSN-1536-0768
Available Date: 2025-02-03
Rehumanizing Pedagogy: Is Slowing down the Answer?
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, n183 p93-99 2025
Many universities began prioritizing efficiency over efficacy in the 1990s, contributing to educator and student exhaustion. Meanwhile, vocational awe paradigms have led faculty to sacrifice personal time and health to satisfy students. The Slow Academia movement offers a different approach. Bypassing quantifiable outcomes and metrics, it advocates slowing down teaching and learning activities to sustainable paces. Contemplative practices, self-care, and trauma-informed pedagogies are crucial components. This chapter imagines opportunities for a slowed-down, rehumanized version of learning, teaching and sharing and provides recommendations for experimenting with format and content.
Descriptors: Humanization, Higher Education, Universities, Efficiency, Educational Practices, Pacing, Metacognition, Self Management, Trauma Informed Approach, Educational Innovation, Experimental Teaching
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA; 2School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China