Tag Archives: attention

Homing In

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Nancy Chick

My post-semester sabbatical from blogging lasted a bit longer than I’d anticipated. Nothing bad happened: I simply devoted 100% of my writing efforts to a few manuscripts  I wanted to get off of my desktop.  There are more–there are always … Continue reading →

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Doodling & Knitting

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Nancy Chick

Last week, I had a great conversation about class participation with SoTL Scholar Hasina Mohyuddin and my Graduate-Teaching-Fellow partner in teaching the SoTL Scholars Program Andrew Greer (both PhD candidates in the Department of Human & Organizational Development).  I also … Continue reading →

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Reading Like Bruce Lee

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Nancy Chick

I teach literature. My students read a lot, and I want them to read well—closely, carefully, attentively. I’ve always heard that the best readers were read to when they were young and then read voraciously when they were growing up.  … Continue reading →

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How It Works, IV

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Nancy Chick

This is the fourth and final post about how mindfulness works, or the documented effects and how they occur.  The first was about attention regulation, the second body awareness, the third emotional regulation, and now a different perspective of the … Continue reading →

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How It Works, I

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Nancy Chick

My recent posts have been focused on issues of stress, mostly because I’ve seen the effects on my own life and worry about colleagues, students, and friends. Some of you have asked me to clarify how mindfulness works: what it … Continue reading →

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Being Fully Present in the Classroom

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Nancy Chick

A recent study on students’ laptop use in the classroom has brought a lot of attention to the issue of, well, attention in the classroom.  As their title indicates, Sana, Weston, and Cepeda (2013) found that “Laptop multitasking hinders classroom … Continue reading →

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Paying Attention

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Nancy Chick

I hope my first two posts whetted your appetite, and now you’re wondering how to start.  Call it “stealth mindfulness”: you’ve already started.   “A Beginning” turned your attention to your breath, and “The Easy Way & The Easier Way” challenged … Continue reading →

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