scholarly journals Towards Teaching With an Open Heart

Paideusis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Susan Walsh

In this paper, I explore practices for opening the heart and offering compassion towards others and also myself in the context of teaching. In doing so, I reflect upon experiences that involve the uneven distribution of “air time” in the classroom; I concentrate on such experiences because, as long-standing sources of irritation for me, I believe they can evoke insights about being present. How, for example, might I invite deeper awareness of my own being in such situations, notice how I am feeling in relation to the students, individually and collectively? How might I become better acquainted with my own resistances? Send love and compassion towards the students and also myself? Through contemplative practice, I observe my mind and habits of being. My aspiration is to teach from a softer, gentler place. I situate this work in relation to the literature in contemplative education, specifically that which offers insights into teachers’ inner work.

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-284
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Bormann ◽  
Steven Thorp ◽  
Julie L. Wetherell ◽  
Samantha Hurst

1978 ◽  
Vol 39 (02) ◽  
pp. 474-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
E R Cole ◽  
F Bachmann ◽  
C A Curry ◽  
D Roby

SummaryA prospective study in 13 patients undergoing open-heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation revealed a marked decrease of the mean one-stage prothrombin time activity from 88% to 54% (p <0.005) but lesser decreases of factors I, II, V, VII and X. This apparent discrepancy was due to the appearance of an inhibitor of the extrinsic coagulation system, termed PEC (Protein after Extracorporeal Circulation). The mean plasma PEC level rose from 0.05 U/ml pre-surgery to 0.65 U/ml post-surgery (p <0.0005), and was accompanied by the appearance of additional proteins as evidenced by disc polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of plasma fractions (p <0.0005). The observed increases of PEC, appearance of abnormal protein bands and concomitant increases of LDH and SGOT suggest that the release of an inhibitor of the coagulation system (similar or identical to PIVKA) may be due to hypoxic liver damage during extracorporeal circulation.


1967 ◽  
Vol 18 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 634-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Thurnherr

SummaryBlood clotting investigations have been executed in 25 patients who have undergone open heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation. A description of alterations in the activity of blood clotting factors, the fibrinolytic system, prothrombin consumption and platelets during several phases of the operation is given.


2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (S 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
U Boeken ◽  
P Feindt ◽  
J Litmathe ◽  
E Gams

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Madershahian ◽  
T Wittwer ◽  
J Strauch ◽  
J Wippermann ◽  
UFW Franke ◽  
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