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Weaving Complementary Knowledge Systems and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives pp 171–183Cite as

Drawing Attention

Notes from the Field

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For teachers, contemplation and silence are in short supply in school environments. Natural history museum dioramas lend themselves for looking and contemplating.

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  1. SUNY Brooklyn EOC, USA

    Małgorzata Powietrzyńska

  2. The Graduate Center of CUNY, USA

    Kenneth Tobin

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Trowbridge, C.A. (2017). Drawing Attention. In: Powietrzyńska, M., Tobin, K. (eds) Weaving Complementary Knowledge Systems and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-182-7_12

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