Saint Mary's

Dr. David Sable

Religious Studies
Adjunct Professor, Part-time Instructor
Email: dsable@smu.ca

 

 

Primary Field of Study
Buddhism

Secondary Fields of Study
Spirituality and Work; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Areas of Interest
Contemplative Education; Critical Thinking and Transformative Learning

Education
PhD (Interdisciplinary Studies), Dalhousie University
M.A. Developmental Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University
B.Sc. Columbia University

Publications
(in press) Meditative Inquiry, Mindfulness, and Outcome-Based Education. In A. Kumar (Ed.) The Transformative Potential of Meditative Inquiry: Perspectives and Practices for a Holistic Way of Teaching, Learning, and Living.  Routledge.
(2014). Reason in Service of the Heart: The Impacts of Contemplative Practices on Critical Thinking. Journal of Contemplative Inquiry, Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Amherst, MA. Accessible at www.contemplativemind.org/journal.
(2012). The Impacts of Reflective Practices on the Dispositions for Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Courses. Doctoral thesis retrievable at 

Biography
David is an Adjunct Professor in the Religious Studies Department of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, where he has been teaching courses on Buddhism, Spirituality and Work, and related subjects since 2000. He has also team-taught and led courses in contemplative education for K-12 teachers in the Graduate Education program at Mount Saint Vincent University and co-led the first offsite, full-credit, residential Practicum/Retreat in Mindfulness/Contemplative Education for Mount Saint Vincent University (2013-2016).  He is co-editor of the online , published by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society a subscriber-based, peer-reviewed academic journal serving institutions of higher education and university faculty around the world.