A Remembrance Ritual in the Classroom--Death, Middle School, and Contemplative Education
Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education 2026 Kari Van Gelder
Death is generally unspoken, ignored, and considered too difficult to bring forward into our classrooms. Bringing death to my contemplative pedagogy has been essential for me as a teacher and on behalf of my middle school students. The deepest and most reverential way that we do this in my classroom is through an annual remembrance ritual. On this day, we remember people and pets in our lives...