# Contemplative Practices for Student Engagement Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/faculty-matters-7086523/contemplative-practices-for-student-engagement Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/faculty-matters-7086523/contemplative-practices-for-student-engagement.md Podcast: [Faculty Matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/faculty-matters-7086523) Published: 2026-03-23T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://facultymatters.podbean.com/e/contemplative-practices-for-student-engagement/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fftxux334rxpumxe/Faculty_Matters_Ep5_Final_mixdown9nv5q.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faculty-matters-7086523/episodes/contemplative-practices-for-student-engagement Duration seconds: 1965 ## Resource In this episode, Peter Savastano, Assoc. Professor of Anthropology and Religion, shares his strategies for using contemplative practices in the classroom to increase student engagement and foster community. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faculty-matters-7086523/episodes/contemplative-practices-for-student-engagement/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/faculty-matters-7086523/contemplative-practices-for-student-engagement.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.