Languages understood: |
English, German, French, Dutch |
| With which level of education are you involved? |
University |
| What discipline do you teach (mainly)? |
Language |
| Does your school, college or faculty teach for a specific discipline or is the education more general? |
General education |
Are you yourself working with pupils/students or are you otherwise involved in education, (e.g. educational policy)? |
(mainly) teaching pupils/students |
| What kind of organisational relation do you have with your educational work? |
(mainly) professional / important source of income. |
| How many years is it since you first started your efforts to integrate mindfulness into your educational work? |
1 |
| On average, what age are the pupils/students with who you are working? |
13-15 years old. |
| Can you describe briefly what you are doing with your pupils/students to integrate mindfulness in your educational work? |
Every lesson i start with 3 minutes of silence. I draw a big heart on the blackboard and then I write in the heart :"3 minutes de silence" as I teach French. We do a Zenn meditation. Count the breath untill ten and then start again. After 3 minutes i start my lesson.
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| What is it that would be most helpful to you to (further) improve your work with integrating mindfulness in your educational work, besides deepening your own practice? |
To explain to other teachers the use of medition in class. i would like that every lesson in the whole school would start with '3 minutes de silence'. There is not much interest for this by other teachers. |
| Have you noticed or heard of any changes in the behaviour of your pupils/students? |
Yes |
| What is the nature of the changes you have noticed in the behaviour of your pupils/students? |
Improved class room behaviour. Lesson starts with more concentration and atention.. |
| What is the base of the mindfulness practise you are using in your educational work? |
Buddhist based. |
