Languages understood: |
English, Dutch |
| With which level of education are you involved? |
Primary and secondary school |
| What discipline do you teach (mainly)? |
Not actively teaching |
| Does your school, college or faculty teach for a specific discipline or is the education more general? |
not applicable |
Are you yourself working with pupils/students or are you otherwise involved in education, (e.g. educational policy)? |
I am involved in writing projects on (1) how to integrate mindfulness in primary and secondary schools and (2) how to evaluate these prorgrams scientifically, this always in close cooperation with universities. |
| 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? |
2 |
| On average, what age are the pupils/students with who you are working? |
varies widely |
| Can you describe briefly what you are doing with your pupils/students to integrate mindfulness in your educational work? |
At the institute I AM (www.aandacht.be) where I am working colleagues develop mindfulness programs based on the MBCT curriculum and adjusted to the different age classes and specific needs of the kids, adolescents.
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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? |
Exchange of ideas, trying to build up a network of people interested in writing new projects, maybe at the european level. It would be great to have an european meeting every two years.. |
| Have you noticed or heard of any changes in the behaviour of your pupils/students? |
not applicable |
| What is the base of the mindfulness practise you are using in your educational work? |
not applicable. |
