Languages understood: |
English, Italian |
| With which level of education are you involved? |
Secondary education: upper level |
| What discipline do you teach (mainly)? |
Philosophy |
| 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? |
15 |
| On average, what age are the pupils/students with who you are working? |
16 - 18 yrs. |
| Can you describe briefly what you are doing with your pupils/students to integrate mindfulness in your educational work? |
Our pupils have two periods of 10 minutes of meditation in the morning and afternoon. They are encouraged to use a mantra focussed on 'Om' or 'Pure, Perfect, Free, Forever.' Every lesson begins and ends with the same 'pause' to recapture the earlier period of meditation.
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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? |
I think it would be wonderful to share what we do with other schools. It would also be great to learn from other schools. There is a great need in the UK to defend and protect the spiritual realm within education. |
| 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, improved behaviour in the family situation, improved behaviour outside the school environment.The power of attention, being able to stand and speak from their hearts. |
| What is the base of the mindfulness practise you are using in your educational work? |
Buddhist based. |
