Languages understood: |
Dutch, English |
| With which level of education are you involved? |
Primary education |
| What discipline do you teach (mainly)? |
Sofrologie |
| Does your school, college or faculty teach for a specific discipline or is the education more general? |
General education (e.g. primary or secondary school) |
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? |
4 |
| On average, what age are the pupils/students with who you are working? |
8 - 9 yrs. |
| Can you describe briefly what you are doing with your pupils/students to integrate mindfulness in your educational work? |
I give mindfulness lessons to children from 7-12 years. Kiddyminds developed a kids program. If you are interested about learning this program look at: www.kiddyminds.be.
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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 experiences, problems... |
| 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? |
Changes in: Some students are more peaceful. Others learned to cope with stress. Most of them developed more selfesteem.... |
| What is the base of the mindfulness practise you are using in your educational work? |
Buddhist based. |
