Mindful Learning Mindfulness-Based Techniques for Educators and Parents to Help Students

The most complete and readable mindfulness primer for educators and anyone who works with high school kids and young adults.

     Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), as pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, is now being successfully applied in myriad areas of human activity—most recently, education. It's no surprise that psychologists and educators have found that mindfulness-based practices improve attention and performance and reduce stress in the classroom and in other school-based activities. This book is a thorough yet readable introduction to mindfulness and its applications and a primer for educators on how it can be used with students, with numerous practical exercises.
     The authors cover such topics as
   • cultivating resilience and managing stress
   • emotional development
   • communication and relationships
   • mindful use of technology
   • mindfulness for enhancing creativity
   • mindfulness and sports
   • teaching with attention
   • working with resistance
   • managing personal stress in the classroom
   • and much more

DR. CRAIG HASSED is an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness who has presented widely at national and international seminars and conferences and has published extensively in the areas of mind-body medicine and mindfulness. He has been instrumental in promoting mindfulness as a simple, natural, and accessible technique for enhancing wellness, preventing and managing illness, and improving performance within health, educational and corporate settings. He is a senior lecturer and mindfulness consultant at Monash University. DR. RICHARD CHAMBERS is a clinical psychologist in private practice, where he specializes in mindfulness-based therapies and runs regular mindfulness courses. He is also employed as a mindfulness consultant by Monash University and regularly consults for top-tier law firms and premier educational institutions. He is actively involved in research, has published a number of peer-reviewed articles, and has presented at a number of academic conferences. He is also a developer of Smiling Mind, a free web and iPhone app designed to make mindfulness accessible to young people.

Introduction: What Is Education?
1. What Is Mindfulness?
2. The Science of Mindfulness
3. Stress, Focus, and Performance
4. Why Attention Matters
5. Applied Mindfulness
6. Sharpening the Tool
7. Learning, Mental Flexibility, and Problem Solving
8. Mindsets and Learning
9. Resilience and Managing Stress
10. Emotional Development
11. Communication and Relationships
12. eMindfulness
13. Enhancing Creativity
14. Movement and Sport
15. Teaching with Attention
16. Working with Resistance
17. Managing Personal Stress in the Classroom
18. Mindfulness beyond the Classroom
19. Organizational Approaches to Mindfulness
20. The Exercises
Endnotes
Index