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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2019, Vol. 10(3) 13-20

Mindful Minutes in the Classroom

Jennifer M. Joy, Macey D. Kohls, Lauren A. Shepherd

pp. 13 - 20

Publish Date: July 31, 2019  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

Mindfulness is being nonjudgmental, accepting, and in the present moment. Approaches based in mindfulness can benefit people of all ages socially, emotionally, and even physically. While mindfulness interventions are beginning to become more popular in the classroom for young children through adolescents, very little research has been conducted using mindfulness techniques in postsecondary classrooms, especially at the graduate level. Therefore, our study aimed to evaluate if a short, weekly mindfulness activity presented to a small group of graduate students could increase overall mindfulness. While statistically significant results were not found, qualitative information shows the group did believe this was a useful intervention. Therefore, several suggestions for future use are provided so more mindfulness activities can be used in classrooms at the graduate level. These techniques used by adults in the classroom can then be used to support the educational community and system-wide interactions.

Keywords: Mindfulness, Postsecondary/ Graduate-level education, Systems-intervention


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
Joy, J.M., Kohls, M.D., & Shepherd, L.A. (2019). Mindful Minutes in the Classroom. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 10(3), 13-20.

Harvard
Joy, J., Kohls, M. and Shepherd, L. (2019). Mindful Minutes in the Classroom. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 10(3), pp. 13-20.

Chicago 16th edition
Joy, Jennifer M., Macey D. Kohls and Lauren A. Shepherd (2019). "Mindful Minutes in the Classroom". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 10 (3):13-20.