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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
The Garrison Institute's Initiative on Contemplation and Education
"American schools are facing a crisis. Educators, policymakers and parents are searching for evidence-based approaches and practices that will improve students' readiness to learn, increase their academic performance, reduce stress, promote pro-social behavior, promote emotion regulation and enhance the social skills children need for success in school and life.
During the next three years, the Initiative on Contemplation and Education (ICE) at the Garrison Institute will promote the research and implementation of contemplation-based interventions in the American public school setting. Evidence suggests that secular contemplative techniques may enhance the broad range of goals identified for K–12 education including both academic achievement and social and emotional learning by promoting attentional skills and emotion regulation capabilities." Here's the 73-page report that investigates the link between contemplative practices and improved student K–12 academic outcomes: Contemplation and Education, A Survey of Programs Using Contemplative Techniques in K–12, Educational Settings: A Mapping Report, October 2005.
- Awareness, balance, and compassion: the new ABCs in public schools by Juniper Glass, Ascent magazine, Autumn 2006.
In the classroom, a new focus on quieting the mind, by Particial Leigh Brown, New York Times, June 16, 2007.
Association of Mindfulness and Education- You can listen to a speech by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the world's foremost researcher, writer, and educator on the everyday applications of mindfulness and attention-strengthening techniques and the methods and benefits of incorporating mindfulness into K–12 education by double-clicking here.
MU Mindfulness Practice Center
Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM)
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Grossmana, P., Niemannb, L., Schmidtc, S., Walach, H. (2004). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 35-43.
Giving Meditation a Spin, The Washington Post, January 23, 2007. Article mentions a study of 80 female schoolteachers.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health
"Science Explores Meditation's Effect on the Brain" National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" – July 26, 2005: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4770779
Learning to Pay Attention Public Library of Science - Biology, June 2007
More to come... (the relationship between mindfulness and teaching/education)