Mindful Teacher, Mindful School
Improving Wellbeing in Teaching and Learning
- Kevin Hawkins - Independent Educational Consultant and Trainer
With this guide to mindful practice, teachers new and experienced can learn how to use mindfulness in their own professional and personal lives as well as how to incorporate it in their teaching to support student well-being. Combining theory with practice and illustrated with real life stories, this guide will show readers:
- What mindfulness is
- The research and scientific evidence behind it
- How changing the way you approach situations can transform the way you feel
- How to manage stress, and look after yourself
- How teaching mindfully can help your students
- What mindfulness can do for the culture in your school
- Check out our free ebook A Little Guide to Mindfulness
- Read blog post How well are we? An Education System Under Stress
This has helped deal with some of my students with SEND
very useful current ideas on how to manage stress practically :)
A straightforward and practical guide to how to instil mindfulness in your life and your teaching practice. I would particularly recommend this to those starting out in the profession, as an aid to the challenges that lie ahead, but it is also useful for experienced practitioners who feel their wellbeing is suffering as a result of the demands of the role. A great read!
With mindfulness becoming more prevalent in schools this book is a really useful guide to what it is and how to support yourself as a trainee or qualified teacher and your students. It has a range of exercises to use for the teachers and their students and gives practical advise and case studies throughout. It explains how mindfulness relates to social and emotional well being and learning. Teachers are more informed and will hopefully be confident to try out the mindfulness activities in class.