In this article, we review the appropriateness of ‘mindfulness’ as an educational goal and explore what it means to cultivate mindfulness as a disposition, that is, as an enduring trait, rather than a temporary state. We identify three high-leverage instructional practices for enculturating mindfulness: looking closely, exploring possibilities and perspectives, and introducing ambiguity. We conclude by exploring what it might look like to cultivate the trait of mindfulness within individual classrooms. This report includes a review of an experimental study of ‘conditional instruction,’ which explores mindfulness as a state, and then draws on a series of qualitative case studies of ‘thoughtful’ classrooms to provide an example of conditional instruction as it might serve to develop a disposition of mindfulness.
Life in the Mindful Classroom: Nurturing the Disposition of Mindfulness
Journal of Social Issues
Short Title:
Life in the Mindful Classroom
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Year:
2000
Pages:
27–47
Library/Archive:
2000 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Sources ID:
21269
Visibility:
Private
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Education and Contemplation
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Subjects:
Education and Contemplation