Everybody present : mindfulness in education / Nikolaj Flor Rotne, Didde Flor Rotne ; Debbie Berne, cover and text design ; Wietske Vriezen, illustration.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rotne, Nikolaj Flor.

Contributor:

Rotne, Didde Flor.

Berne, Debbie.

Vriezen, Wietske.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher-student relationships--Psychological aspects.

Teacher-student relationships.

Reflective teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Parallax Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everybody Present seeks to create a new kind of culture in our schools: one that counters stress and facilitates learning. It reframes the student-teacher relationship, showing teachers how to supplant antagonism and foster strong relationships by planting seeds of mindfulness in their students and encouraging them to embark on a mindfulness practice of their own. Illustrating the transformative effects of mindfulness on educators, students, and their classrooms, Everybody Present shows how mindfulness helps to strengthen inner peace and prevent stress, foster contagious joy and an ethic of altruism, improve understanding between student and teacher, and fortify competence in educational relations. A working manual addressed to everyone in the educational universe, Everybody Present presents real-world applications grounded in solid research. Stories, exercises, and case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of mindful practices across all areas of education. Everybody Present is intended to contribute to the creation of a culture throughout the educational system writ large, working against stress and victim mentality to set in motion a revolution of silence, allowing each individual the experience of inter-being, inner calm, and joy. By exploring the challenges of teaching, Everybody Present will help all educators transform feelings of inadequacy into experiences of abundance

Contents:

INTRODUCTION: A New Approach to Education

1: Combining Personal and Social Change

2: What Is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness Exercise: BREATH

3: Rediscovering Our Educational Ideals

4: From Vicious Circle to Virtuous Circle

5: Mindfulness as Educational Practice

Mindfulness Exercise: GRATITUDE

6: How to Practice Mindfulness

7: Deep Breathing Creates Inner Calm

Mindfulness Exercise: BREATH AWARENESS

8: Stress Reduction through Mindfulness

9: How Mindfulness Strengthens Our Relationships

Mindfulness Exercise: DEEP LISTENING

10: Mindfulness and Anger Management

Mindfulness Exercise: ANGER

11: Children and Mindfulness

Mindfulness Exercises with Children

12: What Mindfulness Is Not

13: The Insights of Mindfulness

Mindfulness Exercise: CONTEMPLATION

14: Revolution of Silence

APPENDIX 1: The Somatic Markers

APPENDIX 2: Coherence

APPENDIX 3: Stress: When the Amygdala Runs Wild

APPENDIX 4: Mindfulness Creates Density in the Brain's Gray Matter

APPENDIX 5: Mirror Neurons.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

1-937006-47-6

OCLC:

1155984071