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Teachers will learn: How mindfulness can benefit them and their classrooms, creating a community of care and respect How mindfulness helps students develop 21st century skills 24 ready-to-go lessons to implement right away
Mindfulness: Beyond the Buzzword
Mindfulness: Beyond the Buzzword
So, what’s the buzz all about? The term mindfulness has popped up everywhere, from training regimens for Olympic athletes to keynote talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
One summer workshop I gave used it in the working title (“Mindfulness: Beyond the Buzzword”), and the room was so packed that people had to sit on the floor. I thought this was great—everyone was so eager to hear about “mindfulness,” a topic that had been somewhat obscure in previous years. While this was encouraging to me, I realized it could be seen as a harbinger of the word’s abstract vagueness, adding confusion to complexity—if a word grows into a buzzword, it runs the risk ...
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