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Mindfulness for education students: addressing welfare as part of the professional training 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Tarrasch, Ricardo
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
  • 출판년도2019
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Educational studies
  • 발행사항Vol.45No.3[2019]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0305-5698
  • 소개/요약Students in special education teaching and counselling are exposed to relatively high levels of stress during their studies and their professional career, which are commonly manifested in high occupational burnout. Professional development programmes normally do not address this issue. A practicum course was developed to provide theoretical framework for research on mindfulness, training of self-application techniques, and guidelines for fieldwork teaching of these techniques to children, with the aim of improving quality of life by reducing anxiety and stress levels. Participants of mindfulness and control practicum filled questionnaires at the beginning and end of the year. Significant reduction in stress, rumination and sleep disturbances as well as elevated level of mindfulness were observed in the mindfulness practicum only. The results suggest that mindfulness training can be successfully introduced in traditional academic settings to enhance the personal mental health of future teachers, and subsequently lower their chances to suffer from burnout.