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Mindfulness meditation for future early childhood teachers in Japan

Authors :
Hiroyuki Fukuhara
Takashi Ono
Tomoko Kano
Norihiro Sadato
Tokiko Harada
Shogo Tanaka
Motohide Miyahara
Source :
Teaching and Teacher Education. 65:136-144
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2017.

Abstract

To prevent future burnout and turnover among early childhood education students, mindfulness training may hold promise as a measure. A lab-based pilot and classroom-based feasibility study was designed to investigate an effective way to introduce mindfulness meditation. Results suggested that two types of audio-guided mindfulness meditation, a sitting meditation and a compassion meditation reduced stress level, and that the compassion meditation was perceived as more comfortable than the sitting meditation. As a tentative conclusion, the compassion meditation may be introduced first before the sitting meditation. Additional studies should examine the effects of longer-term meditation practice on teaching career development.

Details

ISSN :
0742051X
Volume :
65
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Teaching and Teacher Education
Accession number :
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