| dc.description.abstract | The present study investigates the application of mindfulness in education by looking at it’s effect on student’s learning and growth, as well as investigating if mindfulness in education can help students change and grow as citizens.
The present paper is split into five sections. The first section focuses upon explaining the changes in society and the field of education which lead to the importance of mindfulness in students, as well as showing how a positive attitude can create positive change.
The second section looks into literature review of mindfulness. The third and forth section explains the details of experiment. Students of a certain elementary school in Taiwan were observed and interviewed for their mindfulness activities.
Teachers of this course use mindfulness activities, some routine while others opportunistic, to help students grow. Examples of routine activities are three-minute meditation before class and sharing of daily reflections. While opportunistic activities consist of observation of a Rubik’s Cube and the effects of drinking water, or watching videos about mindfulness. In conclusion, this study found mindfulness in education has the ability to help student′s emotional control and behavior, academics, and allow students a chance to better connect with their inner self.
In conclusion, it is shown that by giving students a chance to practice mindfulness, students will then have the potential to be more aware and mindful, which allows them to apply it to daily life. This may be through individual inquiry, discovery, acceptance, and harmony developing their character.
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