Spring 2020: Mindfulness for Teachers — EDIS 5012

Mindfulness for Teachers is designed to integrate cutting edge science with practical classroom applications. By focusing on the social, emotional, and cognitive demands of teaching, this course will help you develop the competencies you need to orchestrate healthy and supportive classroom dynamics, boost your enjoyment of teaching, and cultivate your students’ love of learning. As a student in Mindfulness for Teachers, you will gain a solid foundation in the interdisciplinary field of interpersonal neurobiology and the scientific study of mindful awareness practices. You will become familiar with a variety of mindfulness practices and will be asked to integrate several of these practices into your own life for the duration of the course. You will then apply this theoretical and practical knowledge to a series of case studies highlighting common classroom occurrences. In this way, Mindfulness for Teachers will prepare you to use the skills learned in this course in both your personal and professional life.

Requirements: Students in the Graduate Education Program or the Non-Graduate Education Program

3 Credits

Instructors: Pamela Nicholas-Stokes, Tish Jennings