Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4941545 | Teaching and Teacher Education | 2017 | 9 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Motohide Miyahara, Tokiko Harada, Shogo Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fukuhara, Tomoko Kano, Takashi Ono, Norihiro Sadato,