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HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES AND
MINDFULNESS IN EDUCATION
Dr. Nimrod Sheinman, BSc, ND
Israel Center for Mindfulness in Education
Re-Designing Education
Themes of Child DevelopmentKaren Olness, Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy with Children, Guilford Press, 1996
The urge for experience
• The urge for mastery
• The urge for social interaction
• The urge for the inner world of imagination
• The urge for wellness
The Seven Gateways - What do Children Yearn for
Rachel Kessler, The Soul of Education, 2000
• Deep Connection
• Silence and Solitude
• Meaning and Purpose
• Joy and Delight
• Creativity
• Transcendence
• Initiation
Youth Well-being & ResilienceDr. Yossi Harel, Bar-Ilan University, WHO Cross National Study
The Four Contributing Factors:
Positive Experiences
A Significant Adult
Social Connectedness
Sense of Value
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, USAThe Five Domains
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Education 2030
OECD POSITION PAPER, 2018
Equip learners with agency and a sense of purpose, and the competencies
they’ll need to shape their own lives and contribute to the lives of others.
Help every learner develop as a whole person, fulfil his or her potential and
help shape a shared future built on the well-being of individuals,
communities and the planet.
The Soul of Education Initiative
http://soul-of-education.org
• A global collaboration and network, bringing together educational experts,
scholars, policy makers, researchers, innovators and activists from diverse
countries and cultures - to share, explore, and redefine the essential core
and purpose of education.
• An invitation to envision a more holistic, humanistic and integrative
education paradigm, and to realize the culture, practices and
implementations needed to help create a more responsible, connected,
sustainable, and ethically based society.
Mindfulness in Education Around the World• The Mindful Language, Israel
• Meditation Capsules, Australia
• Mindful Schools (USA); MindUP (USA); & many others
• .b (UK)
• PBS (NZ)
• Mindfulness Ambassador Council (Canada)
• Wake Up Schools, Plum Village, France
• Mindfulness in GNH in Education (Bhutan)
• Mindfulness in Positive Education/Schools
• Mindfulness in Life Education (Hong Kong)
• Mindfulness in Holistic Education (Thailand)
Mindfulness-based Learning
ExperiencesNeural
SubstratesPsychological
FunctionsBehavioral Outcomes
A Whole School Approach
Children
Teachers
School Principal
Parents
Curriculum
School’s Climate
Different Ways of Teaching & Learning
Explanations
Experiences
Self-Reflections & Self Expressions
Inquiry & Dialogue
Real-life Applications
Positive Outcomes – Five Domains
Creation of Positive &
Significant Experiences
Realization of
Meaningful Insights
Cultivation of New Tools
and Mindsets
Enhancement of
Personal Competencies
& Qualities
Development of New
Habits and Ways of
Being
The Children of Today, The World of Tomorrow
Enhance Self Awareness
Improve Self-Efficacy & Resilience
Cultivate Qualities of the Heart
Develop Social-Emotional Skills
Prevent Risk Behaviors
Support Mind-Body Health
Ignite Self-Transformation
Improve Learning Potential
Integrative Education
• Whole Child Perspectives
• Children’s Innate Capacity for Learning
• Mindful Learning: Experience-based Learning
• Connecting Children to their Inner Life
• Relationship-centered Approach
• Integrative Pedagogies
THANK YOU!!!Dr. Nimrod Sheinman, Israel, [email protected]
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
- Mother Teresa