Mindfulness, a way to alleviate suffering by realizing the impermanence of the self and our
interdependence with others, has been severed from its Buddhist roots. In the late-stage …

Teaching mindfulness meditation at school has been advocated by educational researchers
and practitioners in order to proactively target the well-being of young people. By …

Young people are in need of mindfulness to help them cope with the stresses, distractions,
and challenges growing up in the modern world. To meet this need, mindfulness in schools …

As the research on mindfulness expands to include school-based interventions, middle
school educators across the country have implemented mindfulness in the classroom …

A new educational paradigm for youth mindfulness.“If you are a teacher, or an educator, or
involved in school administration and curriculum development, the book you hold in your …

Over the last decade, there has been a considerable expansion of mindfulness programmes
into a number of different domains of contemporary life, such as corporations, schools …

Increasingly,“mindfulness” is being seen as important for success in a wide range of human
endeavors. But this word may be used in different ways, possibly leading to confusion or …

A fundamental mission of schooling is to educate the “whole child” which includes promoting
both cognitive and noncognitive skills. Research has revealed schools to be one of the …

In today's schools, students and teachers feel unprecedented—even alarming—levels of
stress. How can we create calmer classrooms in which students concentrate better and feel …

Robert W. Roeser is a professor of psychology and human development in the Department
of Psychology at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. He received his Ph. D. from …