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ED555Z: MINDFULNESS IN THE CLASSROOM (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

This course introduces MEd students to the use of Mindfulness in classroom to enhance learning, wellbeing and peer and teacher relationships.  Students will engage with a range of experiential practises and underlying principles, concepts and neurobiology within mindfulness and compassion. Students will then have opportunities to develop knowledge and understanding of mindful practises and how to apply them safely in the classroom environment. They will develop skills and understanding in how to apply mindfulness to their personal wellbeing and that of their pupils.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Ms Colette Savage

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course explores mindfulness and its application in the classroom and encourages students to use the emerging research now available to support mindfulness.

Students will explore a range of mindfulness principles, concepts and their underpinning science and consider the potential impacts in the classroom for both pupils and teachers.

Students will then engage with a range of mindfulness and compassion experiential practises and through collaborative learning, develop their practical knowledge and understanding of mindfulness in order to evaluate its application in the classroom.

Using a research base which supports teachers in understanding ethical, best practise and safeguarding issues, particular to the classroom, students will apply their theoretical and experiential learning to the teaching, learning  and wellbeing aspects of  a Primary classroom.

As wellbeing is now part of the UK and Scottish curriculum, mindfulness in schools is growing in popularity, this is a timely offering. Mindfulness as applied to wellbeing will be explored and enacted through mindfulness practises.

They will also present their ideas about supporting classroom-based mindfulness activities for pupils. 


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 35 Feedback Weeks 42

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Feedback

Individual essay in two parts:

 1.Discuss the implementation of mindfulness in the classroom with an action plan for teacher wellbeing and pupil safeguarding.

 2. An evidenced academic discussion of one area of interest in the application of mindfulness in the classroom.

Feedback will be made available in MyAberdeen.

Word Count 6000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralCreateCreate action plans to address safeguarding issues and potential adverse effects of experiential practises.
ProceduralEvaluateExamine how best to implement mindfulness in their classroom, from both pupil and teacher perspectives.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 47 Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Essay re-submission

Individual essay in two parts:

 1.Discuss the implementation of mindfulness in the classroom with an action plan for teacher wellbeing and pupil safeguarding.

2. An evidenced academic discussion of one area of interest in the application of mindfulness in the classroom.

Feedback will be made available in MyAberdeen.

Word Count 6000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
Sorry, we don't have this information available just now. Please check the course guide on MyAberdeen or with the Course Coordinator

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseExplore a range of mindfulness principles, concepts and their underpinning science and consider the potential impacts in the classroom.
ReflectionEvaluateEngage with a range of mindfulness and compassion experiential practises and through collaborative learning, develop their practical knowledge and understanding of mindfulness.
ProceduralEvaluateUse a research base to develop an understanding of ethical, best practise particular to the classroom.
ProceduralCreateCreate action plans to address safeguarding issues and potential adverse effects of experiential practises.
ProceduralEvaluateExamine how best to implement mindfulness in their classroom, from both pupil and teacher perspectives.
ReflectionAnalyseReflect on and evaluate personal experience of practising mindfulness, including the challenges and blocks.
ReflectionEvaluateEvaluate the links between mindfulness and wellbeing and opportunities to enhance classroom wellbeing for both teacher and pupil.

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