Educating through (Re)connection: Contributions of contemplative sciences and meditative practices for a new mindset in education
Jorge Moreira, Patrícia Araújo, Mariana Pereira, Andreia Melo
Seven Editora eBooks August 12, 2023 DOI: 10.56238/ptoketheeducati-077 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Mindset Contemplation Engineering ethics Holistic education Environmental ethics Experiential learning Spirituality Pedagogy Epistemology Psychotherapist |
| Key points | Argues that contemplative science and meditative practices, particularly nature-based mindfulness, should be a unifying path for all educational professionals to foster a sustainable mindset and dilute the Human/Nature dichotomy. |
Abstract
Deep and meaningful learning experiences are a privilege of human beings and nowadays, we live in a complex, rich and full of learning opportunities. Education is evolving in many ways, and new generations of youngsters are writing new paths to the future of humankind but still, we need to reconnect and restore the human-nature severance which has been occurring in the last decades, promoting a sustainable mindset at all levels of education and using transdisciplinary and innovative approaches. In this paper, using literature review and essayistic reasoning, influenced by future research methods, we envision a possibility of contemplative science and meditative practices at the core of this fundamental shift in education. We will analyse the potential of meditation as a whole, with some focus on the recently construct research by science called nature-based mindfulness, as a way to dilute the Human/Nature dichotomy and promote a global mindset and sustainable and argue that this should be a unifying path for all professionals at all educational levels and in all educational interventions, formal, non-formal or informal. We finish proposing guidelines for integration of contemplative sciences and meditative practices connected to existent frameworks of sustainable mindset.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cites 6
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Nature-Based Mindfulness: Effects of Moving Mindfulness Training into an Outdoor Natural Setting International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health September 2, 2019
- Defining Contemplative Science: The Metacognitive Self-Regulatory Capacity of the Mind, Context of Meditation Practice and Modes of Existential Awareness Frontiers in Psychology November 17, 2016
- An updated classification of meditation methods using principles of taxonomy and systematics Frontiers in Psychology February 8, 2023
- Effect of virtual group EcoMeditation on psychological conditions and flow states. Frontiers in Psychology 2022
- Exploring the Effects of Meditation Techniques Used by Mindfulness-Based Programs on the Cognitive, Social-Emotional, and Academic Skills of Children: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology November 12, 2021
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