Mindfulness Training and Teachers' Professional Development: An Emerging Area of Research and Practice

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-173

  Roeser, Robert W ^a   Skinner, Ellen ^a   Beers, Jeffry ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom climate; Effective teaching; Habits of mind; Mindfulness; Occupational health; Stress reduction; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861005968     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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