Promoting well-being and preventing burnout in teacher education: a pilot study of a mindfulness-based programme for pre-service teachers in Hong Kong

Teacher Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-401

  Hue, Ming Tak ^a   Lau, Ngar Sze ^b  

^a Department of Mathematics   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anxiety; depressive symptom; mindfulness; stress; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938419451     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530.2015.1049748     Document Type: Article

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