Mindfulness in Education

The Mindfulness in Education virtual collaboration, which follows the Globally Networked Learning Project at York University, Canada, offers students opportunity to explore, learn, share, collaborate, and engage interculturally in the discussion and design of wellbeing activities which can integrate western and non-western traditions in their everyday classroom experience with the goal of building and strengthening individual and group decision-making, resilience, harmony, care, empathy, and peace. Moreover, the project aims to provide students with experiential learning opportunities upon which students can reflect and explore their critical thinking on contemplative pedagogy. The Project Mindfulness in Education is an embedded four-week module into two regular credit courses both at York University and its partner, Universidad San Francisco. The Mindfulness in Education project is led by the course instructors Andrea C. Valente, PhD, and Mario Ayabaca Sarria, MSc.