Mindfulness in the Classroom: Strategies for Promoting Concentration, Compassion, and Calm

by Thomas Armstrong

Book Overview

In today's schools, students and teachers feel unprecedented--even alarming--levels of stress. How can we create calmer classrooms in which students concentrate better and feel more positive about themselves and others? Author Thomas Armstrong offers a compelling answer in the form of mindfulness, a secular practice he defines as the intentional focus of one's attention on the present moment in a nonjudgmental way.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416627944
• ISBN13: 9781416627944
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"