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THE IMPACT OF MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH LITERATURE ACROSS FIVE DISCIPLINES
| Title: | THE IMPACT OF MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH LITERATURE ACROSS FIVE DISCIPLINES. |
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| Name(s): |
Routhier-Martin, Kayli, Author Killingsworth Roberts, Sherron, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2015 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Mindfulness meditation programs, benefits, and outcomes were examined through research previously conducted and published by professionals within five differing disciplines: health and wellness, psychology, elementary education, exceptional education, and medicine. The goal was to find common themes within the differing disciplines in order to gather information about the effectiveness of a mindfulness meditation program to be used in an elementary classroom. In this thesis, the chapter of Health and Wellness is a review of literature that tells the benefits found within meditators, which are not found within non-meditators. The chapter of Psychology explains the social-emotional needs of students, the causes of stress and anxieties amongst students, and the benefits that meditation provides in order to counter the negative effects of stress, anxiety, poverty, etc. The chapter of Elementary Education reviews research literature on the existing mindfulness meditation programs within the United States. This chapter also describes the implementation of such a program in an elementary school, as well as the documented data of the outcomes of the programs. The chapter of Exceptional Education is a review of the research literature on the benefits mindfulness meditation has on students with exceptionalities, such as specific learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. The chapter of Medicine is a retelling of previously published scholarly articles that list the neurological benefits of meditation, and also references the negative side effects to the currently prescribed medications that are being used in the treatment of ADHD. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0004877 (IID), ucf:45424 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2015-12-01 B.S. Education, School of Teaching, Learning and Leadership Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
meditation mindfulness awareness meta-cognition consciousness exceptional education autism attention deficit hyperactivity disorder academic achievement learning disabilities intervention neurological accommodations modifications short term memory long term memory working memory yoga martial arts mindfulness training stimulant medications side effects mindfulness programs alternative treatment classroom management |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004877 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
