Weiss, Amélie <br/><br/>
Mindfulness meditation: Effects on supportive teaching practices 

 -  2020.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Various mindfulness meditation protocols have been developed over the past thirty years. However, few studies have investigated the possible impact of mindfulness on supportive teaching practices, despite many teachers expressing their professional burnout. The object of this open study is to investigate the potential effects of mindfulness on supportive teaching practices through sitting meditation alone. To do this, a small sample (N=9) of schoolteachers participated in eight mindfulness meditation sessions with a Zen monk instructor, in a secular context. A battery of questionnaires evaluating mindfulness, empathy, coping strategies, and anxiety were carried out pre- and post-test. The results show the positive impact of mindfulness meditation workshops on declared student-support practices, and more specifically on the coping strategies and mindfulness of schoolteachers. Thus, the exercise of sitting meditation could contribute to the development of teachers’ social skills, and more particularly of their student-support practices, which require great attention to oneself and to others.