Dr Christopher McCaw
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education (University of Melbourne); Education Fellow, Contemplative Studies CentrePresenting at the Adelaide MHIS Conference
Mindfulness in education: A critical examination of recent findings
Recent years have seen an acceleration of research into the implementation of mindfulness and related practices in school settings. Despite widespread enthusiasm and embrace of mindfulness as a potential universal wellbeing intervention in schools, a growing pool of research findings justify a cautious and more nuanced approach. This presentation will look at the most up to date research findings on mindfulness—for both students and their teachers—and unpack the implications for school leaders, wellbeing staff, and teachers. We will identify the key questions to ask when considering the implementation of mindfulness practices, and present central challenges and practical considerations that schools must face, drawing on a range of international research, as well as studies conducted by researchers at the Contemplative Studies Centre at the University of Melbourne.
Dr Christopher McCaw – Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education (University of Melbourne); Education Fellow, Contemplative Studies Centre
Dr Christopher McCaw is Education Fellow at the Contemplative Studies Centre, and a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on the integration of contemplative practices into teaching, the enactment of contemplative pedagogies in higher education, and related inquiries into knowledge, (post)truth and subjectivity. Dr McCaw teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in pedagogy, sociology and philosophy of education. Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, Christopher worked as a secondary school teacher, specialising in inquiry learning in the sciences, humanities and philosophy.