University of Aberdeen
- Start Date: 12 Dec, 2022
- 4 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Develop your mindfulness skills and learn how to reduce stress and anxiety in the classroom and beyond.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Discover practical mindfulness techniques with the University of Aberdeen
From dealing with the pressures of COVID, to managing workload, the classroom can be an increasingly stressful environment.
On this four-week course, you’ll be introduced to practical techniques to reduce the impact of stress and anxiety in the education profession.
Framing mindfulness techniques and practices within the context of educational settings, you’ll learn to manage your stress and anxiety symptoms whilst also gaining tips to enhance the wellbeing of your students.
Explore the scientific principles of mindfulness for teachers
Referencing key neurobiological research, you’ll discover how neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and phenomenologists are exploring the effects of mindfulness on the brain and nervous system.
As you encounter techniques relating to mind, body, and compassion, you’ll link this back to these scientific principles, helping you contextualise the practical mindfulness techniques and advice featured on this course.
Examine compassionate practices and mindful self care
Compassion towards yourself and others is proven to affect the chemicals circulating on your body and help maintain homeostasis.
Using a wide range of exercises and activities, you’ll learn the value of self care and how to continue sustainable applications of mindfulness in the classroom and beyond.
Improve your reflective practice and reduce anxiety
Guided by experts in mindfulness, you’ll use reflective journaling throughout this course, helping you enhance your understanding of what induces stress and anxiety in your personal context.
By the end of this course, you’ll have furthered your knowledge of what contributes to stress and anxiety for educators, whilst gaining a broad range of approaches and techniques to help address and reduce these stressors.
This course is designed for educators working in all settings and at all levels who recognise the impact of stress and anxiety in the workplace and want to explore the advantages of mindfulness.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is today at the forefront of teaching, learning and discovery, as it has been for 500 years.
It has consistently sent pioneers and ideas outward to every part of the world. It is an ambitious, research-driven university with a global outlook, committed to excellence in everything it does.
Over the centuries Aberdeen researchers have pioneered many developments in medicine, science and the social sciences. Five Nobel Laureates have also been associated with the University.
As part of the University’s strategy to maintain its place at the forefront of research its work is split into four themes – Energy, Environmental Sustainability Pathway to a Healthy Life and The North. The University also has a vigorous and wide-ranging public and cultural engagement programme to share this research with a wide audience.
The University of Aberdeen offers an innovative curriculum with exciting cross-disciplinary courses that place students at the cutting-edge of modern learning.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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