Mind & Life

Rob Roeser – Transforming Education

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To begin our seventh season, Wendy speaks with contemplative educator and developmental psychologist Rob Roeser. Rob has been working to re-envision the educational system for decades, and has been at the forefront of understanding how we can best integrate mindfulness and compassion into school settings. This conversation covers many topics, including:

  • his initial exposure to integrative school systems;
  • educating for life, instead of just participation in the global economy;
  • focus on the body, nature, and our inherent "earthiness";
  • studying schools in India that integrate meditation;
  • integrating science and viewing contemplative practice as building skills;
  • applying a developmental lens to contemplative education;
  • the key role of educating adults alongside children;
  • changing culture and norms;
  • how social processes drive the development of attention in children;
  • our innate tendencies towards both compassion and othering;
  • attention training as a relational practice;
  • the relevance of a secure base;
  • leveraging developmental "windows of opportunity";
  • practices that highlight our shared humanity;
  • systems thinking in education;
  • and re-enchanting the gift of learning.

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