Learning Areas
General Description
This course will help you teach secondary students how to use mindfulness as a tool for learning and a way to care for wellbeing. You will read the latest research and participate in mindfulness activities that build your confidence and skills.
You’ll learn:
- How mindfulness benefits students and teachers.
- How to teach mindfulness using the five senses.
- How to use mindfulness as a learning tool.
- How mindfulness links to the curriculum.
Audience
Secondary Teachers
Available Delivery Formats
Format Description
24/7 course access
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- If you have a TTA subscription or membership please ignore the pricing when enrolling. Rest assured if your school has a subscription you will not be charged and for Memberships, your invoice will be adjusted accordingly to reflect your discount.
- If you have no subscription or membership but you are interested in placing a bulk discounted order for a team of teachers see the ONLINE TEAM tab above.
- For more details on our Unlimited Online Subscription packages Click here .
- Money-Back Guarantee – If you complete less than 25% of an online course and aren’t impressed, simply visit tta.edu/go/refund to let us know what happened, and we will cancel your enrolment and provide a full refund.
Teaching Standards
4.1.2 Proficient Level – Support student participation
4.3.2 Proficient Level – Manage challenging behaviour
4.4.2 Proficient Level – Maintain student safety
Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you
This course contributes to 2.0 professional development hours.
Occurrences
There are no occurrences of 2. Online in Australia (ACT) at this time.
Sessions
Introduction
5 minutes
Get started with your online professional development.
Benefits of Mindfulness
35 minutes
Read about the educational and health benefits of mindfulness.
How to Teach Mindfulness
35 minutes
Experience activities and discover how to teach them
Your Teaching
35 minutes
Download lesson plans and hear teaching tips.
Reflection
10 minutes
Reflect on your course learning and next steps.
User Rating
4.4Latest Reviews
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Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
08/10/2020
It was good
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
08/10/2020
Relevant and useful within PDHPE
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
08/10/2020
Quality is very good. It is very useful to high school students as they are more attracted to their mobile phones and other electronic equipment, this is good way of connecting them to nature so they may understand nature activities are more enjoyable than electronic devices. No
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
08/10/2020
All content will be applicable and provide a great basis to further my understanding and ability to implement mindfulness.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
08/10/2020
The course made me more aware of the usefulness of a mindful approach to teaching and learning Trevor Gyles
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
08/10/2020
The quality was fine, I enjoyed the digital resources
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
27/04/2020
Excellent quality and extremely relevant for use with secondary students.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
Excellent
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
very relevant at this time of uncertainty
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
I found this course very beneficial. I particularly appreciated learning about the research behind mindfulness and it’s benefits.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
The course is relevant for Year 12 students, especially to control the stress levels during HSC examination time.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
The different modes of delivery make it engaging and relate to the need for young people to find moments of stillness.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
The course provided many insightful information about strategies, activities and tips to incorporate in lessons.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
Excellent activites and interesting clips
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
Very relevant course content with excellent resources.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
Enjoyed the course and found it extremely thought provoking
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
Excellent examples, easy to follow and great resources.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
good quality, some parts were relevant. However, I feel like I could have accessed this for free through their website
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
Great course. Course content very relevant.
Teach Mindfulness to Secondary Students - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
Highly relevant to Drama classes
About the team
Cool Australia
Creator
Cool Australia is an award winning not-for-profit dedicated to supporting educators with tools to foster ‘learning for life’. We help integrate topics around sustainability, ethics, economics and wellbeing across the curriculum. This enables teachers of all age groups and disciplines to engage young Aussies in real-life learning whilst achieving Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework outcomes. Our accredited professional development is designed to build your confidence, understanding and expertise. You will learn through a mixture of practical and thinking activities as well as hearing the stories of others. Plus you will access a range of teaching tools that can you can use straight away in your teaching.