The Effect of Meditation in Class Management: a Case Study with Elementary School Senior Students

• Main Authors: Liu hui mei, 劉惠美
• Other Authors: 李維靈
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01674739892829387909

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 休閒事業管理學系碩士在職專班 === 94 === The purposes of this study focused on the effects of meditation on class management with senior students in the elementary school. The subjects were 33 5th grade elementary school students. The action research method was adopted. There were five kinds of data collected after meditation. They were individual’s introspection, questionnaire, interview, observation and the experiment group’s and the control group’s achievements. The data was regarding students’ react after meditation and learning behavior. The subjects practiced meditation 20 minutes every day except Wednesday from 3:00p.m. to 3:20p.m. and 3 minutes at the beginning of every class. The total practicing period was six weeks. Results were as follows: 1. Attention aspect: Meditation can centralize student’s attention and promote memory and thinking ability. They enhance student’s achievement and ability of dealing with affairs. 2. Emotion management aspect: The students feel the mood to be relaxed, comfort, calm, and happy. They have abilities to control and manage their emotions better. 3. Class management aspect: The students can be more concentrated and finish the jobs assigned by teachers and classmates on time. In accordance with the findings of this research, suggestions are provided for the instructors, researchers and policy makers.