Social Validity Assessment of Mindfulness Education and Practices Among High School Students

The authors describe social validity assessment of mindfulness education and practices among high school students (N = 84) participating in a 10-week instructional program. The participants rated their satisfaction with and acceptance of several program components, content areas, and outcomes, as well as their engagement in specific mindfulness practices. Nearly all of the participants rated the program favorably, reported many beneficial effects, and anticipated future use of mindfulness in their lives. They did not routinely perform voluntary formal guided meditations beyond the classroom but did engage in informal mindfulness practices preceding certain activities (e.g., preparing for a test, athletic competition, performance event) and going to sleep at night. The authors discuss these findings and the implications for designing school-based mindfulness education programs.     

Improvisation as a Meta-Counseling Skill

Counselor education tends to see the development of basic counseling and communication skills as the foundation of clinical training. Improvisation has historically and primarily been connected to theater training and as a performance mechanism. By developing skills in spontaneity and the nature of narrative (or story) one becomes more able to be in-the-moment with a client or clients and thus less anxious and more able to meet the client where they are. As such, improvisation can really be seen as a meta-counseling skill—a skill that can form a firmer foundation for the learning of the basic counseling and communication micro-skills. This article outlines the core concepts of improvisational training for counselors and includes examples of improvisational games that can specifically help in preparing counselor trainees for their future clinical work.     

Teaching Helping Skills Courses: Creative Activities to Reduce Anxiety

Helping skills courses play a vital role in counseling curriculum, but also tend to bring excessive anxiety for students, to the point of impeding their ability to successfully implement skills. This article describes specific creative and experiential activities, aimed at reducing anxiety in a helping skills course for counselors-in-training.     

Longitudinal Gains in Civic Development through School-Based Required Service

Despite recent figures indicating that 26% of public high schools in the United States require student involvement in community service or service learning, there is little empirical evidence to support such policies. In the present study, successive cohorts of high school students, one without (n = 174) and two with a community service requirement (n = 312), were compared longitudinally on measures of civic attitudes and behaviors. Each cohort was divided according to individual students' inclinations to serve voluntarily. Students already inclined to serve scored high on all measures throughout and showed no advantage after meeting the requirement. However, students who were less inclined to serve showed marked gains on three of four civic measures after completing their requirement. Whereas they scored as low as their less-inclined counterparts who had no requirement during grade 11, they differed from their counterparts after serving the mandated 40 hours during grade 12. This quasi-natural experiment provides support for the argument that a well-designed service program can have a clear benefit in civic development for nonself-selected youth.     

医学生道德发展与医德教育模式的探索

医学生的道德发展有其内在规律性,医学生在低年级进入社区医疗机构,开展早期接触临床的实践,遵循了道德发展规律,明确了医德教育的阶段性目标和定位,是一项非常有益的探索。     

对高校加强心理健康教育的几点思考

教育部和各高校都在认真探索加强和改进大学生心理健康教育工作的思路和措施,取得了阶段性成效,积累了有益的经验.若要此项工作具有可持续性,必须从教师、学生和学校等各方面来做更加深入、细致的工作.     

加强学校挫折教育 健全学生心理素质

挫折教育是我国素质教育的重要组成部分,培养学生良好的受挫能力是学校心理健康教育的重要目标。对青少年挫折教育的重要性和必要性的正确认识,弄清开展挫折教育亟待解决的理论问题,探讨如何科学有效地开展挫折教育,是当前学校开展心理素质教育急需解决的重要课题。     

小额信贷女性受众自我感知社会地位提升特点研究

研究小额信贷女性受众自我感知到的由信贷带来的社会地位的提升特点以及不同教育程度、户籍、年龄的差异。编制并使用《妇女自我感知社会地位提升问卷》,对天津市18个区县162名获得小额信贷的女性进行调查。结果表明：小额信贷女性受众自我感知社会地位提升主要体现在家庭成员关系以及个人社会效能感方面;高中及以上受教育程度的女性在自我感知社会地位各维度的得分较高;非农业户籍女性社会地位提升感知没有显著的年龄差异,而农业户籍女性年龄差异显著,体现在社会地位总分及个人社会效能感方面。以上结果表明,小额信贷后女性受众自我感知到社会地位有明显提升,但不同教育程度、户籍、年龄的女性有一定的差别。     

古人“以人为本”的理念对现代素质教育的启示

坚持以人为本、全面实施素质教育是教育改革发展的战略主题。本文系统阐述古人提出的＂以人为本＂的重要理念的意义及对现代素质教育的启示：坚持以人为本的素质教育,应该培养什么人,即具有什么品质和能力的人。     

刘完素医易思想初探

刘完素是金元四大家之首,创立火热病机,也是金元医家引易人医的第一人.刘氏认为"医教源自伏羲",医学和易学在根本原理上是一致的.所以医家应该知易,知易则医理更明.刘氏自觉地站在医易相通的立场来建立其医学理论体系.他不仅以易理阐释医学的基本道理,而且把易学"燥万物者莫乎火"和"润物者莫润乎水"之理作为其论火热病病机和治疗的基础.刘氏在医易学史上应该占有重要地位.