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Adding lemon juice to poison: examining the oxymoronic nature of mindfulness in education and its future direction

Sellman, Edward M.; Buttarazzi, Gabriela F.

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Gabriela F. Buttarazzi



Abstract

This article seeks to amplify a debate initiated in this journal by Hyland (2016)by deepening a number of conceptual, methodological and implementationalissues concerning the application of mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) toschools and other places of learning. It argues that the pursuit of the by-products of mindfulness, enhanced focus and well-being, serve a neoliberalagenda for education. This is lemon-juice to poison as it encourages students toaccept and cope with oppressive structures partially responsible for suffering insociety rather than develop the deepened awareness necessary to challenge andtransform them. Reconnecting mindfulness with its original meaning ofremembrance and discernment is highlighted as a means for engaging studentswith more agentic possibilities. The article begins to make the case formindfulnessaseducation, rather than mindfulnessineducation, realised as anembodied approach rather than psychological intervention with key roles forcontemplative pedagogy and mindful inter-personal relationships.

Citation

Sellman, E. M., & Buttarazzi, G. F. (2020). Adding lemon juice to poison: examining the oxymoronic nature of mindfulness in education and its future direction. British Journal of Educational Studies, 68(1), 61-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2019.1581128

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 5, 2019
Online Publication Date Feb 16, 2019
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Feb 13, 2019
Publicly Available Date Aug 17, 2020
Print ISSN 0007-1005
Electronic ISSN 1467-8527
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 68
Issue 1
Pages 61-78
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2019.1581128
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1448277
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00071005.2019.1581128
Contract Date Feb 13, 2019

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