Happy Teachers Change the World, Thich Nhat Hanh
Happy Teachers Change the World, Thich Nhat Hanh
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Happy Teachers Change the World
A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education

Author: Thich Nhat Hanh, Katherine Weare, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Narrator: Rachael Beresford, Paul Brion

Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/24/2019


Synopsis

Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative manual of the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels, from preschool through higher education, these techniques are grounded in the everyday world of schools, colleges, and universities.

Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators and counselors, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students across the school and out into the community.

The instructions in Happy Teachers Change the World are offered as basic practices taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, followed by guidance from educators using these practices in their classrooms, with ample in-class interpretations, activities, tips, and instructions.

About Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam in 1926 and lived in a country at war until he was forced into exile in the 1960s for advocating peace between the warring sides. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., described by H. H. the Dalai Lama as someone whose teachings "can change individual lives and the life of our society, . . . [drawing] the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on Earth." Thich Nhat Hanh returned to Vietnam after more than half a century in exile and died in January 2022.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on November 29, 2017

The author has practiced mindfulness since the 1980s and is world renown. I liked this book, but I liked the set-up of a similar book Teaching Kids to Thrive better because it offered more specific strategies and activities. This is more of an overview of mindfulness and how it has been used for the......more

Goodreads review by Kate on July 07, 2017

I'm sure this book could be great for other teachers. This book is not for the kinds of students I teach, so that coloured my reading of it. Working with students with trauma, you could not sit in a circle and discuss their suffering. It wouldn't work. (Disclaimer: I didn't finish the book either -......more

Goodreads review by Thao on October 03, 2019

Thich Nhat Hanh offered a very detailed guide on how to practice mindfulness and specific activities one can follow. The organization of the book is also logical as it begins with individual practice and gradually expands to classroom and community practice. The book was indeed gleam of sunshine du......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 28, 2018

Gleened a little out of this, but was hoping for something a little more basic for those with less experience with the practice of mindfulness. A lot of the book seemed to be trying to sell me on the idea of mindfulness, but since I was reading the book I didn't really need that. I found the Mindful......more

Goodreads review by Alex on November 13, 2023

to be honest i don’t know how realistic this in my classroom but it certainly reminded me that i need to care for myself first and foremost. will definitely be implementing these strategies at home and maybe one day in the classroom......more