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While mindfulness in education aims to promote positive qualities for individual students and teachers, many proponents appear to be unaware of how mindfulness unwittingly contributes to the neoliberal agenda in education.
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Forbes, D. (2017). Mindfulness and Neoliberal Education. In: Powietrzyńska, M., Tobin, K. (eds) Weaving Complementary Knowledge Systems and Mindfulness to Educate a Literate Citizenry for Sustainable and Healthy Lives. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-182-7_10
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