Dissertation
Exploring the influence of an arts-based mindfulness program on student behavior and classroom conduct in selected urban middle school classrooms
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Mar 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/956v-3380
Abstract
This qualitative case study, with a focus on the use of arts-based mindfulness practices, was designed to explore the influence of an implemented 4-week pilot program in an urban middle school setting. Through classroom observations, teacher interviews and review of archival data, the following research questions guided the study and led to an understanding of how student behavior and classroom conduct were affected: (1) How does the implementation of an arts-based mindfulness program in a traditional urban school affect student conduct and behavioral outcomes? (2) In what ways do the skills and strategies taught through arts-based mindfulness practices support students with self-regulating their own behavior in a traditional urban school? (3) In what ways have students in a traditional urban school with a previous record of behavior offenses responded to the arts-based mindfulness practices? Framing the study were three streams of literature that provided mindfulness models and practices; methods for reducing student behavioral incidents; and developing home and school engagement. Each stream was rooted in brain-based and arts-based learning theories. Collected data from observing teachers instruct in arts-based mindfulness practices, and interviews with two of those teachers about their perceptions of student behavior 'pre' and 'post' the 4-week program, revealed whether any changes occurred in students and classroom culture. The researcher found the piloted arts-based mindfulness program was an innovative solution to addressing the needs of students and reducing incidents that negatively impact school and classroom culture. The findings of this study increased the exposure level of arts-based mindfulness practices outside of a clinical setting and strengthened the recommendation for further research and implementation in urban schools throughout the United States.
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- Title
- Exploring the influence of an arts-based mindfulness program on student behavior and classroom conduct in selected urban middle school classrooms
- Creators
- Kendall DeVaughn Wilson-Flippin - DU
- Contributors
- Joyce A. Pittman (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xii, 152 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 9379; 991014632535404721