title: Contemplative education and youth development.
abstract: Contemplative education includes practices that aim to help a person cultivate conscious awareness, especially internal self-awareness and awareness of one's connection to the world. Such practices include meditation, movement, and the contemplation of nature. Exploration is under way to determine if these practices might assist young people in their development, as they do in adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Initiative on Contemplation and Education at Garrison Institute and Child and Adolescent Development at San Francisco State University, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000367:Age Factors; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D013663:Teaching