Mindfulness in Vocational Training Education

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) has aroused significant interest both in the labour field and in the educational field, as numerous researches have shown that there is a relation between social emotional development, business efficiency or productivity and learning process. In this article this concept developing is considered; as this intelligence has an increasing role in training programmes of companies of various types; as it is included in different educational levels: infants, primary and secondary. In this research deficiency of this training in the post-compulsory education is highlighted: Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training (VT) and University. Furthermore, Mindfulness educational experience of student of Upper Level Training Cycles is presented with a brief study of the importance attached to EI education in relation to the profession and the use of meditative techniques for personal development.