Noticias

Institute of Secondary Education (IES) GALILEO GALILEI (CÓRDOBA - ES) From the 9th to the 13th of May 2022, the heads of the Guidance Departments of the IES GALILEO GALILEI, Maribel Campos, and of Coexistence and Equality, Silvia Blanco, visited the Dr. Alberto Iria...

On December 4th 2019, the Final Conference of the FRIENDS project was held in Sky Room 1 of the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. It was a unique assembly during which the FRIENDS consortium shared with school communities, experts and other stakeholders in the...

On Thursday 26th September 2019 there was a free public conference, ‘SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH EDUCATION’, at which the interim results of the FRIENDS project, aimed at promoting respect for diversity, tolerance and social inclusion in the learning environment, were...

Our 2nd FACE TO FACE DISSEMINATION MEETING  was held in Lisbon on the 9th of May 2019 at the Auditório Armando Guebuza of the Lusófona Library.  This followed the first seminar of the FRIENDS project on “EDUCATION FOR INCLUSION THROUGH QUIET TIME/TRANSCENDENTAL...

The FRIENDS project saw further advancement with the second Partners Meeting which took place in Brussels on November 30th 2018. On this occasion, partners met at the headquarters of Maharishi Institute of Vedic Science in Brussels to discuss the next steps of...

Students that practiced Transcendental Meditation (TM) in the participating schools, during the twice daily 10/15 minute Quiet Time breaks, have been scientifically proven to become less aggressive, more inclined to establish positive relationships, and improve their...

How can schools benefit from the Quiet Time with Transcendental Meditation programme, which is easy to learn and promotes social inclusion in classrooms? The practice of Transcendental Meditation within the Quiet Time programme allows students, teachers, head teachers...

How to promote social inclusion, tolerance and prevent discrimination in schools? The FRIENDS project began in January 2018 with the goal of introducing an innovative whole school approach known as the Quiet Time based on the Transcendental Meditation programme (TM®)...

Meditating at school now is possible. The FRIENDS project - acronym for ‘Fostering Resilience-Inclusive Education and Non-Discrimination in Schools’ - aims at introducing in schools an innovative but well researched approach to foster tolerant, inclusive and positive...