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Studies in Mindfulness postgraduate programme:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/degrees-programmes/studies-in-mindfulness-pgcertpgdipmsc-407.php
Recent paper on the Aberdeen Mindfulness MSc programme (August 2016):
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02643944.2015.1127990.
Recent paper on Religious Education Association website (October 2015):
http://www.religiouseducation.net/re/v110n1
Recent paper on parental withdrawal of children from RE:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01416200.2016.1161597.
June 2012, author of Education Scotland Testimony online resource for schools, contributing materials on the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/testimony/index.asp
April 2015, 3 RME Professional Dialogue papers published by Education Scotland:
Using religious & cultural artefacts in RME: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/p/professionaldialogueinrme/artefacts.asp
visiting sites of religious & cultural interest in RME: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/p/professionaldialogueinrme/visitingsites.asp
using visiting speakers in RME: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/p/professionaldialogueinrme/visitingspeakers.asp
Professional Biography
Professor Graeme Nixon works at the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen. For the last thirteen years he has been the programme director of the University’s MSc Studies in Mindfulness programme. He practices, publishes on and supervises research projects on mindfulness. In this field he is particularly interested in debates about the possibility of secular mindfulness, Buddhist origins and criticisms of mindfulness. Formerly a secondary teacher of Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Graeme retains an interest in the manifestations of meditation across multiple wisdom traditions (religious or otherwise). As a teacher educator he is particularly interested in the development of thinking skills in schools and he has written on this as well as delivered training for professionals on how to weave a suite of thinking skills approaches (including mindfulness) into their life and work.
His teaching, research supervision, and publications in the area of Religious Education focuses on changes to this subject area linked to secularisation, child-centred pedagogy and the challenges and opportunities concomitant with information glut and personal sovereignty. He has published on the dangers of sanitised and essentialising approaches to religions and he advocates reform of Religious Education policy to reflect the needs and information spaces of young people, so that they can more easily learn about and from wisdom traditions (religious or otherwise).
MA Philosophy (University of Edinburgh) 1987-1990
BD Ecclesiastical History (University of Glasgow) 1991-1994
PGCE Religious Education (University of Strathclyde) 1994-1995
Teacher and Principal teacher of RMPS 1995-2005
PHd (University of Aberdeen) 2012
Interests:
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Graeme Nixon (Peer Review)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer review
Graeme Nixon (Examiner)
Activity: Examination, Marking, Reviewing, Supervision, Teaching, or Tutoring › Examination
Graeme Nixon (Speaker) & William Barlow (Speaker)
Activity: Disseminating Research › Policy Research, Briefing, or Discussion
Graeme Nixon (Speaker)
Activity: Disseminating Research › Invited talk
Graeme Nixon (Examiner)
Activity: Examination, Marking, Reviewing, Supervision, Teaching, or Tutoring › Examination
30/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
27/06/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
25/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
24/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Nixon, Graeme (Recipient), 8 Apr 2021
Prize: Awards, Distinctions, Medals, and Prizes