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Learn from the teachers
1. Teaching Assessment Criteria
The following is a series of excerpts from The Bangor, Exeter &
Oxford Mindfulness-Based Interventions Teaching Assessment
Criteria (MBI:TAC)
This guideline for assessing the competence and adherence of
mindfulness-based class-based teaching, written by Rebecca S. Crane,
Judith G. Soulsby, Willem Kuyken, J.Mark G.Williams, Catrin Eames
And Trish Bartley, Cindy Cooper, Alison Evans, Melanie J.V.Fennell,
Eluned Gold, Jody Mardula, Sarah Silverton, offers numerous
valuable clues concerning important facets of mindfulness.
*Address for correspondence: Rebecca Crane - Centre for
Mindfulness Research and Practice - School of Psychology - Dean St
Building - Bangor University Bangor LL57 1UT - Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Domains of competence
There are 6 domains of competence within the MBI:TAC
Domain 1: Coverage, pacing and organisation of session curriculum
Domain 2: Relational skills
Domain 3: Embodiment of mindfulness
Domain 4: Guiding mindfulness practices
Domain 5: Conveying course themes through interactive inquiry and
didactic teaching
Domain 6: Holding the group learning environment

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