ABSTRACT Identification of the basic competencies needed to address the challenges that today’s society presents has always been central to educational research. Contemplative education is a recent field of research that is based on the development of spiritual competence in educational contexts. Its purpose is to promote useful social and personal skills to foster a more aware, harmonious and sustainable future society. This article outlines a conceptual approach to spirituality and spiritual competence based on the field of educational psychology, and describes their main components and their definition. Contemplative education is associated with a particular way of understanding the relationship between subject and object of knowledge. The scientific evidence available on the effectiveness of training programmes based on one of its most widespread secular manifestations (mindfulness) is critically reviewed, and the relationship between contemplative education and spiritual tradition is briefly addressed. Finally, the authors comment on some interesting aspects to consider for the design of future research.

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学校的精神能力，沉思教育和正念（Competencia espiritual，empucacióncontemplativa yatenciónplena en la escuela）

摘要确定应对当今社会所面临挑战的基本能力一直是教育研究的中心。沉思教育是基于教育环境中精神能力发展的最新研究领域。其目的是促进有用的社交和个人技能，以建立一个更加了解，和谐和可持续的未来社会。本文概述了一种基于教育心理学领域的灵性和精神能力的概念方法，并描述了它们的主要组成部分和定义。沉思教育与理解知识的主体和客体之间的关系的一种特定方式相关。严格审查了基于其最广泛的世俗表现之一（正念）的有关培训计划有效性的科学证据，并简要论述了沉思教育与精神传统之间的关系。最后，作者评论了一些有趣的方面，以供将来研究的设计考虑。