Contemplative Life: Meditation and Mindfulness in Context, in Theory and in Practice

Description

Purpose: The purpose of the internationalisation electives is to provide students with the opportunity to use a foreign language in an academic setting, and to work with an academic theme within the humanities. The purpose is also to teach the students to operate in a cross-disciplinary teaching context, thereby gaining a cross-disciplinary perspective on their own subject area. The course contributes to the international dimension of the degree programme and improves the students’ understanding of the academic profile of their degree programme in relation to the humanities as a whole. Academic objectives: In the evaluation of the student’s performance, emphasis is placed on the extent to which the student is able to: Knowledge: - demonstrate an understanding of selected contemplative practices and their contemporary role - apply the key theoretical and methodological approaches of the course - critically reflect on their own oral and/or written products (and those produced by others) in relation to the academic and theoretical discussions of the course. Skills: - assess the value of various research methodologies, including hands-on experience, in carrying out a study of aspects of contemplative life - discuss the theme of the course in the foreign language in an academic context. Competences: - critically assess and discuss scientific as well as popular claims about the nature and purported benefits of contemplative practices - participate constructively in learning collaboration in a foreign language across educational and/or cultural backgrounds - gain perspective on and compare the academic profile of the degree programme in relation to the subject areas of the humanities.