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This course follows the same teaching approach as the first two courses. Its distinctive feature is understanding how and why we get caught up in habitual patterns of thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness and Compassion provide the foundation for clear seeing into the hidden mechanisms that give rise to conditioned reactions; and seeing how these have their roots in the subliminal level of mental activity. Practice is developed through Insight meditation and reflection. The module also draws on insights from evolutionary psychology, neuroscience and Buddhism.
The course is assessed by a written assignment (6000 words).
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Insight includes the following themes:
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 15 | Feedback Weeks | 17 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | Practice and reflect critically on methods of developing or applying insight in a personal or professional context. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Demonstrate critical thinking in applying mindfulness concepts to professional and equivalent activities |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the main areas, theories, definitions and key concepts relating to insight |
| Factual | Analyse | Identify and critically examine an enquiry question for further research in mindfulness |
| Factual | Analyse | Develop skills in critically reflective and academic writing, including locating and utilising a range of sources and materials |
| Factual | Understand | Convey use of reading to support points made in discussion. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 19 | Feedback Weeks | 25 | |
| Feedback | Word Count | 3000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | Integrate the main areas, theories, definitions and key concepts of mindfulness and compassion with insight. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Develop skills in critically reflective and academic writing. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Practice and reflect critically on methods of developing or applying insight in a personal or professional context. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Demonstrate critical awareness of compassion and mindfulness academic research, that relates to insight as introduced in the course |
| Factual | Evaluate | Critically examine the concept of insight as defined in the course |
| Factual | Understand | Convey use of reading to support points made in discussion. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Discuss conditions that support the arising of insight and those which create blocks or obstacles |
There are no assessments for this course.
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Analyse | Develop skills in critically reflective and academic writing, including locating and utilising a range of sources and materials |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Develop skills in critically reflective and academic writing. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Demonstrate critical thinking in applying mindfulness concepts to professional and equivalent activities |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Discuss conditions that support the arising of insight and those which create blocks or obstacles |
| Factual | Analyse | Identify and critically examine an enquiry question for further research in mindfulness |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Practice and reflect critically on methods of developing or applying insight in a personal or professional context. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the main areas, theories, definitions and key concepts relating to insight |
| Factual | Evaluate | Critically examine the concept of insight as defined in the course |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Demonstrate critical awareness of compassion and mindfulness academic research, that relates to insight as introduced in the course |
| Factual | Understand | Convey use of reading to support points made in discussion. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Integrate the main areas, theories, definitions and key concepts of mindfulness and compassion with insight. |
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