Reflection and Contemplation in Professional Practice

3 credits · Graduate

The goal of this course is to explore meditative and contemplative tradition in various schools of thought, cultures, and spiritual traditions. This includes comparing and contrasting with mechanistic and rationalistic schools of thought. We will consider the diverse methods across the ages and in Eastern and Western thought. The course involves a review of worldviews and philosophies that form community and societal norms and mores and the evidence revealing how reflective and contemplative practices mediate professional practice. This course will enable learners to become aware of challenges with and benefits from reflective and contemplative practices. FORMATS: Discussion