| School/Faculty/Institute |
Graduate School of Social Sciences |
| Course Code |
LSC 556 |
| Course Title in English |
Mindfulness: Theories and Practices in School Settings |
| Course Title in Turkish |
Bilinçli Farkındalık: Teori ve Okul Ortamı Uygulamaları |
| Language of Instruction |
TR |
| Type of Course |
Flipped Classroom,Lecture,Practical |
| Level of Course |
Intermediate |
| Semester |
Spring |
| Contact Hours per Week |
| Lecture: 3 |
Recitation: 3 |
Lab: |
Other: |
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| Estimated Student Workload |
130 hours per semester |
| Number of Credits |
5 ECTS |
| Grading Mode |
Standard Letter Grade
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| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Expected Prior Knowledge |
none |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| Registration Restrictions |
Graduate Students Only |
| Overall Educational Objective |
Understanding the concept of conscious awareness, its scientific basis, applications and applications in the school environment. |
| Course Description |
This experiential course is an introduction to mindfulness. Through it, students will learn the principles of practice, develop their own mediation practice, and apply principles to daily life. They will learn strategies to skillfully work with thoughts, emotions, and sensations, while developing their capacity to enhance mind-body awareness of present-moment experience. They will study theory and research in the field of mindfulness and the emerging science that shows promising, beneficial effects for physical and mental health and well-being. This course is designed for beginners and is also suitable for those with experience who want to refine their practice. Classes consist of a combination of lecture, practice, and discussion. |
| Course Description in Turkish |
Bilinçli farkındalık bir dikkat yönlendirme yaklaşımıdır. Temeli doğu geleneklerine dayanır. Son 20 yıldır uygulamaları klinik ve klinik olmayan bir çok ortamda yapılmaktadır ve bilimsel olarak anlamlı sonuçlar vermektedir. Özellikle okul ortamlarında dünyada bir çok milli eğitim bakanlığı tarafından öğrencilere ve öğretmenlere özgün programlar mevcuttur. Okullarda öğrenci ve öğretmenlere yönelik bir çok problemli alana müdahalede kullanılmaktadır. Dikkat, farkındalık (bedensel, zihinsel ve duygusal) özellikle duyguların regülasyonunda kişiler arası ilişkilerde istenen yönde değişiklikler ve düzenlemeler yapması umut vaat edicidir bu nedenle yüksek lisans programında alınacak olan bu dersin içeriğinde bu becerileri öğretmenlerin kazanacağı ve sınıflarına aktarabilecekleri teori ve uygulama olacaktır. |
Course Learning Outcomes and Competences
Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Define the mindfulness as a concept.
2) Recognize and understand theories and research in the field of mindfulness that show beneficial effects for physical and mental health.
3) Distinguish strategies for working with thoughts, emotions and sensations and developing capacities to increase mind-body awareness in the experience of the present moment.
4) Understands the discipline of practicing, develops their own mindfulness practices and adapts them to daily life.
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| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None |
S Supportive |
H Highly Related |
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Program Outcomes and Competences |
Level |
Assessed by |
| Prepared by and Date |
ZÜMRA ATALAY , March 2024 |
| Course Coordinator |
ZÜMRA ATALAY |
| Semester |
Spring |
| Name of Instructor |
Prof. Dr. ZÜMRA ATALAY |
Course Contents
| Week |
Subject |
| 1) |
Introduction to the course, introduction of the training syllabus. |
| 2) |
Awareness and Autopilot |
| 3) |
Living in the Mind |
| 4) |
bringing the wandering mind into the present moment |
| 5) |
Recognizing aversiveness and avoidance |
| 6) |
allowing emotions, situations, and experiences |
| 7) |
Thoughts Are Not Always Reality |
| 8) |
Mindfulness Experience in Silence |
| 9) |
Discovering Ways to Care for Ourselves |
| 10) |
Maintaining and developing new learnings |
| 11) |
Sharing and evaluation of the gains of 9-week mindfulness practice |
| 12) |
Mindfulness in Schools |
| 13) |
Mindfulness in Schools 2 |
| 14) |
Overall evaluation and sharings |
| 15) |
End of Term Project and Assignment Submissions |
| 16) |
End of Term Project and Assignment Submissions |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Recommended Readings
Atalay, Z. (2019). Mindfulness (Bilinçli Farkındalık): Farkındalıkla anda kalma sanatı. İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınevi.
Atalay, Z. (2020). Mindfulness: Çocuklar için Bilinçli Farkındalık. İstanbul: Masalperest Yayınevi.
Atalay, Z. (2023). Mindfulness Temelli Bilişsel Terapi. H. Türkçapar (Ed.), Z. Karataş (Ed), Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapide Yeni Gelişmeler (1. Baskı) içinde (s. 113–142). Nobel Yayıncılık.
Segal, Z. V., Williams, M., & Teasdale, J. (2018). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression. Guilford Publications.
Williams, M., & Penman, D. (2020). Mindfulness - Zıvanadan Çıkmış Bir Dünyada Huzur Bulmak İçin 8 Haftalık Bir Rehber. İstanbul: Diyojen Yayıncılık.
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| Teaching Methods | Flipped Classroom, working in small groups or dyads, research papers, learning by practice |
| Homework and Projects | Attendance and Participation - %15
Weekly Reports (mindfulness home practice form)- %20
Article Review Paper- %25
Final Project- %40
Total- %100
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| Laboratory Work | none |
| Computer Use | none |
| Other Activities | Applications from theory to experience. Mindfulness is learning by applying it on oneself, practicing it, and experiencing it through interpersonal sharing. |
| Assessment Methods |
| Assessment Tools |
Count |
Weight |
| Attendance |
1 |
% 15 |
| Homework Assignments |
1 |
% 20 |
| Project |
1 |
% 40 |
| Paper Submission |
1 |
% 25 |
| TOTAL |
% 100 |
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| Course Administration |
atalayz@mef.edu.tr
02123953681
Prof. Dr. Zümra Atalay |
Information Package / Course Catalogue