Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment
Job burnout is a serious problem in medicine, leading to lost productivity, costly attrition, los... more Job burnout is a serious problem in medicine, leading to lost productivity, costly attrition, loss of well-being, and even loss of life through suicide. A major US medical school introduced a 2-credit elective course that featured the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique to try to address this problem. This chapter reports on an 8-year study of medical students’ experiences with this course. The TM technique has been shown to reduce burnout and improve self-care and well-being through the development of consciousness. The authors use qualitative research and a grounded theory approach to assess the effects of this initiative. They report three major benefits. First, the technique addressed their most pressing needs: reducing stress and anxiety. Second, the students reported multiple positive benefits affecting many facets of health, well-being, and learning, including a spontaneous increase in compassion and empathy. Third, TM students reported gaining 2–5 hours of more produc...
The paper provides a synopsis of the dramatic sea changes emerging from globalization and technol... more The paper provides a synopsis of the dramatic sea changes emerging from globalization and technological drivers in the form of information and communication technology (ICT) which impact human learning and development in the knowledge economy. The drivers are framed in ICT and business contexts accentuated by the themes of the knowledge economy and its cognitive underpinnings. Metacognitive learning strategies are discussed in the context of actual classes at HELP University’s Master’s in Managerial Psychology program in Malaysia involving ICT and globalized content for sustainability issues. An advance cognitive model of learning that drives pedagogical strategies facilitated by ICT is presented. Specifically the cognitive model is the Cognitive Literacy Value Chain developed, practiced and published by the author internationally in peer reviewed journals is described. This model facilitates the achievement of higher order thinking outcomes drawn from actual cases of successful tea...
This chapter draws from actual accredited graduate programs. It is essentially a reflection piece... more This chapter draws from actual accredited graduate programs. It is essentially a reflection piece drawn from actual experience of successful teaching and blended action learning practices and principles that utilized online discussion forums. The classes were in Malaysia, the USA, and South Africa. The experience of teaching and learning involving metacognition and active online discussion internationally is described in terms of the cognitive literacy value chain developed by the author. Active discussion was seen as part and parcel of the process to nudge insights, critical thinking, and other expressions of higher order thinking that also facilitated peer bonding in very short, six-week semesters. The critical role of fluid intelligence in higher order thinking in a globalized knowledge economy is discussed in terms of the development of wisdom through the experience of transcending conventional thinking while sustaining refined thought processes and cultural values through metac...
Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment
Job burnout is a serious problem in medicine, leading to lost productivity, costly attrition, los... more Job burnout is a serious problem in medicine, leading to lost productivity, costly attrition, loss of well-being, and even loss of life through suicide. A major US medical school introduced a 2-credit elective course that featured the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique to try to address this problem. This chapter reports on an 8-year study of medical students’ experiences with this course. The TM technique has been shown to reduce burnout and improve self-care and well-being through the development of consciousness. The authors use qualitative research and a grounded theory approach to assess the effects of this initiative. They report three major benefits. First, the technique addressed their most pressing needs: reducing stress and anxiety. Second, the students reported multiple positive benefits affecting many facets of health, well-being, and learning, including a spontaneous increase in compassion and empathy. Third, TM students reported gaining 2–5 hours of more produc...
The paper provides a synopsis of the dramatic sea changes emerging from globalization and technol... more The paper provides a synopsis of the dramatic sea changes emerging from globalization and technological drivers in the form of information and communication technology (ICT) which impact human learning and development in the knowledge economy. The drivers are framed in ICT and business contexts accentuated by the themes of the knowledge economy and its cognitive underpinnings. Metacognitive learning strategies are discussed in the context of actual classes at HELP University’s Master’s in Managerial Psychology program in Malaysia involving ICT and globalized content for sustainability issues. An advance cognitive model of learning that drives pedagogical strategies facilitated by ICT is presented. Specifically the cognitive model is the Cognitive Literacy Value Chain developed, practiced and published by the author internationally in peer reviewed journals is described. This model facilitates the achievement of higher order thinking outcomes drawn from actual cases of successful tea...
This chapter draws from actual accredited graduate programs. It is essentially a reflection piece... more This chapter draws from actual accredited graduate programs. It is essentially a reflection piece drawn from actual experience of successful teaching and blended action learning practices and principles that utilized online discussion forums. The classes were in Malaysia, the USA, and South Africa. The experience of teaching and learning involving metacognition and active online discussion internationally is described in terms of the cognitive literacy value chain developed by the author. Active discussion was seen as part and parcel of the process to nudge insights, critical thinking, and other expressions of higher order thinking that also facilitated peer bonding in very short, six-week semesters. The critical role of fluid intelligence in higher order thinking in a globalized knowledge economy is discussed in terms of the development of wisdom through the experience of transcending conventional thinking while sustaining refined thought processes and cultural values through metac...
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