ERIC Number: ED639032
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 100
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ISBN: 979-8-3803-8919-8
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Self-Realization in Higher Education: Infusing Meditation Practices in Undergraduate Courses for Improved Focus and Concentration
Joseph Jimenez
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Saint Peter's University
We live in a fast-paced world with daily stimulation like family problems, social media influences, technology, and personal belongings, just to name a few. The kinds of information easily available due to technological advances create endless distractions and require accelerated focused attention. Due to a lack of investment in learning how to enhance focus and concentration in education, multitasking has been one of the most common reasons people have difficulty enhancing these abilities, which can have an impact on how effective they are at retaining and cognizing information. This study emerged as the result of the lack of progression in higher education to focus on developing students' skills in concentration, focus, and attention. The researcher got to experience first-hand how undergraduate students, adult learners, and also educators try to maintain jobs, family obligations, community, and professional services while pursuing personal fulfillment and educational and professional goals. So, what can help undergraduate students and educators better manage themselves more consciously so that each course can produce a productive value? How can students have the opportunity to remove all their distractions for at least the 50 minutes of class time to become more relaxed, focused, attentive, calmer, and fully present with each other while teaching and learning? The purpose of this dissertation is to introduce into higher education the art of enhancing concentration by incorporating ten minutes of Self-Realization inner experience exercises like cloud meditation and mindfulness practices in the beginning of an undergraduate course to help the students achieve a greater state of focus and concentration. Developing a conscious classroom environment with Self-Realization mindfulness practices would remove the current distractions in order for the student to be 100% engaged. Enhancing the attention and concentration will enable the student to realize the tremendous benefit of incorporating meditation into any field of study to overcome mental, physical, and emotional in harmony that cause fear, stress, and anxiety. This study presents a Self-Realization meditation framework that derives its academic pillars from ancient yogic practices for students in a higher-education setting. Through yogic practices, undergraduate students can gain a conscious awareness of what it is like to remove distractions and develop clarity. As a result of overstress and difficulty mastering thoughts, the person fails to achieve the balance required for the harmonious development of effective living. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Metacognition, Attention Control, Higher Education, Skill Development, Undergraduate Students, Adult Students, Goal Orientation, Self Actualization, Physical Activities
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Education
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Language: English
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