{"id":17307,"date":"2025-04-03T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=17307"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:15:45","slug":"ef3080","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ef3080\/","title":{"rendered":"EF3080"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17307\" class=\"elementor elementor-17307\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13fbfde0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13fbfde0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6318c727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6318c727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n    table {\r\n        border: 1px solid black;\r\n        font-family: Verdana;\r\n        font-size: 12pt;\r\n        border-collapse: collapse;\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n    }\r\n    td, th {\r\n        border: 1px solid black;\r\n        padding: 5px;\r\n        text-align: left;\r\n    }\r\n    @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {\r\n        table {\r\n            display: block;\r\n            overflow-x: auto;\r\n            white-space: nowrap;\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<table>\r\n    <tbody>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td><strong>Semester:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td colspan=\"7\">3\/5<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td><strong>Course Code:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td colspan=\"7\">EF3080<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td><strong>Course Name:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td colspan=\"7\">\t\r\nMindfulness for Engineers<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td><strong>Credit Value:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td colspan=\"7\">\t\r\n2 (Notional hours:100)<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td colspan=\"7\">None<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td><strong>Core\/Optional:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td colspan=\"7\">Optional (General Elective)<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Hourly Breakdown<\/strong><\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\">Lecture hrs.<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\">Tutorial hrs.<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\">Practical hrs.<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\">Assignment hrs.<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\">Independent Learning & Assessment hrs.<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\">11<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\">30<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\">-<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\">55<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Course Aim:<\/strong> To develop mindfulness as a lifestyle among young engineers.<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes:<\/strong>\r\n                <ul>\r\n                    <li>On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    identify basics of mindfulness, advantageous and different stages of it<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    describe medical, physiological backgrounds of mindfulness and recent developments<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2     relate the use of basic tools of mindfulness<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    apply knowledge of mindfulness for solving problems<\/li>\r\n                    \r\n                               <\/ul>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<tr>\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Course Content:<\/strong>\r\n                <ul>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    Introduction to mindfulness: What is mindfulness, definitions, advantageous of being mindful; creative thinking ability, problem solving skills, clear and quick decision making, improved interpersonal-skills, stress and anger control, be happy etc. and different stages of mindfulness.<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2     Basic tools to develop mindfulness: Mind-body-friendship, mindful-sitting, mindful-walking, mindfulness in day-to-day activities.<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    Medical and physiological background of mindfulness: How brain and nerve system function, mindfulness practice and consequent structural\/functional changes in brain and nerve system, immune system etc.<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    Recent developments in mindfulness practice: Recent developments in mindfulness practice, mindfulness as a preventive method to the society in general, prevention of alcohol usage, prevention of drug addiction and living with epidemic or any other illness.<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u27a2    Lifelong development of mindfulness practice: Appreciation of mindfulness practice and how to develop it as a life style.<\/li>\r\n                    \r\n                  \r\n                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr>\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Teaching \/Learning Methods:<\/strong>\r\n                <ul>\r\n                    <li>Classroom lectures, practical and discussions<\/li>\r\n                    \r\n                  \r\n                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Assessment Strategy:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\">Continuous Assessment <p><br> 60%<\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"6\">Final Assessment<p><br>40%<\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n                <p>Tutorials - 20%<p><\/p><br>Practical - 40%<\/p><p><\/p>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n                <p>Theory (%)<\/p>\r\n                <p>40<\/p>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">\r\n                <p>Practical (%)<\/p>\r\n                <p>-<\/p>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n            <td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\">\r\n                <p>Other (%)<\/p>\r\n                <p>-<\/p>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Recommended Reading:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n            <td colspan=\"8\">\r\n                <p>\u27a2 Zinn, J. K. (2010). Where you go There you are. 10th anniversary edition, Hachette Books, New York, USA.<\/p>\r\n                <p>\u27a2 Williams, M, Penman, D. (2011). Mindfulness: An Eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world. Rodale Inc., NY.<\/p>\r\n                <p>\u27a2 Zinn, J. K. (2013). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. 2nd edition, Bantam Books, NY.<\/p>\r\n                <p>\u27a2 Shapiro, S. L., &Carlson, L. E. (2017). The Art and Science of Mindfulness. 2nd edition, American Psychological Association, Washington DC.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n    <\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Semester: 3\/5 Course Code: EF3080 Course Name: Mindfulness for Engineers Credit Value: 2 (Notional hours:100) Prerequisites: None Core\/Optional: Optional (General Elective) Hourly Breakdown Lecture hrs. Tutorial hrs. Practical hrs. Assignment hrs. 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