Browse Content
Life Worth Living is an initiative of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School.
Univ of Iceland UME007G
Life Worth Living: Practical Use in Education and Pedagogy
Bryndís Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Kaldalóns, and Ólafur Páll Jónsson
This course is the second of a pair of two courses based on the same essential questions: “What makes life worth living?” and “How can we live a life worth living?”. The purpose of this set of courses is to give the opportunity to be a part of a learning community and embark on a personal journey.
Listen on
This course is the second of a pair of two courses based on the same essential questions: “What makes life worth living?” and “How can we live a life worth living?”
Course Description:
This course is the second of a pair of two courses based on the same essential questions: “What makes life worth living?” and “How can we live a life worth living?”. The purpose of this set of courses is to give the opportunity to be a part of a learning community and embark on a personal journey.
This second course builds upon the first and explores practical applications in various educational and pedagogical settings. Throughout the course, a critical attitude will be adopted towards diverse philosophies of life through dialogues about the ideas discussed and the methods proposed. The teaching methods used in these courses will emphasize students’ autonomy.
This course is a hands-on course that incorporates various activity-based instruction and instructional methods, supporting both individual and group reflection, compassion, sharing of ideas and values, active listening, and dialogue. Methods will be drawn from coaching, mindfulness, compassion, philosophy with children, and character education.
Learning Outcomes:
- Be aware of their own values and able to express them in words and actions
- Be able to listen to others values and see in the context of different culture
- Have a good understanding of certain influential ideas about the good and meaningful life
- Have practical knowledge of how to implement their ideas of the good and meaningful life in their own life
- Have practical knowledge of how to engaging children and young people in shaping their own lives and to flourish
Course Description:
This course is the second of a pair of two courses based on the same essential questions: “What makes life worth living?” and “How can we live a life worth living?”. The purpose of this set of courses is to give the opportunity to be a part of a learning community and embark on a personal journey.
This second course builds upon the first and explores practical applications in various educational and pedagogical settings. Throughout the course, a critical attitude will be adopted towards diverse philosophies of life through dialogues about the ideas discussed and the methods proposed. The teaching methods used in these courses will emphasize students’ autonomy.
This course is a hands-on course that incorporates various activity-based instruction and instructional methods, supporting both individual and group reflection, compassion, sharing of ideas and values, active listening, and dialogue. Methods will be drawn from coaching, mindfulness, compassion, philosophy with children, and character education.
Learning Outcomes:
- Be aware of their own values and able to express them in words and actions
- Be able to listen to others values and see in the context of different culture
- Have a good understanding of certain influential ideas about the good and meaningful life
- Have practical knowledge of how to implement their ideas of the good and meaningful life in their own life
- Have practical knowledge of how to engaging children and young people in shaping their own lives and to flourish
Keep browsing
Join the LWL Community
