How mindfulness training cultivates introspection and competence development for sustainable consumption
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How mindfulness training cultivates introspection and competence development for sustainable consumption. / Frank, Pascal; Sundermann, Anna; Fischer, Daniel.
In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 20, No. 6, 04.10.2019, p. 1002-1021.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - How mindfulness training cultivates introspection and competence development for sustainable consumption
AU - Frank, Pascal
AU - Sundermann, Anna
AU - Fischer, Daniel
PY - 2019/10/4
Y1 - 2019/10/4
N2 - Purpose: This paper aims to explore the relationship between introspection and key competencies for sustainable consumption (KCSCs). It investigates whether mindfulness training can cultivate the ability to introspect and stimulate the development of KCSCs. Design/methodology/approach: Two independent studies were analyzed. Data were retrieved from interviews with participants of a consumer-focused mindfulness training (Study 1, 11 participants), as well as from diaries of students attending a university seminar with mindfulness training (Study 2, 13 students), and made subject to qualitative content analysis. Findings: Both studies show a clear intersection between both constructs and suggest that mindfulness training can contribute to the development of KCSCs and learners’ ability to introspect. The studies also demonstrated that introspection is not equally related to all competencies and that KCSCs must not be reduced to introspection. Research limitations/implications: Both KCSCs and introspection are complex and latent constructs and hence challenging to observe. The research understands itself as a first exploratory approach for empirically investigating this complex relation. Originality/value: While increasing (self-)reflectivity is at the core of competence-based education, a systematic engagement with the practice of introspection as a means to enhancing reflectivity is surprisingly lacking. Mindfulness training could be a promising way to cultivate introspective abilities and thus facilitate learning processes that are conducive to competence development.
AB - Purpose: This paper aims to explore the relationship between introspection and key competencies for sustainable consumption (KCSCs). It investigates whether mindfulness training can cultivate the ability to introspect and stimulate the development of KCSCs. Design/methodology/approach: Two independent studies were analyzed. Data were retrieved from interviews with participants of a consumer-focused mindfulness training (Study 1, 11 participants), as well as from diaries of students attending a university seminar with mindfulness training (Study 2, 13 students), and made subject to qualitative content analysis. Findings: Both studies show a clear intersection between both constructs and suggest that mindfulness training can contribute to the development of KCSCs and learners’ ability to introspect. The studies also demonstrated that introspection is not equally related to all competencies and that KCSCs must not be reduced to introspection. Research limitations/implications: Both KCSCs and introspection are complex and latent constructs and hence challenging to observe. The research understands itself as a first exploratory approach for empirically investigating this complex relation. Originality/value: While increasing (self-)reflectivity is at the core of competence-based education, a systematic engagement with the practice of introspection as a means to enhancing reflectivity is surprisingly lacking. Mindfulness training could be a promising way to cultivate introspective abilities and thus facilitate learning processes that are conducive to competence development.
KW - Higher education for sustainable consumption
KW - Introspection
KW - Key competencies for sustainable consumption
KW - Mindfulness
KW - Qualitative content analysis
KW - Reflectivity
KW - Sustainable consumption
KW - Sustainability education
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066957912&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/IJSHE-12-2018-0239
DO - 10.1108/IJSHE-12-2018-0239
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85066957912
VL - 20
SP - 1002
EP - 1021
JO - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
JF - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
SN - 1467-6370
IS - 6
ER -