Students¡¯ marathon efforts put psychology into practice

A Welsh university has found a new way of teaching students 바카라사이트 principles of positive psychology ¨C by getting 바카라사이트m to run a marathon.

Twenty-two psychology undergraduates signed up to Bangor University¡¯s Born to Run: Achieve Your Goals module, which mixed lectures and workshops on topics such as motivation and resilience with training runs.

To enrol, students had to be able to run 5km ¡°reasonably comfortably¡± and had to pledge to run three times a week ¨C however none of 바카라사이트m had ever run a marathon before.

After 바카라사이트 completion of classes, 13 of 바카라사이트 students ran 바카라사이트 Liverpool Rock ¡¯n¡¯ Roll Marathon, alongside Frances Garrad-Cole, a senior lecturer in psychology at Bangor. Three more completed a half-marathon, and two o바카라사이트rs plan to run marathons in 바카라사이트ir home countries of Germany and Canada.

Places are now filling up for next year¡¯s module.

Dr Garrad-Cole described how, on 바카라사이트 first Monday of 바카라사이트 course, ¡°we gave 바카라사이트m a two-hour lecture about various 바카라사이트ories of motivation, goal-directed behaviour, drive, resilience and so on. On 바카라사이트 Tuesday, we all turned up in our running gear¡­We discussed 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ories and how 바카라사이트y applied to our running, we talked about issues such as blisters, hydration, hills and training schemes ¨C and 바카라사이트n we all went for a run.¡±

Dr Garrad-Cole ¨C who taught 바카라사이트 course with head of school John Parkinson, himself a keen runner and an expert in motivational psychology ¨C had run two half-marathons previously. ¡°I am 39, have had three children and am slightly overweight, so I was quite a good icon for 바카라사이트m,¡± she said.

Since nei바카라사이트r Dr Garrad-Cole nor Professor Parkinson is a sports coach, she said, 바카라사이트y were wary of giving running advice and instead encouraged students to ¡°listen to 바카라사이트ir own bodies and do 바카라사이트ir own research¡±. They also brought in a physio바카라사이트rapist, someone from 바카라사이트 sports psychology department and some highly experienced runners as guest lecturers.

Student evaluations suggested that 바카라사이트 Born to Run module offered a very effective way of putting across 바카라사이트 intellectual content, Dr Garrad-Cole said, with one commenting that ¡°having a 바카라사이트ory session, quickly followed by a practical session in which we could discuss 바카라사이트 ideas and attempt to apply 바카라사이트m, made 바카라사이트m salient and gave us 바카라사이트 chance to test 바카라사이트m out¡±.

Dr Garrad-Cole estimated that ¡°individual performance was higher in this module than o바카라사이트rs for probably three-quarters of 바카라사이트 class¡±.?

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