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Mezirow's Transformational Learning Theory And Alternative Health Therapeutics Of Mind, Body, And Spirit, Lewis Edward Blackwell
Mezirow's Transformational Learning Theory And Alternative Health Therapeutics Of Mind, Body, And Spirit, Lewis Edward Blackwell
Dissertations
An illness, like prostate cancer, brings crisis to our experience and confuses the structure of our reality as well as disturbs our meaning which is upheld by interpretive imagery. Hence, recovery involves a learning experience that consists of a reflective, educational, and spiritual process to rebuild and reconstruct meaning through the use and transformation of our images and themes to create meaning. The purpose of the research was to investigate the meaning of the illness experience through the lens of transformational learning theory. As such, one-on-one interviews were conducted with 10 African American men who lived in large metropolitan areas …
Riding The Wave: Spirituality, Creative Expression, And Adult Learning, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Soni Simpson
Riding The Wave: Spirituality, Creative Expression, And Adult Learning, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Soni Simpson
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores the relationship between creative expression and spirituality, examining ways in which adults seek knowledge and/or make meaning through these connections. Four themes emerged from this research: trust and letting go of control, a sense of connectedness, flow and devotion, and creativity as a healing force.
How Adult Educators Can Forge A Peaceful World, Hsiu-Chu Hsu
How Adult Educators Can Forge A Peaceful World, Hsiu-Chu Hsu
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this presentation is to explore some practical ways that adult educators can help to promote peace by including three less-discussed categories of adult education: popular education for critical citizenship, for nonviolence and constructive programs, and for holistic spirituality.
The Spiritual Competency Scale: A Comparison To The Aservic Spiritual Competencies, Linda Robertson
The Spiritual Competency Scale: A Comparison To The Aservic Spiritual Competencies, Linda Robertson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Spiritual and religious beliefs are significant aspects of a person's worldview and have been well established within many disciplines as a resource for physical and mental health. Therefore, they are relevant topics for counselors. The governing bodies of the counseling profession support the discussion of these beliefs in counseling. To meet the ethical mandates for competency in this area, the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) produced the Spiritual Competencies. Despite these efforts, spiritual and religious material continues to be neglected in counselor training programs. In the absence of a formal measure of spiritual competency, curricular …
Journeys Of Purpose : An Ontology Of Spirituality Through Work In Memory, Imagination, And Authenticity, Therese M. Madden
Journeys Of Purpose : An Ontology Of Spirituality Through Work In Memory, Imagination, And Authenticity, Therese M. Madden
Doctoral Dissertations
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Measuring The Unmeasurable: Maternal Piety Scales, Siti Aishah Hassan Ph.D.
Measuring The Unmeasurable: Maternal Piety Scales, Siti Aishah Hassan Ph.D.
Siti Aishah Hassan Ph.D.
The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument that measures maternal spiritual characteristics. Particularly, the instrument aims to measure a domain of spirituality which is commonly regarded as “the un-measurable” i.e. Maternal Piety.The results provided evidence that the instrument achieved sound psychometrics properties.TLI, and CFI were > 0.90 and RMSEA was < 0.08 which were evidences for construct validity. Moreover, the findings supported the postulation that MP positively influenced MQR as evidence for the criterion-related validity. In short, Maternal Piety Scales is a reliable and valid instrument