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Heartsongs Across The World: Using Literacy And Emotional Pedagogy To Empower Communities Of Compassionate Learners, Susan Densmore-James, Russell G. Yocum Jan 2015

Heartsongs Across The World: Using Literacy And Emotional Pedagogy To Empower Communities Of Compassionate Learners, Susan Densmore-James, Russell G. Yocum

Russell Yocum

No abstract provided.


Auditory Processing Learning Disability, Suicidal Ideation, And Transformational Faith, Frank S. Bailey, Russell G. Yocum Jan 2015

Auditory Processing Learning Disability, Suicidal Ideation, And Transformational Faith, Frank S. Bailey, Russell G. Yocum

Russell Yocum

The purpose of this personal experience as a narrative investigation is to describe how an auditory processing learning disability exacerbated—and how spirituality and religiosity relieved—suicidal ideation, through the lived experiences of an individual born and raised in the United States. The study addresses: (a) how an auditory processing learning disability affected the primary participant’s view of life as a child, adolescent, and young adult, (b) how religiosity and spirituality helped to reframe that outlook after a near-fatal suicide attempt, and (c) how spirituality and religiosity serve to moderate the primary participant’s current view of life. Data were obtained from interviews, …


Spiritual Development And Education: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Approach, Russell Yocum Jan 2014

Spiritual Development And Education: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Approach, Russell Yocum

Russell Yocum

Building upon autoethnographically generated data and Maslow’s writings, a Spiritual Needs=Motivation=Volition Framework was constructed and subsequently validated via a sequential mixed-methods research design. A Likert-type survey instrument was developed and distributed to 139 undergraduate student respondents to quantitatively describe the relationships between the components of the framework. Respondents whose survey answers indicated that spirituality played a role in their lives were then invited to participate in one-on-one and focus group interviews to further clarify the relationships of the framework components and help develop a more phenomenological understanding of spirituality and its intersection with education.


Spiritual Development And Education: A Spiritual Needs/Motivation/Volition Framework, Russell Yocum, Susan James, Laura Staal, Elyse Pinkie Feb 2013

Spiritual Development And Education: A Spiritual Needs/Motivation/Volition Framework, Russell Yocum, Susan James, Laura Staal, Elyse Pinkie

Russell Yocum

No abstract provided.


Spiritual Hunger And Recipes For Spiritual Satiety (A Spiritual Needs/Motivation/Volition Framework For Educators), Russell Yocum Jun 2010

Spiritual Hunger And Recipes For Spiritual Satiety (A Spiritual Needs/Motivation/Volition Framework For Educators), Russell Yocum

Russell Yocum

No abstract provided.