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Authenticity and Constructivism in Education 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Laurance J. Splitter 《Studies in Philosophy and Education》2009,28(2):135-151
This paper examines the concept of authenticity and its relevance in education, from a philosophical perspective. Under the
heading of educational authenticity (EA), I critique Fred Newmann’s views on authentic pedagogy and intellectual work. I argue
against the notion that authentic engagement is usefully analyzed in terms of a relationship between school work and: “real”
work. I also seek to clarify the increasingly problematic concept of constructivism, arguing that there are two distinct constructivist
theses, only one of which deserves serious attention. I explain that the correspondence view of authenticity pays insufficient
attention to the reality that the presence of “real world” connections does not guarantee that teaching and learning will
be truly authentic. As a bridge to a philosophically acceptable understanding of authenticity, I reflect on John Dewey, who
famously strove to base his views on education on the experience of the child, while rejecting that such experience requires
validation from the “real” world. And Jean Jacques Rousseau offers several clues as to how the search for an authentic self
might proceed beyond the Romanticist vision of an inner essence. These include the idea of the self as constructed inter-subjectively,
which I capture by the term “one among others” and which, in turn, reveals persons as dialogically engaged in working out
who they are and what they stand for (an idea found in the work of Charles Taylor). There is a clear affinity here with the
imperative proposed by Newmann. I embrace the idea that the cultivation of dialogue should be a key priority in classrooms,
because dialogue drives each individual to seek meaning in the context of seeing her/himself as one among others. I highlight
the role of the classroom community of inquiry as an environment which has the dual function of cultivating disciplined inquiry
and facilitating the kind of personal development that can, most properly, be termed “authentic”.
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Authenticity is generally indicated to be an important predictor to subjective well-being. However, remarkably few empirical researches investigated possible psychological mechanism underlying the process. The purpose of the current research is to explore whether mindfulness can explain one pathway between authenticity and subjective well-being. By conducting a cross-sectional study and a time-lagged study, we verified that higher authenticity associated higher subjective well-being via higher mindfulness. Furthermore, the effect of authenticity on subjective well-being was specifically through two facets of mindfulness–describing and acting-with-awareness. These results contribute to a better understanding of the association of authenticity and subjective well-being. Moreover, these findings suggest that mindfulness training may be a useful technique to accelerate the transformation from being thyself to being happy. 相似文献
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Susan Stranahan 《Journal of religion and health》2008,47(4):491-503
Objective The purpose of this non-experimental study was to investigate the reliability and validity of a self-administered screening
tool for spiritual distress in older adults. The tool was unique in that items were consistent with a conceptual definition
of spirituality presented in the professional literature and supported by theories of behavioral development for older adults.
Methods Questionnaires were distributed to residents of a continuing care retirement community participating in a class on spirituality.
Results The split-half reliability coefficient was found to be 0.776. Construct validity was established and a cutoff value for spiritual
distress was determined. Discussion Tests for reliability and validity demonstrated confidence in use of the tool to screen for spiritual distress in older adults. 相似文献
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Sally A. Theran 《Personality and individual differences》2011,51(4):423-428
The current study examined authenticity in relationships, defined as the ability to be open and honest in meaningful relationships, in multiple contexts (i.e., with parents, peers). The goal of the study was to examine and compare the relation between authenticity in relationships and depressive symptoms in a sample of 435 14-year-old adolescent girls and boys. Structural equation modeling results indicated that the model predicted approximately one-third of the variance in depressive symptoms for girls, and almost half of the variance in depressive symptoms for boys. In addition, the strength of the relation between authenticity with parents and depressive symptoms was statistically equivalent for boys and girls. These results indicate the importance of authenticity with parents in predicting depressive symptoms, for both boys and girls. 相似文献
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Fisher (1998) proposed a spiritual well-being model, comprising the domains of personal, communal, environmental and transcendental well-being, and a single global spiritual well-being dimension. This paper reports on four studies aimed at testing Fisher’s theoretical model, and establishing the validity and reliability of a new self-rating questionnaire (Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire; SWBQ), developed to reflect this model. All four studies supported Fisher’s model. The SWBQ showed good reliability (Cronbach’s alpha, composite reliability and variance extracted), and validity (construct, concurrent, discriminant, predictive and factorial independence from personality). The SWBQ has the advantage over other existing spiritual well-being measures in that it is based on a broader and more empirically based conceptualization of spiritual well-being, and has well established psychometric properties. 相似文献
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Thomas P. Doyle 《Pastoral Psychology》2009,58(3):239-260
Most of the published literature on clergy abuse of children has addressed the emotional and psychological effects of sexual
abuse common to all victims. The literature published by Church-related sources has consistently addressed the impact of clergy
abuse on the Church as an institution as well as the problems and treatment needs of the clergy abusers. Little has been written
or even explored about the spiritual trauma suffered by clergy victims. This article examines some of the symptoms and possible
recovery from the spiritual dimension of post abuse trauma. 相似文献
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Prior research has established a consistent relationship between felt authenticity and greater psychological and physical well-being. Nevertheless, a number of important questions remain regarding the role of authenticity in shaping individuals’ responses to stressful events in daily life. Interpersonal conflict in particular, has been established as one of the strongest contributors to daily stress, and a number of prior studies suggest that the negative effects of interpersonal conflict may be moderated by personality factors. The present work used a diary design to examine the role of trait authenticity in buffering individuals from the negative effects of interpersonal conflict. More importantly, we show that the protective role of trait authenticity functions independently from the previously established effects of agreeableness and neuroticism. 相似文献
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Alp Arat 《Journal of Contemporary Religion》2016,31(2):269-280
Despite its ubiquity, the term ‘spiritual capital’ continues to lack a sufficient level of empirical scrutiny to merit categorical independence from its religious variant. To remedy this gap, this article presents an ethnographic study of a meditation group called the Dhyana Centre, situated at the heart of London, and offers a bottom-up account of the ways in which spiritual capital is recognized, exchanged, and adopted in the absence of institutional mechanisms of legitimacy. Building on Bradford Verter’s conceptualisation of spiritual capital as originally derived from Bourdieu’s theory of practice, this study argues that the distinct configuration between knowledgeable and practical mastery in the dynamics of spiritual capital exchange marks a modus operandi which is not fully accounted for by conventional notions of religious capital. This study of spiritual capital thus allows for the translation of a notoriously slippery phenomenon into a much more tangible object of study without having to resort to essentialist readings of spirituality. 相似文献
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《Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging》2013,25(1-2):131-142
SUMMARY Erikson's understanding of ego integrity and Fowler's depiction of conjunctive faith provide theoretical insights into the holistic nature of spiritual maturity. In order to ground the theory in the actual experience of aging persons, this paper demonstrates, how authentic humor represents an expression of spiritual maturity. Authentic humor can articulate the trust, hope and the faith of elders who maintain a sense of meaning and wholeness despite the changes, losses and suffering which often accompany the aging process. Persons who possess the resource of authentic humor experience the paradoxicalities of aging without yielding to despair. 相似文献
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Authenticity predicts greater presence of meaning in life, in general (between-persons) and in the moment (within-persons). However, little is known about whether authenticity predicts negative aspects of life meaning, such as struggles with ultimate meaning. Across three studies (total N = 719), two of which used daily diaries (daily reports = 1,980), correlations, confirmatory factor analyses, and multilevel path models together showed that higher levels of authenticity related positively to presence of meaning and negatively to struggle with ultimate meaning at the between- and within-person levels. These findings are consistent with humanistic, existential, and positive psychology theories of authenticity and meaning and raise the possibility that increasing authenticity states over time may predict sustained improvement in multiple aspects of meaning. 相似文献
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Ezra E.H. Griffith George E. Mahy John L. Young 《Mental health, religion & culture》2013,16(7):671-683
The Spiritual Baptist faith has been present in the Caribbean from about the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. However, the movement only extended to Barbados in 1957 when a Spiritual Baptist preacher, a Barbadian by birth, returned to his native island from Trinidad, where he had been living for several years. The Reverend Granville Williams established the first Spiritual Baptist Church in Barbados and has continued to oversee the church's development since its inception. This article describes the evolution of the church's status over the past 50 years, as seen by both members and non-members of the group, from a marginalized religious group into a settled and accepted denomination. Explication of this transformation phenomenon is also explored through qualitative interviews with Barbadian clergy non-members of the group. The implications of this transformation for the interplay of religion, mental health, and social services in the Caribbean are then discussed. 相似文献
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John K. Simmons 《Teaching Theology & Religion》2006,9(1):37-43
Abstract. This article revisits the pedagogical dilemma of maintaining neutrality in the religious studies/theology classroom. I argue that if the boundary between teaching about religion and actually teaching spirituality seems to be vanishing, it is because the boundary was inappropriately constructed in the first place. To the extent that the religious concepts, even when compressed into religious studies categories, inherently inspire personal transformation, how can a boundary exist between the ideas students encounter and the power of those ideas to transform? Spiritual guidance emerges naturally in the academic study of religion, and those of us who teach in the field might as well get used to it. In explaining my position, I draw on my experience as a teaching assistant in Professor Walter Capps's course, “Religion and the Impact of the Vietnam War.” I, then, develop a pragmatic teaching strategy, neutral enthusiasm, which preserves the important neutrality of classroom presentation in religious studies courses, yet recognizes the unavoidable evocative power present in the intellectual territory that is religion. Neutral enthusiasm allows the content to do the work. 相似文献
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John Pridmore 《International Journal of Children's Spirituality》2004,9(3):279-291
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825) adopted the pen-name 'Jean Paul' in honour of Jean Jaques Rousseau. His Levana or the doctrine of education (Levana oder Erziehlehre) was once a standard text and required reading in teacher education. Outside Germany the name of Jean Paul is now little known and the seminal educational text for which he was famous is rarely read. This neglect of Jean Paul is undeserved. What Jean Paul owed to Rousseau is apparent, but his work is rich in insight of his own. Three principles undergird Jean Paul's understanding of spiritual education (geistige Erziehung). Jean Paul insisted that spiritual education is essentially counter-cultural, that it is promoted by play and that it is grounded in love. Such education can never be at home in a curriculum which, however lofty are its stated objectives, is ultimately politically controlled. Jean Paul's insistence that play is constitutive of education needs to be heeded in an educational culture in which the playful is always at risk of displacement by what the government of the day deems to be of greater consequence. The heart of Jean Paul's understanding of education can be expressed succinctly, 'We love to teach and we teach to love'. 相似文献
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Anna Polemikou Eirini Zartaloudi Nikitas Polemikos 《Mental health, religion & culture》2019,22(10):1033-1047
ABSTRACTThe Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory 24 (SISRI-24) is widely used to assess spiritual intelligence (SI) in general population samples. The current study explored the Greek version SISRI-24 factor structure in a convenience sample of 1777 adults. A translation of the original scale was performed in different stages, so as to obtain a fully comprehensible and accurate equivalent. Psychometric properties were analyzed at the level of item. The four-factor solution proposed in the original SISRI-24 was not confirmed. Instead, an alternative model, in which the SISRI-24 structure was revised and trimmed to a final three-factor, 17-item short-form version (KAPN), produced an instrument of sound construct validity [fit indices: CFI?=?.92, TLI?=?.91, RMSEA?=?.06, SRMR?=?.06] and robust internal consistency. The results are sufficient for endorsing the suitability of KAPN in Greek speaking populations, and extend cross-cultural support for the SI model. Implications and recommendations for future directions of research are discussed. 相似文献
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Grant R. Bickerton Maureen H. Miner Martin Dowson Barbara Griffin 《Journal of Vocational Behavior》2015
This study tests the job demands–resources model's proposal that the prediction of well-being at work is improved by identifying the most salient cohort-specific resources. Spiritual resources, conceptualized as a subcategory of personal resources, are identified as a salient resource for clergy, and their longitudinal influence on the occupational well-being of clergy (n = 399) is examined in three waves of data collection over an 18-month period. Results supported the antecedent role of spiritual resources in relation to well-being at work. Spiritual resources positively predicted future work engagement, which in turn predicted reduced turnover intention. The negative indirect effect of spiritual resources on turnover intention was fully mediated by work engagement. The findings support the need to identify relevant resources for specific work cohorts. For clergy, spiritual resources are important for motivation and vocational longevity, suggesting the need for spiritual interventions among this at-risk and under-researched population. 相似文献
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Bong-Jae Lee 《Pastoral Psychology》2007,55(6):751-759
Although the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms is well documented, less is known about the role of coping
strategies, in particular strategies for coping via religious or spiritual means. To investigate the relationships among these
factors, data was collected with questionnaires completed by 127 MSW students at a northeastern university in 2003. Significant
Stress×Religious/Spiritual Coping buffer interactions were found in the relationship between stress and depression. EQS 6.1
and hierarchical moderated regression analysis showed that religious/spiritual coping reduced the impact of stress on depression.
Implications for practice are discussed. 相似文献
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Diane J. Chandler 《Pastoral Psychology》2009,58(3):273-287
Pastors risk burnout because of inordinate ministerial demands, which may drain their emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and
physical energy reserves and impair their overall effectiveness. Burnout advances across three dimensions: emotional exhaustion,
depersonalization, and reduced accomplishment. The debilitating effects of pastoral burnout were examined through a survey
of 270 pastors. Relationships between burnout and three potentially preventative or mitigating factors, spiritual renewal,
rest-taking, and support system practices, were explored. The results identified spiritual dryness as the primary predictor
of emotional exhaustion, the stress dimension of burnout. In the published literature, no other work to date has empirically
substantiated a link between pastors’ spirituality and burnout. These findings expand the burnout construct and promote leader
self-care practices that foster resilience, vitality, and well-being. 相似文献
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ABSTRACTThe Czech Republic is one of the most secularised societies, while atheistic and spiritual values are increasingly acknowledged and practiced. This research note has two objectives. First, we provide cultural and societal background of a development of the Spiritual Health Questionnaire. Second, the paper discusses empirical approach to the development of a battery of scales designed to systematically assess spiritual health for future spirituality research aimed at the Czech population and beyond. 相似文献