A FRAMEWORK FOR CULTIVATING PURPOSE AS A PEDAGOGY OF CARE
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Feb 9, 2022
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Life Purpose, Wellness, Humanizing Approaches, Care, Meaning, Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
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The goal of this paper was to instigate a discussion on cultivating students’ sense of purpose as a critical humanizing practice that educators must strive to achieve. In this brief provocation, we presented a framework for cultivating purpose as a pedagogy of care that included five pedagogical processes: exploration, engagement, reflection, articulation, and actualization. We also outlined specific learning activities that educators can implement within technology-driven classrooms. In future, more studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed pedagogical processes in strengthening students’ wellness, academic, and career outcomes in the context of their life’s purpose.
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Marcia, J. E. (1966). Development and validation of ego-identity status. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3(5), 551–558. doi: 10.1037/h0023281
Maxwell, J. C. (2007). The 21 indispensable qualities of a leader: Becoming the person others will want to follow. Nashville, TN, US: HarperCollins Leadership.
Myers, J. E., Sweeney, T. J., & Witmer, J. M. (2000). The wheel of wellness counseling for wellness: A holistic model for treatment planning. Journal of Counseling & Development, 78(3), 251–266. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2000.tb01906.x
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Sharma, G., & Yukhymenko-Lescroart, M. A. (2018). The relationship between college students’ sense of purpose and degree commitment. Journal of College Student and Development, 59(4), 486-491. doi: 10.1353/csd.2018.0045
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Yukhymenko-Lescroart, M.A. & Sharma, G. (2020). Examining the factor structure of the revised Sense of Purpose Scale (SOPS-2) with adults. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15, 1203-1222. doi: 10.1007/s11482-019-09729-w
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