Helping College Students Find Purpose The Campus Guide to Meaning-Making

Name: Helping College Students Find Purpose The Campus Guide to Meaning-Making
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ISBN: 9780470408148

ISBN-10: 0470408146

ISBN-13: 9780470408148

Edition: 2010

Authors: Robert J. Nash, Michele C. Murray, Sharon Daloz Parks

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More students are demanding that their college experiences address the core questions of meaning and purpose. Helping College Students Find Purpose provides a theory-to-practice model of meaning-making. Through a how-to approach, this resource presents a series of concrete steps for applying the theory and practice of meaning-making to teaching, leading, administering, and advising. This guidebook provides the background knowledge and tools necessary to create a meaningful community by encouraging faculty and administrators to act as mentors to students.

Book details

List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 2/19/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.20" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


About the Authors



Making Meaning in the Quarterlife



Is the Quarterlife Generation Ready for Meaning-Making?



Exploring the Meaning of Meaning: Existentialism and Postmodernism



Finding Meaning in Religion and Spirituality: Why Can't My Faith Be Cool?



Putting Meaning-Making to Work: Tools of the Trade



A Pedagogy of Constructivism: Deep-Meaning Learning



Make Room for Meaning: Practical Advice



The Ethics of Meaning-Making



Meaning Maxims for Both Inside and Outside the Classroom



Our Own Attempts to Make Meaning



Two Personal Reflections for Our Readers


Resources for Meaning-Making Educators



Four Therapeutic Approaches to Meaning-Making



Crossover Pedagogy


References


Index