Quiet Prayers: Talismans, Contemplation and the Quest for Peace
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2010-04-14T17:45:57Z
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Dean-Moore, Stephanie
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This project explores the need for one teacher to deal with the emotional stresses she
is experiencing within the classroom. It examines the effects of having students in
crisis in the classroom, and how difficult it is as a teacher to bear witness to their
problems. It takes a brief glance at the issues of compassion fatigue and burnout in the
teaching profession. It explores how spirituality may play an important role within a
caring classroom, and follows one teacher's quest to make a deeper, more spiritual
connection between her "difficult" students and herself.
Part of this project involves the process of acknowledging, facing and dealing with
such issues. Research methods include ScholARTistry, Narrative Inquiry and Art
making. This thesis is an artistic foray into how art making can be both a meditative and
healing process, and seeks to find through art making coping strategies that can be used
for teachers.
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Education -- Aims and objectives , Teachers of problem children -- Psychology , Teachers -- Job stress , Spirituality -- Study and teaching