As indicated by its title, this thesis dialogues with several threads of both Catholic Social Teaching and the educational studies literature to articulate an imperative for promoting integral human development. Specifically, it engages the problem for educational praxis of how integral human development can be contextually grounded, in accord with a transformative learning ethos, within what is named as the Treaty Six context of responsibilities. As part of its articulation of the aforementioned imperative, this project addresses the question of how integral human development can be incarnated through and in the author’s most immediate professional context of teaching and educational leadership, namely, that of St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan and, particularly, of being, at time of writing, Co-Director of the Irene and Doug Schmeiser Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace, and Justice at the college. In the process, this thesis unfolds two relevant examples for that work: (1) the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development at the Vatican, which is an aligned but much grander example; and (2) the Transformative Learning Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, which is more of a peer example. Through a presentation of primary sources and representative literature, the present thesis surveys discourses surrounding transformative learning as connected to the contributions of Edmund O’Sullivan, Catholic Social Teaching, human rights education, learning for sustainability, and peace pedagogies. The results of this critical conversation are applied to inform, solidify, and support the current and potential work of the Schmeiser Centre, inclusive of policy development, largely as it stood in December 2022 when its vision and mission were being formalized.
Date of Award | 4 Dec 2023 |
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Original language | English |
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Awarding Institution | - Department of Education
- University of Bath
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Supervisor | Jim Hordern (Supervisor) & Simon Hayhoe (Supervisor) |
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Considerations for transformative educational praxis promoting integral human development: Catholic Social Teaching, human rights education, learning for sustainability, peace pedagogies, and the Treaty Six context of responsibilities in critical conversation
Hrynkow, C. (Author). 4 Dec 2023
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)