Meaning Making and Mortality
Location
Guzman 110
Start Date
4-19-2018 5:00 PM
End Date
4-19-2018 5:15 PM
Student Type
Graduate
Faculty Mentor(s)
Jennifer Lucko, Ph.D.
Presentation Format
Oral Presentation
Abstract/Description
This project explored how dialogical processing of the fact of one’s own impending death impacts meaning-making in day-to-day life. Taking a qualitative approach, the thesis builds from five in-depth interviews and follow-up surveys with students in higher education. In reviewing the role of death education in public school settings, the study concludes that an emphasis on love of learning and creative thinking is the most effective way for educators to support students in building appropriate skill sets to create meaning in their lives, as well as in the face of their eventual mortality.
Meaning Making and Mortality
Guzman 110
This project explored how dialogical processing of the fact of one’s own impending death impacts meaning-making in day-to-day life. Taking a qualitative approach, the thesis builds from five in-depth interviews and follow-up surveys with students in higher education. In reviewing the role of death education in public school settings, the study concludes that an emphasis on love of learning and creative thinking is the most effective way for educators to support students in building appropriate skill sets to create meaning in their lives, as well as in the face of their eventual mortality.