Facilitating spiritual intelligence in South African secondary school learners
This article was motivated by concern for the challenges - on a spiritual level -that secondary school learners in South Africa facein the context of moral decay. It therefore aims to develop educational strategies that Life Orientation teachers in particular can use to facilitate spiritual intellig...
| Authors: | ; |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
South African Publ.
2015
|
| In: |
Koers
Year: 2015, Volume: 80, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-8 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCB Personal ethics ZF Education |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | This article was motivated by concern for the challenges - on a spiritual level -that secondary school learners in South Africa facein the context of moral decay. It therefore aims to develop educational strategies that Life Orientation teachers in particular can use to facilitate spiritual intelligence (SQ) in learners,especially when religious and cultural diversity in schools is considered. To this end, a programme to develop SQ was designed based on a literature review, andthen implemented within the framework of socio-constructivism. Purposive sampling was employed to select 10 Grade 11 learners in a secondary school in Pretoria. The programme was implemented with the learners in seven contact sessions over a period of three months.To evaluate the programme, a qualitative case study design was employed. Continuous evaluation during implementation was by means of learner reflective activities, informal conversation interviews, focus groups, semi-structured interviews, observations and a researcher self-reflective journal. The findings of this exploratory study revealed that certain content and educational strategies can facilitate SQ in secondary school learners. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2304-8557 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Koers
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.19108/KOERS.80.2.2228 |