"Why Do I Have to Take This Course?": How Academic Advisers Can Help Students Find Personal Meaning and Purpose in General Education

Autor/inn/en	Kirk-Kuwaye, Michael; Sano-Franchini, Dominic
Titel	"Why Do I Have to Take This Course?": How Academic Advisers Can Help Students Find Personal Meaning and Purpose in General Education
Quelle	In: Journal of General Education, 64 (2015) 2, S.99-105 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-3667
DOI	10.1353/jge.2015.0008
Schlagwörter	Academic Advising; Faculty Advisers; General Education; Learner Engagement; Student Needs; Religious Factors; Interdisciplinary Approach; Values; Aspiration; Goal Orientation; Beliefs; Student Experience; College Students; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademischer Rat; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Wertbegriff; Streben; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Belief; Glaube; Studienerfahrung; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	For a variety of reasons, student engagement in general education continues to be a challenge. Perhaps one way to increase engagement is to connect general education with a deep student need: finding meaning and purpose in their lives or exploring what some have called "big questions." Recent scholarship has defined these clusters of meaning and purpose needs as "spirituality." General education can address these larger questions not only through "culture and belief" types of courses but also by having students study the world through multiple disciplines and perspectives. Academic advisers, who regularly talk with students about their values and goals and advise them on the entire curriculum, are in a prime position to help students make personal connections between their search for meaning and purpose and general education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01