"Inhloso Kanye Bizo": Exploring South African University Students' Conceptions and Enactment of Purpose

Autor/in	Mason, Henry D.
Titel	"Inhloso Kanye Bizo": Exploring South African University Students' Conceptions and Enactment of Purpose
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 46 (2017) 3, S.272-282 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mason, Henry D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2017.1345723
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Student Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Spiritual Development; Phenomenology; Ethics; Universities; Moral Development; African Culture; World Views; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; College Freshmen; Role; Gender Differences; Statistical Analysis; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Schülerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Ethik; University; Universität; Moralische Entwicklung; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; World view; Weltanschauung; Ausland; Studienanfänger; Rollen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Statistische Analyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article reports a qualitative study that explored South African conceptions and enactment of life purpose. Data collected using semi-structured interviews with 25 first-year university students (female = 56%, age range = 18-25) offer a unique insight into African young adults' conceptions of life purpose. From a phenomenological analysis emerged interconnected themes that show these participants' thoughts about purpose reflect an African worldview: a purposeful life involves ethical living in the present that contributes to one's family's and community's collective future not just one's own individualistic needs; and purpose is a spiritual endeavor connecting a person to God that lives with and among people. Although these college students gave conceptions of purpose, most had not manifested those purposes into action. Educational implications focus on how universities may have an opportunity to help students find venues to engage their purposes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01