Theory and experience of relationships from a phenomenological perspective
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Carolyn Marie Steele (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- David E. Purpel
Abstract: This dissertation focuses on selected educational theories of relationships and personal experiences from a phenomenological research methodology. It assumes that we undergo a dialectic between theory and practice of relationships where we modify or reconstruct one on the basis of the other. Acting as a structuring device for interpreting our experiences, theory gives us explanations for why we engage in encounters with others, nature, and possibly a spiritual Being. Chapter one critically examines pertinent educational theories, particulary Martin Buber, Paulo Freire, and Sharon Welch. Each theorists gives a somewhat different dimension for interpreting our relationships. Buber adds basic ground work for comparing some types of relationships—I-It, IThou, and I-Eternal Thou—while Freire contributes a political perspective of oppressed and oppressor individuals. Welch, additionally, supplies a female perspective on the praxis of relationships, the union of theory and practice supplemented by critical reflection.
Theory and experience of relationships from a phenomenological perspective
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1989
- Subjects
- Interpersonal relations
- Education $x Philosophy
- Self-perception