Oh, lovely. What a great start. I wonder if they know what this really means?

Kathleen Fahy
Professor of Midwifery
School Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health
The University of Newcastle
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>>> Jenny Parratt <[log in to unmask]> 18/05/10 02:21 pm >>>
Hello Sarah and all,

 I have no experience with actually teaching spirituality to undergraduates.
However, I am aware that for a person to effectively respect another
person's spirituality they must have some awareness/respect of their own. I
would suggest the way to create reverence and beauty online would be in the
words you use to help the students think about and possibly discuss those
times when they feel most moved by life... seeing a sunset, the smell of
fresh cut grass, the experience of a first kiss,  the sensation of falling
in love, being at the birth of a child...  I would suggest they discuss how
they felt emotionally and physically at such moments, and how such moments
have brought meaning to their own lives. 

That could be a way to set the scene

Best wishes, Jenny 

 

Jenny Parratt  PhD
Midwife, Conjoint Senior Lecturer

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health
The University of Newcastle, NSW
P.O. Mandurang Vic 3551 Australia
0409 393073

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From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research.
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Subject: Teaching spirituality to midwifery students....online

 

Hello everyone

I know this isn't strictly a research question, but I know  lot of educators
are on this discussion list so I hope you don't mind me asking this
question.

I have been given the brief of developing an online module on spirituality
for undergraduate midwifery students. I am not really sure how to go about
it in the online asynchronous/synchronous environment. I wondered if anyone
had suggestions or advice about how I could approach this. I want to create
the same sense of reverence and beauty online as I would  (hopefully) in the
F2F setting.

best wishes, Sarah

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