Hello Jenny and all
Some of you may have already come across this website:
http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html
If not, I can thoroughly recommend it as a source of wonderful poetry and beautiful images. It might be a one place to start some discussions about spirituality.
Warm good wishes
Mary
Research Midwife
Birthplace Study
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Oxford
OX3 7LF
Tel: 01865 289732
http://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/birthplace
>>> Jenny Parratt <[log in to unmask]> 5/18/2010 5:21 am >>>
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
Skype: 'JennyParratt'
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Sent: Sunday, 16 May 2010 4:47 PM
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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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