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Impact of “Ways of Knowing” on Loss and Disorienting Dilemmas
Type of Presentation
Workshop
Session Abstract
Does “way of knowing” impact how we learn and understand? This workshop examines various “ways of knowing” through the lenses of individuals who have experienced loss and disorienting dilemmas.
Target Audience
This session welcomes everyone who has ever thought about “way of knowing” and the developmental process we experience as we transform after the loss of a loved one; a career; a way of life; the experience of a catastrophic event; or even the loss of physical attributes. By looking through various lenses, we will gain a deeper understanding of the developmental process from one “way of knowing” to another. This session welcomes those who have experienced extreme loss with the hopes that they may feel comfortable to share their experiences in an open and safe learning environment.
Learning Outcomes
Learners will leave this session understanding different approaches to “ways of knowing” as seen through the lenses of those who have experienced extreme loss. Learners will be provided research related to the impact of self-efficacy, coping mechanism, spirituality, and findings that may impact the learners the adult educators work with.
Session Description
Learners are actually unaware of the impact of their personal loss and catastrophic events until the damage has rippled throughout their lives. Educators that are not sensitive to how these events can alter someones approach to their learning or how they behave in group settings may misinterpret what they see occurring in their learner's lives as being inattentive or disrespectful or a demonstration of lack of interest or caring. By becoming more sensitive to the impact of these events in a person's life, the learner and the educator may alter their perspective in how to cope and transform these disorienting dilemmas. The adult educator may help the learner to develop his or her own tools for survival that may have applicability beyond the learning environment.
Efforts are made to try to schedule sessions on the day preferred by the Primary Presenter, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please check your preference.
Thursday November 7
Primary Presenter
Fran G Kamin, MEd, Florida Atlantic University
Work Title
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Dr. Valerie Bryan, Florida Atlantic University
Work Title
Charles Stewart Mott Eminent Scholar of Community Education,Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Ed Leadership & Research Methodology's Adult and Community Education