Date of Award

1-1-2016

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Organizational Unit

Morgridge College of Education, Teaching and Learning Sciences, Curriculum and Instruction

First Advisor

Bruce Uhrmacher, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Paul Michalec

Third Advisor

Nicholas Cutforth

Fourth Advisor

Sarah Pessin

Keywords

Ikeda, Philosophically inspired schools, School authenticity, Soka, Steiner, Waldorf

Abstract

This study explores school authenticity (SA) by conducting research at three philosophically inspired schools. The study investigates consciousness to identity, integrity to that identity, and ascertains characteristics of authenticity across settings through an investigation of the school's congruence between the philosophy and the school ecology. Two frameworks are utilized to explore school congruence. The first framework addresses establishment of identity--the school's attention to and congruence between the philosophy and their identified core educational principles. The second investigates integrity by exploring adherence to identity--in other words, the school's attention to and congruence between educational principles and the school ecology. I explore SA through observation, interviews, and document review, utilizing educational connoisseurship and criticism as the qualitative method.

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Melanie Reiser

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

369 p.

Discipline

Education, Educational Philosophy

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