The essence of being ‘non’: a phenomenological study of leaders’ beliefs within non-formal educational settings

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Tieja
dc.contributor.supervisorCrippen, Carolyn
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-25T14:56:07Z
dc.date.available2010-06-25T14:56:07Z
dc.date.copyright2010en
dc.date.issued2010-06-25T14:56:07Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractDespite non-formal education being introduced into the international discourse on education policy in 1972, there has since been relatively little research devoted to exploring this concept and, in particular, to the experiences of educators who lead non-formal educational processes. This thesis documents a phenomenological inquiry into the educational beliefs held by leaders working in non-formal educational settings within Canada. The purpose of this inquiry was to determine the existence of a shared set of educational beliefs among leaders in non-formal educational settings. The research included an emergent qualitative inquiry design that drew on hermeneutic and phenomenological philosophies as well as critical theory. Research methods involved narrative inquiry, auto-ethnography, and photo-elicitation. Data elicited by this investigation revealed that participants subscribe to a shared set of educational beliefs, the essence of which involves the interaction and interchange between elements of praxis, service, and concern for the develop of whole beings.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/2876
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectnon-formal educationen
dc.subjectleadershipen
dc.subjectbeliefsen
dc.subjectphenomenologyen
dc.subjectnarrative inquiryen
dc.subjectphoto-elicitationen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Educationen
dc.titleThe essence of being ‘non’: a phenomenological study of leaders’ beliefs within non-formal educational settingsen
dc.typeThesisen

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