RT Article
T1 Teaching for the recovery of meaning: An imagination-centered pedagogical approach for today's college students
JF Teaching theology and religion
VO 20
IS 4
SP 327
OP 339
A1 Manning, Patrick R.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1566518938
AB In the face of a mounting mental health crisis among college students, professors have an opportunity and responsibility to respond to their students' psychological distress. Psychological and historical scholarship suggests that the proliferation of modern media and breakdown in traditional sources of existential meaning like religion are significant factors in young adults' declining mental health. In response to this crisis, this article examines the crucial role of the imagination in constructing meaning and proposes an imagination-centered pedagogical process by means of which teachers can assist students in recovering meaning and integration in their lives.
K1 Cognition
K1 Imagination
K1 Integration
K1 Meaning
K1 Mental Health
K1 Pedagogy
DO 10.1111/teth.12403