ETD RECORD
A devoted home teacher :transformative strategies for adult teaching and mentoring of families in their homes
Citation
Calderwood, Zane M.. (2006). A devoted home teacher :transformative strategies for adult teaching and mentoring of families in their homes. Theses and Dissertations Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/etd/items/etd_53.html
- Title:
- A devoted home teacher :transformative strategies for adult teaching and mentoring of families in their homes
- Author:
- Calderwood, Zane M.
- Date:
- 2006
- Keywords:
- Home schooling--Idaho--Case studies Education--Parent participation--Idaho--Case studies
- Program:
- Education
- Abstract:
- The purpose of this interpretive biography was to [examine the transpersonal and transformative nature of devoted home teaching as lived experience], by examining the "life portrait" (Lomask, 1986, p. 1) of James, a home teacher in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.;James is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a priesthood holder, and a home teacher. James as a young man stopped participating in church activities and developed habits that were prohibited by the LDS Church. Smoking was his most serious habit prohibited by the Church that James described as creating feelings of guilt and self-consciousness. When James became a young husband and father of three children, he moved his family into a Southeastern Idaho community. Here James was contacted by Leland, a helpful neighbor, who eventually became his home teacher in their new LDS congregation. James described his lived experience with Leland as one of devoted home teaching. Through Leland's service and mentoring as a devoted home teacher; James started attending church, was welcomed by the local bishop and congregation, stopped smoking, and eventually qualified himself to be found worthy to be sealed to his family in a LDS temple ceremony. Because of the transpersonal and transformative influence Leland had on James, James determined to become a devoted home teacher by serving and mentoring others.;In studying James lived experience with devoted home teacher six patterns of core meanings and experiences emerged: (1) Preparatory Experiences that Facilitated a Response to Devoted Home Teaching; (2) Influence of a Devoted Home Teacher; (3) Supporting Roles of Bishop, Ward, and Family; (4) The Smoking Focus; (5) The Acknowledgement of the Spirit and the Savior; and (6) Attempting to Influence Others. James lived experience with home teaching was viewed through the lens of adult educational theoretical literature of servant leadership, mentoring, and transpersonal and transformative learning. The theoretical literature review, citing Abraham Maslow, Jack Mezirow, Stephen Brookfield, along with others, provides an important background and depth in understanding James' life portrait in this interpretive biography.;Examining James' life portrait with devoted home teaching through this lens can provide insights and lessons learned that can mutually benefit those who wanting to understand devoted home teaching and those who are seeking to increase their understanding of servant leadership, mentoring, and transpersonal and transformative learning in adult education. The insights and lessons learned from James' perspective and the researcher's perspective are applied as implications for practice for the LDS Church and implications for adult education.
- Description:
- Thesis (Ed. D., Education)--University of Idaho, November 9, 2006.
- Major Professor:
- Mark L. McCaslin.
- Defense Date:
- November 9, 2006.
- Type:
- Text
- Format Original:
- ix, 158 leaves ;29 cm.
- Format:
- record
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