Pastoral participation in a school context: transforming trauma

• Main Author: Geldenhuys, Marina, M.Th.
• Other Authors: Dreyer, J. S.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Alternative and richer descriptions; Hope and meaning; Social construction; Externalization; Ethical; Deconstructive conversations; Contextual theology; Narrative- and appreciative inquiry approach; 259.0883711; Narrative therapy; Teachers > Pastoral counseling of; Educational change > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Online Access: Geldenhuys, Marina, M.Th. (2009) Pastoral participation in school context: transforming trauma, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1595>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1595

The research started in a school context where the teachers were severely affected by the changes in and closing of their school. In my qualitatively based research project, I embarked with the research participants on a pastoral, narrative- and appreciative inquiry approach which assist the teachers to deal more efficiently with the effects of the changes they experienced. By sharing and reflecting on their stories, a climate that's conducive to their well-being was constructed. I describe how my participatory action research invited the teachers to be active research participants, who are responsible for their own construction of richer or alternative meanings in their lives. === Practical theology === M. Th. (Pastoral Therapy)