Dimensions of Death Education.
According to Corr, Corr and Doka, there are four dimensions of education about
death, dying and bereavement:
Give this one a try later!
1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Behavioural
4. Valuational
Definition of Death Education
Give this one a try later!
, a process whereby each person is helped to develop, from childhood
through maturity and to old age, an acceptance of death as a part of life.
5. Nature of contemporary families
Give this one a try later!
extended families used to live close together and members in the home
were able to provide care to each other when needed. Now there is a
trend towards the nuclear family, mobility of families and scattering in
various regions, and more adult members of family units work outside of
the home environment. Increase in the mobility of families means less
exposure to death because connection to older relatives is less.
Changes in Western Society p.2
Give this one a try later!
Those changes have created a need for formal death education. However,
there are only a few comprehensive courses dealing with death and
bereavement that have been developed at the University level. This course,
Thanatology 1025, is one of these few courses that has been designed to
offer formal death education. This course is presented in the context of a
liberal arts education and as such, focuses on gaining an understanding of,
as well as an ability to think critically and analytically about the topics that
are presented.
4. Valuational
Give this one a try later!
According to Corr, Corr and Doka, there are four dimensions of education about
death, dying and bereavement:
Give this one a try later!
1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Behavioural
4. Valuational
Definition of Death Education
Give this one a try later!
, a process whereby each person is helped to develop, from childhood
through maturity and to old age, an acceptance of death as a part of life.
5. Nature of contemporary families
Give this one a try later!
extended families used to live close together and members in the home
were able to provide care to each other when needed. Now there is a
trend towards the nuclear family, mobility of families and scattering in
various regions, and more adult members of family units work outside of
the home environment. Increase in the mobility of families means less
exposure to death because connection to older relatives is less.
Changes in Western Society p.2
Give this one a try later!
Those changes have created a need for formal death education. However,
there are only a few comprehensive courses dealing with death and
bereavement that have been developed at the University level. This course,
Thanatology 1025, is one of these few courses that has been designed to
offer formal death education. This course is presented in the context of a
liberal arts education and as such, focuses on gaining an understanding of,
as well as an ability to think critically and analytically about the topics that
are presented.
4. Valuational
Give this one a try later!
