Death and dying courses have recently experienced very rapid proliferation. Such exuberant growth suggests the value of a pause to examine the strengths and the weaknesses of such courses. Our aim should be to try to minimize weaknesses, and to attempt to consolidate and to develop strengths. ...
This will be a participatory class (despite its size and duration!) in which we closely examine course readings and film screenings, document personal experience, and gather a set of primary and secondary materials for a final creative research project that explores an aspect of death and dying....
Of course, as always, it does not bother to mention that Hitler declared war on the USA and did exactly what Roosevelt wanted him to do, allow the United States to help Great Britain fight its war against the Nazi hoards.The back of the leaflet depicts Allied troops dead in the water ...
What I primarily have in mind are sort of psychological and sociological questions about the nature of death, or the phenomenon of death. So, a class on death might well have a discussion of the process of dying and coming to reconcile yourself with the fact that you're going to die. ...
It is a subject with many interesting facets, one that is important both for children and for adults, and one that attracts attention from a wide variety of audiences. Yet this subject can only be raised in passing in the crowded schedule of a Death and Dying course, though it surely ...