The Emergence of the Strengths Philosophy and Its Movement into Christian Higher Education: A Historiography

Autor/in	Jones, Jeffrey A.
Titel	The Emergence of the Strengths Philosophy and Its Movement into Christian Higher Education: A Historiography
Quelle	(2013), (143 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Azusa Pacific University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3036-3673-8
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Historiography; Educational Philosophy; Christianity; Higher Education; Social Action; Church Related Colleges; Role; Organizational Culture; Beliefs; Values; Educational History; Institutional Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Geschichtsschreibung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Christentum; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziales Handeln; Kirchliche Hochschule; Rollen; Unternehmenskultur; Belief; Glaube; Wertbegriff; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Kalifornien
Abstract	This historical narrative analysis traces the emergence of the strengths philosophy and its movement into Christian higher education using data collected between 2009 and 2010. Beginning with a focus on Don Clifton, Lee Noel, and Edward "Chip" Anderson, a theoretical model from social movement literature is used to construct the narrative around the emergence, institutionalization, and diffusion stages of the strengths philosophy into Christian higher education. The emergence considers the individual and collective impact of Clifton, Noel, and Anderson on the strengths philosophy as well as the organizational resources brought to assist in the emergence process. The process leading up to the creation of the StrengthsFinder instrument in the institutionalization stage commoditized the strengths philosophy and distributed the tool to over 8,000,000 individuals, and 1,000,000 educational consumers. This online distribution led to the next phase of diffusion, where the model characterizes the stage with a loss of control and the collective identity moving into the public domain, where factionalism is common. Within the Christian higher education context, a separate narrative is formed in parallel with the larger narrative previously described. In this narrative, the emergence revolves around Anderson and his work to theologically reconcile the strengths philosophy to the Christian higher education environment. Taking advantage of existing networks, the institutionalization phase considers the use of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities as a potential source of alignment with the strengths philosophy. The diffusion phase in this narrative emphasizes the role of the Noel Academy at Azusa Pacific University and a shift from the StrengthsFinder tool to the broader strengths philosophy that predates the StrengthsFinder instrument. The analysis of the narrative includes a reexamination of the emergence, institutionalization, and diffusion stage as well as Schein's theoretical model of organizational culture of espoused beliefs and values, artifacts, and basic underlying assumptions. From this analysis, additional meaning is made from the historical narrative. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01