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Development: Development: Looking Back, Looking Back,

Looking Looking ForwardForward

Fall 2009 review of (co-curricular) religious Fall 2009 review of (co-curricular) religious life and programming at UIndylife and programming at UIndy

Dan StokerDan StokerNov. 18, 2009Nov. 18, 2009

Session OutlineSession Outline

Student Development Theory: A Thumbnail Student Development Theory: A Thumbnail SketchSketch

UIndy student discussionUIndy student discussion

EIP Co-Curricular Activities discussionEIP Co-Curricular Activities discussion

Student Development Student Development TheoryTheory

Psycho-Social modelsPsycho-Social models EriksonErikson Chickering & ReisserChickering & Reisser Identity Development modelsIdentity Development models

Cognitive modelsCognitive models PiagetPiaget PerryPerry KohlbergKohlberg GilliganGilligan Faith & SpiritualityFaith & Spirituality

FowlerFowler ParksParks

Chickering & ReisserChickering & Reisser

1.1. Achieving competenceAchieving competence

2.2. Managing emotionsManaging emotions

3.3. Moving through autonomy toward Moving through autonomy toward interdependenceinterdependence

4.4. Developing mature interpersonal Developing mature interpersonal relationshipsrelationships

5.5. Establishing identityEstablishing identity

6.6. Developing purposeDeveloping purpose

7.7. Developing integrityDeveloping integrity

Faith & Spiritual Faith & Spiritual DevelopmentDevelopment

FowlerFowler Meaning making as a spiritual & cognitive Meaning making as a spiritual & cognitive

processprocess Hierarchical stagesHierarchical stages

ParksParks Stages of faith development influenced by Stages of faith development influenced by

forms of knowing, dependence, and forms of knowing, dependence, and communitycommunity

““Adolescent or Conventional”, “Young Adult”, Adolescent or Conventional”, “Young Adult”, “Test Adult”, and “Mature Adult”“Test Adult”, and “Mature Adult”

Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students (Vol. 2). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

UIndy StudentsUIndy Students

How are we, as a campus, fostering individual How are we, as a campus, fostering individual spiritual development? spiritual development?

How are our students developing (exploring) How are our students developing (exploring) a greater understanding of their own faith?a greater understanding of their own faith? How is this being demonstrated or practiced?How is this being demonstrated or practiced?

Student Organizations?Student Organizations? Lantz Center for Christian VocationsLantz Center for Christian Vocations

How are our students engaging in interfaith How are our students engaging in interfaith understanding and/or dialogue?understanding and/or dialogue?

EIP Co-Curricular EIP Co-Curricular ActivitiesActivities

• Are the programs or services affecting a broad Are the programs or services affecting a broad spectrum of students, although available to all, spectrum of students, although available to all, or are they focused primarily for a core group?or are they focused primarily for a core group?