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To What Effect Can Black Theology and Critical Spirituality Break the Chains of Oppression Within the Dropout Recovery School Setting

Floyd, Shane Kevin

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the lives of two African American males at a dropout recovery school in the Midwest. The case study centered on three theoretical constructs which were emotional intelligence, black theology, and critical spirituality. Emotional Intelligence is a new concept which is related to the ability to understand one’s own feelings and behavior as the capacity to sense the feelings and needs of others and utilize this information in a way that enhances interpersonal relationships. The study also examined black theology which provided a historical view on oppression which took place in the African American community. Critical Spirituality served as a basis for administrative leadership where it sought to raise the consciousness of the administrator coupled with black theology, promoting an atmosphere of transformation in the dropout recovery school setting. Black Theology and critical spirituality were not designed to introduce the participant to religious indoctrination; however, it aspired to bring participants into a heightened awareness of the knowledge of self. Subjects participated in an emotional intelligence based training program designed to develop skills in anger management. Subjects were referred to as John and Mark Doe. The school’s principal engaged in critical spirituality through an interview process in order to identify a raised level of awareness. Following the training sessions, the researcher included the process of triangulation in the study. Specifically, the school’s principal was engaged in critical spirituality through an interview process. As a result of the study, there were some evident occurrences of raised consciousness on behalf of the participants by way of participating in the emotional intelligence and black theology training. Interviews were critical to the study as the researcher was able to identify a greater sense of self on behalf of the subjects. However, it was determined that there was a need to expand the study to include more research subjects.
Michael Dantley, Ed.D. (Committee Chair)
Raymond Terrell, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ellen Bueschel, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Paula Saine, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
136 p.

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  • Floyd, S. K. (2009). To What Effect Can Black Theology and Critical Spirituality Break the Chains of Oppression Within the Dropout Recovery School Setting [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1260913389

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Floyd, Shane. To What Effect Can Black Theology and Critical Spirituality Break the Chains of Oppression Within the Dropout Recovery School Setting. 2009. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1260913389.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Floyd, Shane. "To What Effect Can Black Theology and Critical Spirituality Break the Chains of Oppression Within the Dropout Recovery School Setting." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1260913389

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)