Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:38:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Beatriz da Silva Mattos.pdf: 5918577 bytes, checksum: b9e04c238ba5875d5e4732554094764e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-07 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This dissertation s goal is the one of understanding spirituality s conception in the emerging approach of Psycosynthesis proposed by Roberto Assagioli. It has an interpretative theoretical study character and it began with a compilation of the author s piece, followed by a analysis throughout fifteen elements that characterize the concept of spirituality were identified. They refer to the individual s sense of identity; the existence of a spiritual dimension which transcends the psychological one and has specific characteristics; what allows the human being to reflect on its acts, acknowledge itself as integrating and indissoluble part of the universe and living identified with higher, ethics and spiritual values; the religious experiences, the states of consciousness and the functions and activities regarding above the average values; free will; the meaning and purpose of universal life. Such features point that the concept presented by the author, although broad, is well delimited / O objetivo desta dissertação é compreender a concepção de espiritualidade na abordagem emergente da Psicossíntese proposta por Roberto Assagioli. Trata-se de um estudo teórico interpretativo que se iniciou por uma compilação da obra do autor seguida por uma análise que possibilitou levantar quinze elementos que caracterizam o conceito de espiritualidade. Eles referem-se ao sentido de identidade do indivíduo; à existência de uma dimensão espiritual que transcende a psicológica e tem características específicas; ao que permite ao ser humano refletir sobre seus atos, reconhecer-se como parte integrante e indissolúvel do universo e viver identificado com valores superiores, éticos e espirituais; às experiências religiosas, aos estados de consciência e às funções e atividades que dizem respeito aos valores superiores à média; ao livre arbítrio; ao significado e à finalidade da vida universal. Tais características mostram que o conceito apresentado pelo autor, embora amplo, é bem delimitado

Such personality idiosyncrasies of creative persons as a preference for disorder and complexity rather than neatness and simplicity may erroneously have earned them the nomenclature of maladjusted, emotionally unstable and eccentric. This field study explores the conventional approach to the evaluation of creative behaviour and suggests that there is an urgent need to revolutionise our acceptance and encouragement of such behaviour in an integrated social and educational sense. Chapter 1 reviews various definitions of creativity and in particular the sociological discrimination against creativity in contemporary society. The notion of the relativity of the predominant social, educational and psychological research perspective is raised. The confusion in meaning which the terms &quotegiftedness&quote, &quotegenius&quote and &quotecreativity&quote evoke in the context of classical research efforts is discussed in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 reviews traditional psychoanalytic, psychiatric and psychometric research into creativity. Orthodox methodology which fragments the total human individual, is seen as detrimental to understanding, accepting and facilitating research into creativity. It has only been where total personality has been considered, that research has proved meaningful. Chapter 4 attempts to correlate the theoretical viewpoints of various authors on creativity, in particular Jung, Barron, Maslow, Assagioli and Hudson. The empirical chapter 5 is divided into four sections. Section I explores teacher attitudes towards creative personality characteristics using Torrance's Ideal Pupil Checklist. The results of the sample of A.C.T. teachers surveyed,correspond closely with those found by Torrance in five other countries, although creativity is markedly less encouraged in Australia than in the United States. Section II explores the attitudes of a sample of Year 10 A.C.T. high school students towards creative personality characteristics. Results show an alarmingly low correlation with expert rankings. Section III compares the teachers' and students' responses on the checklist and finds interesting discrepancies. Section IV is concerned with identifying &quotecreativity&quote in students using a number of instruments, in particular the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator. Additionally, results on this instrument are compared with WL/WQ results and career preferences, where few trends emerged. Chapter 6 restates the necessity of adopting a total personality perspective when considering creativity. The &quotepsychosynthesis&quote model is suggested as fundamentalising and facilitating creative growth personally, educationally and socially. Futuristic aspects of evolution and creativity are raised. Wholeness as opposed to separatism and synthesis as opposed to fragmentation are considered paramount contemporary psychological issues, as exemplified by the &quotesoul searching&quote associated with the drug culture. The need to achieve growth and balance between the different, diverse and complementary, aspects of the psyche, both in individuals and in society is seen as being paramount and of increasing sociological relevance.

This study examines how adult education can facilitate learning towards the full realization of human potential. It synthesizes two theories of human development, and applies this to the practice of community-based adult education carried out by trained facilitators who do not have formal degrees in the field of mental health. The first part of the methodology used modified analytic induction to carry out a synthesis between the works of William Hatcher (1935-2005) and Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974). The second part of the methodology works with the goals, principles, and practices which emerged from the "lens" provided by this synthesis, and applies these to an analysis of the Integrated and Systemic Community Therapy (CT) approach to community-based adult education, in Brazil. The impetus for this study was a desire to move beyond limitations of the humanistic orientation in adult education towards a more holistic theory, which draws on and combines both scientific and spiritual views of human reality. The study theorizes that learning which supports the full realization of human nature should actively seek to a) foster a person's ability to take action in the `outer world' of human social relations (interpersonal dimension) while b) aligning one's `inner world' (intrapersonal dimension) with an emerging implicate order, which is the origin of the structure of reality. Based on its relevance to the expanding Community Therapy approach, the conclusion of the study is that the "lens" of a Hatcher-Assagioli synthesis deserves to be applied and explored further.

The intention behind this research was to reveal through two interpretive, inter-related studies the perceived needs of differently-labelled youth, collectively addressed in this thesis as ‘the New Generations’, exploring potentially viable ways of working with them in education. The first study focused on youth labelled Indigos, and the second study focused on exploring a possible way of working with the New Generations according to experienced teachers. Both studies drew on lived experience and opinions of educators who have acquired extensive experience respectively with the Indigo phenomenon and with the psychosynthetic educational model. The first study’s results revealed not only Indigos’ self-actualising and self-transcending characteristics and needs, but also indicated that holistic approaches to education appeared to have been successful with them. A further analysis of characteristics observed by special education experts indicated that differently-labelled youth also appear to be motivated by self-actualising and self-transcending tendencies, which highlighted the relevance of investigating holistic models for potential integration in mainstream education. Psychosynthesis was chosen for investigation in the second study, in that besides addressing self-actualising/transcending needs, it also integrates them within the psyche. The study explored how recent psychosynthesis-based educational projects might inform, and contribute to, holistic and mainstream education. Some innovative potential contributions to both holistic and mainstream education were found. Recent research on current tendencies, educational futures and global trends affecting a changing world would appear to emphasise the relevance of the contributions offered by the psychosynthesis model, hence to suggest the potential appropriateness of their fuller integration in mainstream education. However, an examination of study results and of the relevant literature on practices seems to indicate a tendency to transmit knowledge from past to future generations, irrespective of possibly changed needs, in both mainstream and holistic education. It is suggested that this potentially biased way of educating youth might need to be addressed on both fronts.