The Story of Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts: Vision, Theory, Method
Project Demonstrating Excellence/ Dissertation
Submitted to the Faculty and Deans of Union Institute and University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
With a concentration in Arts and Sciences
Specialization in Interdisciplinary Arts
Submitted by David Sheridan Spangler
Committee
Sherry Penn, Ph.D., Core Professor
Laurence J. Ryan, Ph.D., Second Core Professor
Robert Richard Pevitts, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Norman J. Fedder, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
Gary Diomandes, Ph.D., Peer
Brenda Harris, M.S., ED., Peer
Contents
PART 1: WHAT IS LOVEWELL? (ORIENTATION, FOUNDATIONS, AND CONTENT)
- Abstract
- Dedication
- Acknowledgement
Chapter 2: Review of the Literature
Chapter 4: Developmental Foundations
Chapter 5: Academic Foundations
Chapter 6: Professional Foundations
Chapter 7: Social and Organizational Foundations
Chapter 9: The Learning Meditations
Chapter 10: Core Elements of the Lovewell Method
Chapter 11: Other Perspectives on the Lovewell Method
PART 2: HOW DOES LOVEWELL AFFECT ITS CONSTITUENTS? (FORM AND EVALUATION)
Chapter 12: The Likert Survey and Other Assessments
PART 3: WHAT IS LOVEWELL’S POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH AND WHAT NEW RELEVANT THEORIES CAN BE DERIVED FROM THIS RESEARCH? SIGNIFICANCE)
Chapter 13: Limitations, Recommendations, and Conclusions
APPENDICES
A Likert Survey Questionnaire
B Balancing the Arts (Illustration)
C Combined Statistical Data (Likert Survey Analysis)
D “Your Rights as a Participant” Form
E Informed Consent Form
F Permission to be Referenced in Dissertation Form
G Interdisciplinary Arts (Diagram)
H Lovewell Study Statistical Analysis