Helping College Students Find Purpose: The Campus Guide to Meaning-Making

Foreword vii

Preface xiii

About the Authors xxxi

Part I: Making Meaning in the Quarterlife 1

1. Is the Quarterlife Generation Ready for Meaning-Making? 3

2. Exploring the Meaning of Meaning: Existentialism and Postmodernism 27

3. Finding Meaning in Religion and Spirituality: Why Can’t My Faith Be Cool? 51

Part II: Putting Meaning-Making to Work: Tools of the Trade 85

4. A Pedagogy of Constructivism: Deep-Meaning Learning 87

5. Make Room for Meaning: Practical Advice 127

6. The Ethics of Meaning-Making 161

7. Meaning Maxims for Both Inside and Outside the Classroom 179

Part III: Our Own Attempts to Make Meaning 203

8. Two Personal Reflections for Our Readers 205

Resources for Meaning-Making Educators 237

Resource A: Four Therapeutic Approaches to Meaning-Making 239

Resource B: Crossover Pedagogy 277

References 299

Index 309