Loving Instruction: Bacckground and Requirements wtih Meta-Synthesis Approach

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to analyze the concept of instruction as love with Meta-synthesis approach. This qualitative research was performed using six-step method of Sandloski and Barroso (2007) and the result was the extraction of 18 themes affecting the definition of instrucction as love and categorizing these factors into five main themes: Objectives (creating a loving attitude, loving action, transformation in educational experiences, and balancing students 'abilities and challenges). Approaches (teacher's heartfelt belief in love, positive thinking, value management and conscience), Requirements (teacher's inner peace and rich teaching culture). Teachers' competencies (power of love, motivation, motivation recognizing love and understanding the feelings and emotions of students); and the Role of the learner (responsible for learning, persistence in learning, receptive to love and critical perspective). The present study, by analyzing the concept of instruction as love, showed the effective and complementary relationship between love and reason in teaching, learning and education.

Keywords

• : teaching
• love
• training
• learning
• meta-synthesis