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A THINKING WOMAN'S DEFINITION OF MEANINGFUL WORK

A Synthesis Project Presented

by

MONA E. LIBLANC

Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

MASTER OF ARTS

December 1998

Critical and Creative Thinking Program

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c. 1998 by Mona E. Liblanc
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A THINKING WOMAN'S DEFINITION OF MEANINGFUL WORK

A Synthesis Project Presented

by

MONA E. LIBLANC

Approved as to style and content by:

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Delores Gallo, Associate Professor
Chairperson of Committee

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Arthur Millman, Associate Professor
Member

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Peter Taylor, Coordinator
Critical and Creative Thinking Program

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ABSTRACT

A THINKING WOMAN'S DEFINITION OF MEANINGFUL WORK

December 1998

Mona E. Liblanc, B.A., Mount Holyoke College
M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Directed by Associate Professor Delores Gallo

The Critical and Creative Thinking Graduate Program is a "community of inquiry" (Lipman 1991, 3) that fosters opportunities for "transformative events" (Bepko and Krestan 1993, 196) which have been catalysts for my epistemological evolution.  I entered the program seeking insight into the causes or reasons for my dissatisfaction with my professional work choices.  My work in this program provided the structure necessary to identify the characteristics of meaningful work and the vital role it plays in my self-actualization process.  By providing learning opportunities which trigger "transformative events" (Bepko and Krestan 1993, 196), the Program has changed the way I see and value my thinking skills and their use in the workplace.
This paper chronicles three key events that triggered transformative insights and new ways of seeing myself.  It describes the process by which the program integrates Matthew Lipman's (1991) reflective model of education; fostering opportunities for transforming events to occur.  The transformative nature of these events is described and the shifts in my meaning making processes are analyzed using the epistemological framework developed by Mary Field Belenky and her colleagues (1986).  By helping me to discover and acknowledge my skill (and the ever‑present desire for further development) as a "higher-order" (Lipman, 3) thinker, my experiences in this program were the catalyst for exposing my need for and clarifying my definition of personally meaningful work.  It is with such clarity that I have secured a new position that demands professional integrity, rewards creative collaboration, and allows me to facilitate others' learning to improve their work lives.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter	Page
1.INTRODUCTION	1
2.CONCEPTS AND THEORIES	6
Choice Points and Transformations	6
Reflective Education & Community of Inquiry	8
Women's Ways of Knowing	12
Summation	19
3.TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES AND NEW MEANING MAKING	20
Background	20
Event #1 - Creativity is Forever	21
Event #2 - A Sense of Agency	26
Event #3 - Community of Inquiry & Higher-Order Thinking	30
Summation	35
4.CONCLUSION: FINDING PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL WORK	36
Aspects of Personally Meaningful Work	37
Final Reflections - A New Position	41
BIBLIOGRAPHY	44

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

[It was] an experience in which the world split[s] open and life [wa]s irrevocably changed.  (Bepko and Krestan 1993, 195)

I have been on a quest in search of the purpose of my life for the past fifteen years.  My desire to make a positive contribution to society and my love of learning have motivated me to make my living in public service organizations and to pursue course work in a variety of domains.  Balancing the need to survive with my longing for intellectual stimulation, I have wandered from work place to classroom, searching for the right place to be.  My search eventually led me to a non-traditional learning environment where I could expand my thinking skills and address my philosophical issues with new insight....

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Belenky, Mary Field, Blythe McVicker Clinchy, Nancy Rule Goldberger, and Jill Mattuck Tarule.  1986.  Women's Ways of Knowing.  New York:  BasicBooks.

Bepko, Claudia and Jo‑Ann Krestan.  1993.  Singing at the Top of Our Lungs.  New York:  Harper Collins Publishers.

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