Worldviews, Virtues, and Education

What móre on Meaning-oriented-reflection MORe3.1.2?

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Bildung, educators, learners, personal development, decisions, decolonising, educational design research, ethics, higher education, judgment, meaning-oriented reflection, virtues, worldviews

Abstract

Meaning-oriented Reflection (i.e. ‘MORe3.1.2’) is addressed as modus operandi for reflecting on ethical behaviour. The article connects decolonising the curriculum, worldviews core virtues, educational interventions, while ensuring a safe learning environment. Critical thinking, based on normative rationales, allowing educational design research concepts, is focal. Four alternative interventions, using MORe3.1.2 with admitting decolonised differing descriptions of a bonded network of six core virtues, provide answer. Ideas for further research are suggested.

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Bert Meeuwsen, Guido de Brès Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Creating triangular awareness by 'being inspired' ('inspiration'/'hunge'), 'intuition' ('feeling'/'emotion'), and 'thinking' ('logic'/'ratio'), via ‘becoming aware’, towards: 'wanting' and 'doing'. AKA: ‘MORe3.1.2’. >40 years cross cultural international experience, in a diversity of sectors: profit, non-profit, higher education, applied research, youth work, cure & care, as well as development aid, and military marketing/Information Operations. Literally worked across borders.

All part of actual lecturing and advisory practice —> Principal Lecturer| Reader | Certified Coach | Register Trust Counsellor | Certified Educator.

Operating as: Principal Lecturer - Organisational Sciences, Nyenrode Business University (NED), and Reader - Lectorate Family Businesses (u.d.), Notenboom Business Academy (NED). Besides, adviser to number of national and international family businesses; member board of governors SDG oriented business (NED). While ongoing research, and publishing on: strategic leadership, family businesses, decolonising knowledge, and worldviews' virtues, in a safe higher education learning environment, E.g. 'Bildung'.

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2025-06-27

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Meeuwsen, Bert. 2025. “Worldviews, Virtues, and Education: What móre on Meaning-Oriented-Reflection MORe3.1.2?”. Theology and Philosophy of Education 4 (1):39–48. https://tape.academy/index.php/tape/article/view/62.

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