How Do School Principals Perceive Education that Includes Death? A Phenomenological Study

An education that includes death is lacking in schools, even during this period of the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus. The objective of this study was to attain an exploratory understanding of the school principals' views on death education. The study, undertaken in Spain, adopted a phen...

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Published in:Leadership and policy in schools 2023-10, Vol.22 (4), p.1052-1065
Main Authors: Herrero, Pablo Rodríguez, Gascón, Agustín de la Herrán, García-Noblejas, Belén Poveda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrator Attitudes
COVID-19
Curriculum Development
Death
Death & dying
Education
Elementary Secondary Education
Family School Relationship
Foreign Countries
Grief
Mass Media
Pandemics
Perceptions
Principals
Public Schools
School principals
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Summary:An education that includes death is lacking in schools, even during this period of the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus. The objective of this study was to attain an exploratory understanding of the school principals' views on death education. The study, undertaken in Spain, adopted a phenomenological design, carrying out interviews with 7 school principals. The main findings were that death was not present, with a clear educational purpose, in their schools' curricula. Hence the inclusion of death in education requires a change of perspective in death education, based on the knowledge developed by the Pedagogy of Death.
ISSN:1570-0763
1744-5043
DOI:10.1080/15700763.2022.2063749