‘Are you feeling sad? Tell me about your sadness’. Existential meanings of death and life in Chilean secondary schools

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dc.contributor.authorZamora Poblete, Guillermo Manuel
dc.contributor.authorOw González, Maili Solange
dc.contributor.authorLecaros Besa, Catalina del Rosario
dc.contributor.authorDavanzo Barros, Elisa Antonia
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-05T20:24:48Z
dc.date.available2025-09-05T20:24:48Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractStatistics indicate that in Western countries, around 4% of school-aged children lose one of their parents before turning 18 years old. Additionally, the likelihood of an adolescent experiencing the death of a family member or friend during those years is 78%. Although thinking and talking about death is painful, it can spur deep reflections about life and its meaning, especially if schools support students through this process. Considering this topic, a study examining eight cases of Chilean students who experienced the death of a classmate or teacher during secondary school is presented. The overarching objective is to analyse the perspectives on life’s meaning that these students developed, alongside their perceptions of how their schools provided support. Each participant wrote a letter narrating their experience, followed by two interviews. The key findings show that this experience allowed them to become more aware of life’s fragility and finitude, recognising grief as a source of learning. They especially valued when schools facilitated mourning, expressing sorrow, and discussing death across various subjects.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-09-05
dc.format.extent17 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSIPA
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13540602.2025.2553272
dc.identifier.eissn1470-1278
dc.identifier.issn1354-0602
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2025.2553272
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/105577
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación; Zamora Poblete, Guillermo Manuel; 0000-0002-9530-9144; 3294
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación; Ow González, Maili Solange; 0000-0001-8780-8819; 89206
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación; Lecaros Besa, Catalina del Rosario; S/I; 142557
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación; Davanzo Barros, Elisa Antonia; S/I; 1068039
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited,
dc.revistaTeachers and Teaching
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEducation about death
dc.subjectSecondary education students
dc.subjectGrief at school
dc.subjectCase study
dc.subjectMeanings of life
dc.subject.ddc370
dc.subject.deweyEducaciónes_ES
dc.subject.ods04 Quality education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.title‘Are you feeling sad? Tell me about your sadness’. Existential meanings of death and life in Chilean secondary schools
dc.typeartículo
sipa.codpersvinculados3294
sipa.codpersvinculados89206
sipa.codpersvinculados142557
sipa.codpersvinculados1068039
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