Devotion and Courage:The Life Story Of A Special Education Teacher

• Main Authors: Hsiau-Fen Pai, 白曉芬
• Other Authors: I-ming Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59281314676905487993

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士班 === 98 === This research, based on self narrative, was trying to explore the life story of a special education teacher after she received Buddhist doctrine .The researcher described how she launched the process of individuation and changed her life and her work of special education . In this story,devotion is the faith which the researcher herself believes in after she accepted Buddhist doctrine. The faith includes: Buddha-nature , equality, compassion and so on. Because of believing in Buddha-nature the researcher admit the oneself intrinsic shadow, i.e. pursuing “special” label.On the other hand , it also makes the researcher have the dissimilar view when she faces the students .When the researcher interacts with her students, she hoped she can let her students understand that everyone has his own ability to change .Because of believing in equality,the reseacher understood she should act with the heart of equality in the normal life and the spiritual life.When the reseacher faces her students, she can also see students' appearance by a closer real judgment,and launched the appropriate motion. The researcher found that launching the motion with the devotion faith brings the energy for individual lives and also for the work. This is pure motion strength.Therefore, the heart with devotion is courage In the story, the reseacher has been through the process of self-transformation twice. On the first time, the researcher first accepted the Buddhist doctrine and it let the researcher liberated from the shopping desire .And on the other time, the researcher was liberated from the spiritual practice desire.From these experiences, the researcher understood that all of these experiences are necessary in her life.And in the future, the reseacher has to face more and more tests from the heart.To each unknown matters in the future, we can face them with a pure heart and launch the motion, and then we can embrace the courage to keep going.