Finding More: Saturated Meaning and Dwayne Huebner's Conception of the "Moreness" of Education

• In Event: Witnessing Collective Hope and the Moreness of Education

Abstract

In this paper I consider the ways in which the phenomenological concept of the saturated event phenomenon might provide ways to think and talk about - and, so, perhaps, act towards - Huebner’s notion of the “moreness” of education. I begin with Huebner’s distinction between “learning” and “education,” describing the phenomenological grounding of his conception of education within a particular tradition of Bildung. I then explore the theoretical intersection of “moreness” and “saturation.” On the strength of this intersection, I reflect on the potential this line of thinking might have for classroom teachers.

Author

• Jill Dover Morris, The University of British Columbia