Browsing by Author "Smith, Aaron P. B."

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    • Art, Objects, and Beautiful Stories: A “New” Approach to Spiritual Care 

      Smith, Aaron P. B.; Read, Julia E. (SAGEThousand Oaks, Calif., 2017)
      The use of story, and the use of art or various arts-based techniques have become popular in a number of helping professions, including spiritual care. There remains a gap in the literature, however, in which an approach ...

    • Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Greeting Behaviours in Education Through a Lens of Relational Engagement 

      Smith, Aaron P. B. (Brock University, Brock-Golden Horseshoe Educational ConsortiumSt. Catharines, ON, 2021)
      Various impacts of COVID-19 have been explored throughout the literature; however, no research has yet considered the impact of COVID-19 on greetings in education. This paper represents an attempt to address this gap. Using ...

    • Instructor-Featured Videos and the Importance of Social Presence in Online Education 

      Smith, Aaron P. B. (Brock University, Brock-Golden Horseshoe Educational ConsortiumSt. Catharines, ON, 2021)
      The recent global shift to online teaching has thrust educators in all levels and forms of education into new roles and experiences. As many have little prior experience teaching online, it is possible that there are those ...

    • Redeeming the Rejected: Curious George and Evidence-Based Approaches 

      Smith, Aaron P. B. (SAGEThousand Oaks, Calif., 2016)
      The author’s recent participation in a doctoral course on epistemology and the nature of social work knowledge produced an inner struggle regarding the validity of positivist and evidence-based approaches to social work ...

    • Russell and the Handshake: Greeting in Spiritual Care 

      Smith, Aaron P. B. (SAGEThousand Oaks, Calif., 2020)
      One of the most common practices in spiritual care involves welcoming or greeting others. Despite this, there is little literature exploring this practice in terms of how it is experienced by those we greet, how it impacts ...