Question 1

(A question designed to be used when Chapter 1 is taught at the end of a course on death, dying, and bereavement.) Attig (1981) has argued that educators in the field of death, dying, and bereavement have a responsibility of providing care for their students. Give one concrete example of a way in which this responsibility was implemented in your course on death, dying, and bereavement. Explain your answer.

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Question 2

Discuss two lessons that you would draw for our course from the calligraphic image on p. 2 in the eighth edition of
Death & Dying, Life & Living.

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Question 3

Identify and explain four of the six concerns mentioned in our textbook that might lead people to the study of death- related subjects.

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Question 4

Identify and explain four of the principal goals of education about death, dying, and bereavement as they were described in Chapter 1 in our textbook. Give an example of each.

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Question 5

Explain the concept of a "teachable moment." Give an example of such a moment as a form of education about death, dying, and bereavement.

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Question 6

Read the letter in Personal Insights 1.2 in the eighth edition of Death & Dying,
Life & Living. Comment thoughtfully on what the author is saying and what the recipient might think.

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Question 7

Explain the difference between formal and informal education in the field of death, dying, and bereavement. Give a specific example of each of these types of education.

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Question 8

Identify and explain three of the lessons about life and living that are described in Chapter 1 in our textbook as resulting from the study of death, dying, and bereavement. Give a specific example of each.

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Question 9

Identify and explain the four central dimensions of education about death, dying, and bereavement as they were described in Chapter 1 in our textbook. Give a specific example of each.

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Question 10

Explain the meanings of the terms "education about death, dying, and bereavement" and "thanatology." Show how they are or are not related.

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Question 11

What concerns led you to enroll in a course on death, dying, and bereavement? How do your concerns relate to those described in Chapter 1 in our textbook?

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Quiz 1: Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Discuss two lessons that you would draw for our course from the calligraphic image on p. 2 in the eighth edition of Death & Dying, Life & Living.