The claim that human flourishing is “unmeasurable and unquantifiable” is false. The science of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) has valid and reliable measures that do just that. The SDT framework is based on the principle that humans have primary needs that shape their motivations which in turn determines the quality of their engagement with the world. My website https://www.holisticequity.org/ is all about this topic.
Hi Don, my statements were not to negate SDT, of which I am familiar and also agree that it's critical research. I was pushing back more generally on the idea that we must quantify something in order to value it, which is a part of the colonization of knowledge that we must address in our Western institutions. I was first introduced to this idea in the text "Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples" by Linda Smith, and highly recommend it. It's great to measure and research what we value, and SDT needs more airtime than its given. And, we must also recognize that not everything is measurable, and that's ok too!
The claim that human flourishing is “unmeasurable and unquantifiable” is false. The science of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) has valid and reliable measures that do just that. The SDT framework is based on the principle that humans have primary needs that shape their motivations which in turn determines the quality of their engagement with the world. My website https://www.holisticequity.org/ is all about this topic.
Hi Don, my statements were not to negate SDT, of which I am familiar and also agree that it's critical research. I was pushing back more generally on the idea that we must quantify something in order to value it, which is a part of the colonization of knowledge that we must address in our Western institutions. I was first introduced to this idea in the text "Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples" by Linda Smith, and highly recommend it. It's great to measure and research what we value, and SDT needs more airtime than its given. And, we must also recognize that not everything is measurable, and that's ok too!