ABSTRACT
At its best, spiritual education permits diversity to flourish and allows children to integrate and differentiate themselves within a classroom, so that they are recognized within it rather than estranged from it. To make the case, I describe five activities that promote diversity but ground children in common human experience and also
provide a comprehensive pattern for children’s developing personalities. If teachers welcome diversity through these activities, they draw learners into the heart of what it means to be whole. By building spiritual education through activities that I think are essential, I assume that:
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