ABSTRACT
Spirituality and Education introduces the basic contours of current debate in a form accessible to both classroom teachers across the curriculum range, and to school managers. It covers all key areas, including:
* problems of defining spirituality
* government legislation and supporting documentation
* relevant empirical research
* the social dimension of spirituality
* secular and religious manifestations of spirituality in contemporary society
* theories of childhood spiritual development
* contemporary approaches to spiritual education, including collective worship and cross-curricular teaching.
A variety of different perspectives and approaches will be offered, and readers are encouraged to be reflective through a number of tasks which relate all issues raised directly back to their own specific circumstances. The author includes questions, quotes and lists of further reading.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |3 pages
Introduction
part |53 pages
The Landscape of Spirituality
chapter |9 pages
What is Spirituality?
chapter |10 pages
Philosophical Perspectives
chapter |10 pages
Spirituality and Religion
chapter |11 pages
The Psychology of Spiritual Experience
chapter |11 pages
The Social Dimension of Spirituality
part |31 pages
Contemporary Spiritual Education
chapter |9 pages
Historical Development
chapter |12 pages
Inclusive and Exclusive Approaches
chapter |8 pages
Beyond the Inclusive/Exclusive Impasse?
part |49 pages
Towards a Critical Spiritual Education