ABSTRACT
This chapter examines why and how approaches to education that incorporate the spiritual dimension of the student's life may offer a holistic and positive model of education for this century; when the world has become contextualised by both positive and negative influences of plurality, globalisation and a technologically driven changing workplace. Spirituality in education is an area that has rarely been included in core curriculum documents in Australia and where it may have received passing reference, it has usually been in relation to religious, moral and personal development education. Miller, hooks and Noddings are concerned with the problems inherent in an education system that neglects to address the individualistic features which are found in any group of students and which compose both their inner and outer lives. Around the same time another educator, Moffett, spoke of spiritual education as one which focused on personal growth and individualisation.
