Spirituality and Education

<p><strong>Spirituality and Education</strong> 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:<br>* problems of defining spirituality<br>* government legislation and supporting documentation <br>* relevant empirical research<br>* the social dimension of spirituality<br>* secular and religious manifestations of spirituality in contemporary society<br>* theories of childhood spiritual development<br>* contemporary approaches to spiritual education, including collective worship and cross-curricular teaching. <br>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.</p> 1. Introduction; 2. Researching Spirituality; 3. Spirituality and Self-Identity; 4. Types of Religious Spirituality; 5. Types of Secular Spirituality; 6. Spiritual Development; 7. Spiritual Education as Nature; Spiritual Education as Sensitisation; Spiritual Education as Critique