Spirituality and Education
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.
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Spirituality and Education
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.
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Spirituality and Education

Spirituality and Education

by Andrew Wright
Spirituality and Education

Spirituality and Education

by Andrew Wright

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750709088
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/09/2000
Series: Master Classes in Education Series
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Andrew Wright is a Lecturer at King's College London. His previous publications include Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School, published by RoutledgeFalmer.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 The Landscape of Spirituality; Chapter 1 What is Spirituality?; Chapter 2 Philosophical Perspectives; Chapter 3 Spirituality and Religion; Chapter 4 The Psychology of Spiritual Experience; Chapter 5 The Social Dimension of Spirituality; Part 2 Contemporary Spiritual Education; Chapter 6 Historical Development; Chapter 7 Inclusive and Exclusive Approaches; Chapter 8 Beyond the Inclusive/Exclusive Impasse?; Part 3 Towards a Critical Spiritual Education; Chapter 9 Principles of Critical Spiritual Education; Chapter 10 An Agenda for Critical Spiritual Education; Chapter 11 Spiritual Education as Nurture; Chapter 12 Spiritual Education as Critique; Chapter 13 Conclusion;
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