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.