Spirituality and Education

ISBN-13: 9780750709088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 176 str.

Andrew Wright

Opis

This book introduces the basic contours of debate in a form accessible to both classroom teachers across the curriculum range, and to school managers. It covers areas such as problems of defining spirituality, government legislation and supporting documentation, relevant empirical research, the social dimension of spirituality, and secular and religious manifestations of spirituality in contemporary society. It also includes theories of childhood spiritual development and contemporary approaches to spiritual education, including collective worship and cross-curricular teaching. 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.

Recenzje

'This is a significant book which will certainly become a standard text for spiritual education in British schools. Wright has thought more carefully than most about the theoretical issues at stake in these debates.' - Jeff Astley, International Journal of Education and Religion

'Andrew Wright ... offers a masterly introduction to a topic that is in danger of becoming obscured by ambiguity, confusion, diversity and incompatible yet hidden assumptions. His book is a model of clarity and balance, aided by soud organization and a very helpful layout ... It makes a major contribution to the field and can be recommended without hesitation to all those interested in spirituality and education.' - John Sullivan, Heythrop Journal, July 2002

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

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.