Religious Education is a subject that has been neglected for some time; it is now identified as a shortage subject as a growing number of pupils in schools opt for it. The growing emphasis on children's moral/spiritual education, the DfEE's hunt for new teachers, OFSTED's calls for improvement and reinforced links with philosophy have pushed the subject into the spotlight. Based on research and partnership with schools this book examines and explains the role of Religious Education in the curriculum and the role of spirituality in children's lives. It examines and explains the role of RE in...
Religious Education is a subject that has been neglected for some time; it is now identified as a shortage subject as a growing number of pupils in sc...
Spirituality can be understood within both a religious and secular context. Fuelled by the controversy that surrounds different understandings of human identity and notions of progress, knowledge and truth in modernist and postmodernist contexts, the concept of spirituality is a hotly contested topic of debate as to its relevance within contemporary culture and its meaning within religious traditions. This book aims to inform readers on this debate and contextualize it within these different frames of reference. It approaches the topic of spirituality with an identification of the major...
Spirituality can be understood within both a religious and secular context. Fuelled by the controversy that surrounds different understandings of h...
This introduction to meditation in education is written as a resource for class teachers and educators as a practical guide. Parents will also find it valuable, though its main focus is in using meditation in schools. The purpose of the book is to inspire and to provide concise, practical and general information, and techniques that can be considered and explored before introducing primary or secondary students to meditative experience.Meditation in schools covers such topics as: o information on schools where meditation is practiced, and the perceived resultso issues and concerns involved...
This introduction to meditation in education is written as a resource for class teachers and educators as a practical guide. Parents will also find...
Spirituality is most often understood as a religious term remote from the social interactions of everyday life and from political motivations. This volume seeks to show that this is an erroneous view and that, unless we attend to the spiritual as a motivating force in the lives of individuals and communities, we shall misconceive the nature of social change and political complexity and lack awareness of the value of writing and thinking on the subject in relation to contemporary issues. In a world dominated by globalization and late-capitalist free-market economics we face a situation of...
Spirituality is most often understood as a religious term remote from the social interactions of everyday life and from political motivations. This vo...
Does religious education have a future in English schools? What is it for, what does it aim to do and why do some religious and secular people feel passionately about the survival of RE? This book argues for a radical reform of the subject based on principles of pedagogy set free from religious concerns.
Does religious education have a future in English schools? What is it for, what does it aim to do and why do some religious and secular people feel pa...
Does religious education have a future in English schools? What is it for, what does it aim to do and why do some religious and secular people feel passionately about the survival of RE? This book argues for a radical reform of the subject based on principles of pedagogy set free from religious concerns.
Does religious education have a future in English schools? What is it for, what does it aim to do and why do some religious and secular people feel pa...
This introduction to meditation in education is written as a resource for class teachers and educators as a practical guide. Parents will also find it valuable, though its main focus is in using meditation in schools. The purpose of the book is to inspire and to provide concise, practical and general information, and techniques that can be considered and explored before introducing primary or secondary students to meditative experience.Meditation in schools covers such topics as: o information on schools where meditation is practiced, and the perceived resultso issues and concerns involved...
This introduction to meditation in education is written as a resource for class teachers and educators as a practical guide. Parents will also find...
