Spirituality in Education : Professional Accounts of the Impact of Spirituality on Education.

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Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Education's Spiritual Inheritance. The Development of Education and the Role of Faith, Religion and Spirituality -- Historical Inheritance: From Uniformity to Diversity -- Education, Religion and Reform Post-Second World War-2020 -- Pedagogical Challenges and Assumptions -- Spirituality: Concepts, Contexts and Misunderstandings -- 2: Teachers' Spirituality or Spiritualities? -- Spirituality as a Natural, Beneficial Impulse

3: Expressions of Spirituality: A Call to Social Action and Challenge -- Pedagogy Enacted through a Spiritual Lens -- Negotiating Hierarchies as Social Action -- Challenging Elitism as an Expression of Social Action -- Relational Pedagogy as Social Action -- Spirituality as an Ontological Imperative of Social Action -- 4: Spirituality beyond the Classroom. Relationships and the Development of the Individual -- Relationships as Central to Understanding Spirituality -- Spirituality through Deep Learning and the Curriculum -- Negation of Hierarchy through Mentoring

Spirituality as an Aid to Self-Awareness -- Spirituality as a Lens for Appraising Context -- The Implications for Teachers' Spirituality and Education -- 5: The Future of Spirituality in Education -- Cultures of Professionalism that Can Hinder Spiritual Expression -- Possibilities for Spirituality in Education -- 'New' Connections -- The Future of Spirituality in Education -- Bibliography -- Index

Spirituality in the UK has evolved to one where religion, faith and individualism challenges a 'one-size fits all' experience. Considering the dramatic implications this means for British education, Aidan Gillespie puts forward a new definition of spirituality which is unique to educationalists across all settings.

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