ABSTRACT Spirituality is understood as an integral part of humanity; resid-ing within every person alongside the other developmentaldomains. For leaders in Catholic schools in Western Australia(WA), spirituality becomes integrated with…
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The fluidity of Finnish youths’ Personal worldviews
ABSTRACT This article aims to understand the personal worldviews ofFinnish youths. The fluidity of young people’s personalworldviews has been highlighted in a number of previousstudies, and this study presents more…
“Life values and death” – a qualitative study on spiritualconcepts and understandings of young children inDenmark
ABSTRACT In secular societies, the adults’ vocabulary for talking withchildren about spiritual topics is limited. This negativelyaffects Danish children’s spiritual development as well ashinder spiritual care and conversations with adults….
Barriers to young children’s spiritual growth – and somepointers to how these can be overcome
ABSTRACT This article identifies three types of barrier which may inhibityoung children’s spiritual growth and considers how thesecan be overcome. One type includes physical and emotionalharm, stress and discrimination often…
Spiritual literacy: non-religious reconceptualisation foreducation in a secular environment
ABSTRACT This article aims to facilitate the transition from a religiousdefinition of spiritual literacy to a non-religious, secular one.Philosophical anthropology emphasises the spiritual dimen-sion as an anthropological constant. However, research…
One teacher’s journey towards a spiritual pedagogy – anauto ethnographical narrative of epistemological beliefsand practice
ABSTRACT The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) for Australianpresents a holistic view of early childhood education thatrecognises the dimensions of learning and development asbeing interwoven and interrelated. Spiritual development,spiritual wellbeing…