Spirituality, Philosophy and Education (Hardcover)

The possibilities and importance of a spiritual dimension to education are subjects receiving increased consideration from educational practitioners, policy makers and philosophers. "Spirituality, Philosophy and Education" brings together contributions to the debate by a team of renowned philosophers of education. Between them they offer a wide-ranging exploration and analysis of what spiritual values have to offer contemporary education. The contributors address such subjects as what we mean by "spiritual values", scholarship and spirituality, spirituality and virtue, spirituality, science and morality, the shaping of character, the value of spiritual learning, spiritual development and the curriculum, and many others. Students of the philosophy of education and anyone interested in how spiritual values might play a part in informing education policy and practice should find this collection a rich source of ideas and a major addition to the thinking on the meaning, role and possibilities of spirituality in education.