Overview

The possibilities and importance of a spiritual dimension to education are receiving increased consideration from educational practitioners, policymakers and philosophers. Spirituality, Philosophy and Education brings together contributions to the debate by a team of renowned philosophers of education who between them 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 will find this stimulating collection a rich source of ideas and a major addition to the thinking on the meaning, role and possibilities of spirituality in education. Professor David Carr, University of Edinburgh Professor John Haldane, University of St. Andrews Professor John Cottingham, University of Reading Michael McGhee, University of Liverpool Dr.

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It is a premier division team. Certainly, too, the book is relevant to current policy and practice. <br>-Richard Pring, University of Oxford <br>

'This book offers a welcomed contribution to seriously exploring spirituality...It offers some grounding in many perspectives, and provides a rich collection of references for further research.' - International Journal of Children's Spirituality

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David Carr is Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Faculty of Education of the University of Edinburgh John Haldane is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.

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