Spiritual development in the classroom: pupils’ and educators’ learning reflections

The importance of spirituality is reinforced in legislation and policy directives in England and Wales. Nevertheless, it is argued that there is a dearth of studies into the practice and pedagogy of spiritual development in classroom settings. Thus, an investigation was developed capturing the exper...

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Main Author: Ng, Yee-Ling (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2012
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2012, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-185
Further subjects:B children’s spirituality
B Spiritual Development
B classroom practice
B phenomenography
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