Pedagogical growth journeys: perspectives of spirituality within holistic approaches to early years education
Spirituality is understood as an integral part of humanity; residing within every person alongside the other developmental domains. For leaders in Catholic schools in Western Australia (WA), spirituality becomes integrated with religion. However, for many leaders in a Catholic school, spirituality h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2025, Volume: 30, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 32-51 |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B early years B Early Childhood B holistic pedagogies B holistic education |
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| Summary: | Spirituality is understood as an integral part of humanity; residing within every person alongside the other developmental domains. For leaders in Catholic schools in Western Australia (WA), spirituality becomes integrated with religion. However, for many leaders in a Catholic school, spirituality has not been a construct they are familiar with from a professional viewpoint. This paper reports the findings from research embedded within a year-long professional learning project aimed at pedagogical growth. Qualitative data from a pre and post questionnaire ascertained the leaders’ pedagogical growth. One component focussed on understanding spirituality and how children’s spirituality might be nurtured specifically when taking a holistic approach within the Catholic school context; these findings provide an original contribution to the field and are the focus of this paper. Specifically, findings affirmed the centrality of spirituality within child development and the need to intentionally address teacher (and leader) knowledge and skills in nurturing spirituality. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8455 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2025.2458825 |
