Re-Enchanting Education and Spiritual Wellbeing

Fostering Belonging and Meaning-Making for Global Citizens

Marian de Souza, Anna Halafoff, Marian de Souza, Anna Halafoff

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781138095670
• eBook ISBN: 9781351601689
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Education is in a constant state of renewal internationally where it responds to a number of pressing social, political and cultural issues. Processes of globalization, a number of conflicts and acts of terror, economic and environmental crises have led to large waves of migration and asylum seekers arriving in countries with the hope of finding safer and more stable places to settle. This, in turn, has led to cultural and religious pluralism being a key characteristic of many societies with corresponding issues of belonging and identity.

As well, for many people, there has been a shifting influence of and allegiance away from traditional religious frameworks with the emergence of new religious movements, both peaceful and violent, and a rise in popularity of spirituality and non-religious worldviews which provide alternate frameworks for living healthy and ethical lives. In order to prepare today's student for tomorrow's world, one which is confronted by a range of risks and crises and which is being shaped by rapidly changing technologies, educators and researchers are investigating new ways of equipping students to deal with these challenges and opportunities, including the nurturing of spiritual wellbeing.

This book brings together the voices of many experienced educators to discuss ways to re-enchant education and re-enliven learning programs in response to these 21st century issues in an increasingly global and interconnected world. It examines a range of international contexts, including secular and religious educational settings, and provides an avenue for visionary voices that identify problems and offer solutions to help shape a more promising education system that will prepare children more constructively and beneficially to flourish in their future worlds.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Spiritual wellbeing in education
• 3 Beyond faith? Recent trends in religion and spirituality among teenagers
• 4 Spirituality in Australian education: A legacy of confusion, omission and obstruction
• 5 Building the foundations of global citizenship in young children
• 6 Worldview education as a viable perspective for educating global citizens
• 7 Being spiritually educated
• 8 Life-education and religious education in national, prefectural and other public schools in Japan
• 9 Music and spirit: Exploring a creative spiritual pedagogy
• 10 Seeing what is true and holy in others
• 11 Childhoods past and present: A reflexive approach to enhancing children’s spiritual wellbeing
• 12 Educational reforms in Japan: Are they contributing to a sense of wellbeing and happiness among young people?
• 13 Reflections on gender discrimination in the spiritual life of a Muslim community: Gender in elementary and middle school religion textbooks in Turkey
• 14 Yingadi aboriginal immersion – a program to nurture spirituality
• 15 Spiritual wellbeing and the national schools chaplaincy program in Australia
• 16 Fostering a sense of belonging and identity through sound and spirituality
• 17 Nurturing the spiritual child: Recognising, addressing and nurturing spirituality in early years’ classrooms through a dispositional framework
• Index