This paper develops work undertaken by the "After Religious Education" project which seeks to reimagine Religious Education in schools for a context in which both religious and non-religious worldviews are taken seriously. One of the longstanding challenges for RE teachers in schools in England has been how to reconcile the broad range…

This study addresses the moral and behavioral decline among Mauritian youths that followed introduction of the CPP Value-Based Differentiated model which integrates moral and spiritual values into teaching practices. Evaluation involving university and high school students, along with instructors, indicates the model's effectiveness in instilling…

The soulful curriculum makes the educational environment dynamic and robust. This study's primary purpose was to identify the essential components of the soulful curriculum from Miller's viewpoint. An inductive approach and content analysis were applied to achieve this purpose. The essentials, principles, and techniques of the soulful curriculum…

This paper proposes the integrative theory of peace (ITP) and briefly outlines the education for peace curriculum (EFP) developed on the basis of this theory. ITP is based on the concept that peace is, at once, a psychological, social, political, ethical and spiritual state with its expressions in intrapersonal, interpersonal, intergroup,…

This paper categorizes and discusses extracts from Baha'i Education. All extracts come from the writings and talks of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, and Shoghi Effendi. Section 1 discusses the nature and purpose of education, including financing education; discipline, perseverance, and order; purposes and principles of schools; establishment and…

Challenges educators to embrace the spiritual aspects of life in their image of education, suggesting the importance of including spirituality in one's approach to life and letting that sense of life infuse one's teaching. An alternative image of some of the basic principles of curriculum and instruction is sketched. (SM)

Emphasizes the importance of helping students develop a sense of moral and spiritual value, undoing the violence that they have been taught in schools over the years and teaching them in a creative, rigorous manner about peace and the lives and works of prophets, peacemakers, feminists, and earth keepers. (SM)

This paper examines education in a way that offers guidance and solutions available in the Baha'i literature on vital worldwide programs which affect everyone. The paper identifies some principals and ideas the Baha'i literature contains concerning the role of education, educational administration, child development, pedagogy, and curriculum. The…

This book addresses how the soul can be nourished in educational settings, exploring the nature of the soul and offering teaching/learning approaches that can be used to nurture the development of students' souls. The book also examines how institutions such as schools have souls and what can be done to care for a school's spiritual life. After a…

Using music, story, and prayer, this conference presentation describes the African American spiritual experience with curriculum, explaining what African American spirituality is, who African Americans are, why spirituality is critical to African Americans, and where this spirituality is found, then linking it to education. (SM)

Shares the personal feelings of a Navajo woman who, as a child, had to squeeze her spirituality (which permeated all she did) into the inflexible, stifling mainstream curriculum. This education had little to do with justice, peace, and aliveness and had no connection with the spirit she brought from home. (SM)