In contemporary educational theory, the concept of 'nature' has been restricted to the 'inner nature' of humans, reflecting Western philosophy's focus on introspection and essence. This shift has excluded the ever-growing natural world from the realm of inner nature, relegating it to an external entity and creating a divide between human nature…

Religious and spiritual (R/S) identities are not stagnant constructs, as may often be believed (Strawn, 2019). The landscape of religion and spirituality is shifting rapidly, and these changes point to individual experiences of R/S transition. One place these kinds of individual changes are occurring is within counselor training. Counselor…

The purpose of this project is to develop a holistic parent education program that establishes the parent's faith identity and empowers their spiritual practice that will lead to the child's spiritual formation. In the twelve-week program, parent-participants establish their own identity in faith to check and strengthen their competencies in their…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand how do counseling faculty describe the role of integrating religion and spirituality to foster a sense of community in their online classes at a faith-based higher education institution in the United States. The Sense of Community framework developed by McMinn and Chavis was the…

The citizens of a nation stay healthy, happy and successful when they have holistic approach to life. Spiritual intelligence (SI) is an intelligence that transforms emotions, thoughts, body and mind of an individual and helps in developing holistic approach to life. It not only helps to discriminate between good and bad but also helps to realize…

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…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to react to COVID-19 and is intended to transcend the regular thoughts to deeper issues towards humanity and nature. This paper also extends further the article "pedagogy of life beyond extinction" published in the Journal for Multicultural Education. This paper continues this discussion by further…

US Catholic schools have been known to educate the whole child. However, the Catholic sector has not widely embraced a shared understanding of whole child education or how it is operationalised, nor have researchers interested in this sector effectively measured the impact of approaches in any or all domains. This conceptual paper presents a…

Effective social research tapping a broad range of human experiences must employ research paradigms that are consistent with the ontologies and epistemologies of the research participants, community, and contextual scholars. This paper describes the construction of a bricolage, imbricating Islamic and interpretivist concepts for coherence and…

This paper focuses on spirituality and critical consciousness as two guiding forces for meaningful leadership. It further looks for the reconciliation of spirituality and criticality so as to deconstruct deep-seated leadership myths. Reconciling spirituality with critical perspective inspires individuals to have a critical and holistic…

This book, now in its second edition, explores how physical education (PE) and learning through movement can be best enacted in schools in order to optimise children's wellbeing and subsequent academic learning. Drawing together extensive data from school communities around the globe, the author examines multiple dimensions of child health in…

This paper reports on a qualitative study into developing a spirituality-based Islamic education framework for university students. In Indonesia, developing a spirituality-based Islamic education framework in the schooling sector has been extensively carried out. However, such a notion seems sparse in the Indonesian higher education levels. This…

Humanity is in a tight race between planetary catastrophe and enlightenment. It is not clear which will prevail. The old paradigm, that of materialism, individualism, and fierce competition, is failing at all levels--economic, social, political, and environmental--and bringing life as we know it to the edge of a precipice. At the same time, a…

Due to the current COVID-19 reality and the protests supporting the #BlackLivesMatter Movement following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, seeking diversified and innovative educational solutions like ethnic studies (ES) and adapting to the everchanging needs of students by creating supportive healing spaces of…

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…