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Part 1 Visions and perspectives: education of the whole child; thewhole vision of the child; education, spirituality and the whole child.Part 2 Concepts and models: human spirituality - towards an educationalrationale; spiritual development, spiritual experience and spiritualeducation; experience, critical realism and the schooling ofspirituality; towards a secular concept of spiritual maturity;childhood spirituality and contemporary developmental psychology;respect for persons - a curricular crisis of identities; the child inrelationship - towards a communal model of spirituality; spiritual -personal/social = ? a critical note on an empty category. Part 3 Casesand contexts: spiritual education and public policy 1994-1994; whereangels fear to tread - discovering children's spirituality; talking toyoung children about things spiritual; modern spirituality and thehistory curriculum; head teacher's perceptions of their role inspiritual education. Part 4 Developments and applications: spiders andeternity - spirituality and the curriculum; helping to restorespiritual values in abused children; learning by life - teaching aboutloss; developing spiritual, moral and social values through acitizenship programme for primary schools; can the denominationalsector offer a paradigm in RE?; school education and the spiritualdevelopment of adolescents; the spirit of education - a model for the21st century.