Böcker av John Chi-Kin Lee

This book offers various perspectives on children's spirituality and its relation to life and values education from diverse socio-cultural and educational contexts. It brings together a collection of select research articles that were published over a period of two decades (1999-2020) in the International Journal of Children's Spirituality (IJCS), to celebrate the journal's 25th anniversary. Featuring contributions by leading international scholars from U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Hong Kong, China, and Australia, this volume offers a multidisciplinary snapshot of children's spirituality and its relation to life and values education. It highlights the importance of socio-cultural and religious traditions, as well as perspectives on religious education and the spirituality of children shaped by religious, cultural and educational systems in specific societies and contexts. Chapters cover topics including: the links between mirror neurons and human empathy and education; the relationship between spirituality and citizenship; the notion of inclusive spiritual education and the perspectives of spiritual education through the conceptual lens of transcendence, raised awareness and spiritualism; how outdoor play spaces can contribute to a child's spiritual development through enriching activities; as well as approaches to help nurture students' spiritual growth in their aspects of themselves (self), others, the environment, and with a Transcendent Other (transcendence).This volume will be a key resource for researchers and postgraduate students interested in understanding children's spirituality and its implications for spiritual, life and values education.

This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young people's spirituality and its research in diverse socio-cultural contexts. It brings together a collection of select research articles that were published over a period of nearly two decades (2003-2021) in the International Journal of Children's Spirituality (IJCS), to celebrate the journal's 25th anniversary.Featuring contributions by leading international scholars from U.K., U.S., Canada, Finland, Australia, Hong Kong, and China, this edited volume focuses on different and complementary perspectives on children's spirituality in diverse and changing contexts. Chapters cover topics such as: the study of children's spirituality as a natural form of human awareness; a proposed pluricultural approach; the potential contributions of psychoanalytic tradition and cognitive psychology; possible influences of tradition(s), multidisciplinarity and perceptions on understanding children's spiritual experiences; Christian perspectives on children's spirituality in relation to living and dying in Quebec, Canada; Finnish pre‐adolescents' perceptions of religion and spirituality; using technology, specifically tablets, as a component for understanding children's spirituality; as well as cyber spirituality.This volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students majoring in education studies, life, moral and spiritual education as well as those majoring in psychology and religious studies.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive look at the educational scope of life and values that characterize 21st century Asia as well as those values shared across cultures.Some values are deeply resonant with the region's past while others reflect modernity and the new contexts in which Asian societies find themselves. Exploring these values of different types and the way they are constructed in Eastern and Western contexts, the contributors delve into the diversity of religious, moral, social education to promote greater understanding across cultures. While a range of values is identified here, there is no single set of values that can be applied to all people in all contexts. The time has long gone, even for single societies, when values can be imposed. Yet this Handbook emphasizes both the extent and importance of values to individuals and their societies - how they respond to these values may provide they key to better and more caring societies and to better lives for all.Academics and teachers will find this Handbook resourceful because it raises important theoretical issues related to social values and their formation in distinctive contexts, and provides novel insights into the diverse educational landscape in Asia. Policymakers and educators will also find this text helpful in learning to think about new ways to improve the quality of people's lives.

This monograph explores how life and values education is conceptualised and imparted in Greater China. It will prove of special interest to scholars and practitioners working on education policies curriculum development and teacher education in Greater China.