Education Of The Whole Child, The (Issues In Education)

Are the needs of children catered for by current educational systems? Is it important to seek out or act upon the opinions of children? This book is an account of a project prompted by such questions. It discusses the implications of the research for educational policy and provision. Contents: What is the education of the whole child?; the educational climate and the children and worldviews project; how we carried out the research; children's experience of conflict and loss; children's religious and scientific thinking; the identity of "Asian" children; taking children's stories to other children; children and parental separation; religious identity and children's worldviews; the implications for education; the implications for the classroom; religious education and collective worship; children's spirituality and our contemporary culture; prospects for education.