CRS3144ReligiousandSpiritualEducation.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 CRS3144 Religious and Spiritual Education Lecture F6 – F7; FYB UG01 Course Description This course introduces the students to the theories and practices of religious and spiritual education. We will first look at the recent concerns about the need of spiritual education in the contemporary world. We will then examine some of the efforts that attempt to define spirituality and religion and to find out the relationship between them. Recent researches on childrens spirituality and theories of spiritual and religious educaiton will then be examined. Two special isssues, justice and peace and ecospirituality, will be given special attention. Lastly, we will inquire into the pedagogical issues in the field. Special emphasis will be given to the context of Hong Kong. Course Content and Schedule Sept 10 Course overview: Syllabus + Introduction (*) Hyde, B. (2008) Children and Spirituality. London; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Ch. 1. Sept 17 Spirituality, religion and modernity (*) Hay, D. and Nye, R. (2006) The Spirit of The Child. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Ch. 2. Bauman, Z. (2007) Chilren make you happier … and poorer. In Spiritual Education in a Divided World. Ed C. Ota M. Chater. Brown, A. and Brown, E. (1999) Religious education. In Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education. Ed S. Bigger and E. Brown. Sloan, D. (2005) Education and the modern assault on being human. In Holistic Learning and Spirituality in Education. Tacey, D. (2004) The spirituality revolution: the emergence of contemporary spirituality. Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Brunner-Routledge. Ch.1 2. Tacey, D. (2001) Youth spirituality as a response to cultural crisis. In Spiritual education: cultural, religious and social differences. Ed by J. Erricker, C. Ota and C. Erricker. 88-99. Wong, P. H. (2001) The prospects of spirituality in a globalized, technologized world. In Spiritual education: cultural, religious and social differences. Ed by