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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS SPIRITUALITY
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 112-122Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2014.922464
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spirituality; children; teachers; early childhood education
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Drawing on past experiences and understandings of children's spirituality, as well as research regarding in-service teacher's views on facilitating spirituality in the classroom, this article explores teacher candidates' thoughts on spirituality, their position as it having a place or not in the classroom and how, if so, would they incorporate it to facilitate spirituality for the children they teach. Methods for gathering data include exposing teacher candidates to definitions of spirituality, theory, research and different views on children's spirituality, as well as using prompt questions to facilitate an online discussion on perceptions of spirituality in the classroom. The findings gathered show teacher candidates deem spirituality as important, and as having a place in early childhood education. Appreciation of nature, reflection and pondering, meditation practices and yoga were the suggested strategies made by teacher candidates, in order to incorporate and nourish children's spirituality in the classroom.
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