Pub Date : 2020-04-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436x.2020.1821177
Sandra Wu, Charlene Tan
ABSTRACT In this article, we propose a neo-Confucian curriculum for preschool education based on the writings of the neo-Confucian thinker Zhu Xi. Against the contemporary backdrop of a narrow emphasis on the academic assessment of children, we argue for an alternative approach that revolves around jing: the inner mental attentiveness to be true to one’s good nature. We propose an adaption of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory and Confucian hierarchy of cardinal relationships that progressively cultivate the good nature of children across the spheres of the self, family and community, country and the world. We further outline an integrated programme with corresponding developmental domains, types of relationships and Confucian virtues. The desired outcome is the manifestation of each child’s innate goodness through attentiveness to routines and the habituation of moral values. A neo-Confucian curriculum adds to the existing literature on preschool educational approaches that are experiential, values-centric, interpersonal and holistic.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436x.2020.1797641
Thomas A. Lucey, M. Lin
ABSTRACT Through this paper, the authors describe the challenge of interpreting and teaching digital citizenship in the classroom. They present digital citizenship as a concept that features a range of applications influenced by teacher and student traits. They begin with an explaination of the advent of digital/screen technology, and describe it as a corporately sanctioned addictive presence. They review the concepts of, Spirituality and digital citizenship, before introducing critical compassion as an additional dimension for understanding digital citizenship and the conditions that influence it. The authors describe a model that depicts critical compassion’s relationship to digital citizenship and offers as a basis for strategies that concern teacher training, instructional practice, and professional direction.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436x.2020.1819775
Geoffrey Samuel Brailey, Stephen Parker
ABSTRACT Mentoring is a commonly practiced and well-researched activity, as are the subsets of Christian mentoring and young adult mentoring. The research question explored here was simple: How can mentoring be most helpful for Christian young adults, given their particular nuances? This article therefore surveys the literature on Christian mentoring, showing it as a pivotal tool for spiritual formation. It then investigates the world young adults are emerging into, one that is dominated by complexity, secularity, alienation, abandonment, insecurity and a lack of identity. It shows how mentoring can be of particular assistance in helping Christian young adults to develop their identity, which in turn is fundamental to their own spiritual formation. As mentors practice the arts of listening, questioning and encouraging these young adults, the journey of identity and spiritual formation can be assisted. The article concludes with proposals for the training and promotion of Christian mentoring overall, but with a particular focus for young adults on identity.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436x.2020.1827225
C. Thanattheerakul, J. Tangvoraphonkchai, Wacharee Pimsa
ABSTRACT This research is a qualitative study of the spiritual needs and practice of chronically ill children and their families in the Isan region of Thailand. The purposive sampling was 17 chronically ill children aged 10–18 years old and primary caregivers. Three instruments were used: a questionnaire, in-depth interview with questions adapted from the Spiritual Assessment Scale (SAS) by O’Brien, and non-participant observation. Field note-taking and voice recordings were used for data recording. Triangulation was used before analysis to test for credibility. Content analysis and thematic analysis techniques were used for data analysis. The five specific themes were stated by both children and caregivers. In addition, the spiritual needs and practice identified in this study were strongly related to Buddhism. All children and caregivers respected and believed in Buddha, and so Buddhism and Thai Isan traditions were crucial to their spiritual needs and were reflected in their religious practice.
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Pub Date : 2020-04-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2020.1830659
Jesus Jaime-Diaz
Colour by number: Understanding racism through facts and stats on children argues for a critical examination of social disparities that stifle children’s spirits and their healthy development and t...
{"title":"Color by number: understanding racism through facts and stats on children","authors":"Jesus Jaime-Diaz","doi":"10.1080/1364436X.2020.1830659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2020.1830659","url":null,"abstract":"Colour by number: Understanding racism through facts and stats on children argues for a critical examination of social disparities that stifle children’s spirits and their healthy development and t...","PeriodicalId":45218,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Childrens Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1364436X.2020.1830659","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44445821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769809
Tony Eaude
{"title":"Greening the children of God-Thomas Traherne and nature’s role in the ecological formation of children","authors":"Tony Eaude","doi":"10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769809","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45218,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Childrens Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769809","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43916346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2019.1708707
J. Livingston
ABSTRACT Competitive youth athletes have demanding schedules that require prioritising regular family activities. Specifically, Christian families often choose to skip church services to attend athletic events. Parents and competitive youth athletes from across the United States were invited to complete surveys which explored youth athletes’ and their parents’ perceptions of the competitive sport environment, the child’s level of spirituality, and the influence of church attendance on the child’s spirituality. The results suggested the parents were aware of the child’s experiences in sport and involvement in church, but they were not aware of the child’s level of reliance on faith to cope with the demands of sport. Additionally, there was no difference in spirituality levels of children regardless of how frequently they attended church. The implications of the study are that Christian youth athletes use their faith to overcome challenges of competition, and factors outside of church attendance contribute to a child’s spiritual development.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2019.1701421
Stephen Parkinson, Y. Bray, B. Kool
ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines how health professionals working in paediatrics understand and practice spiritual care. Semi-structured interviews were held with six paediatric health professionals. Domains of interest were understanding spiritual care, training in spiritual care and culture in spiritual care. An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis approach was used. The study findings revealed that health professionals held various views on what spiritual care consisted of. Spiritual care of children was seen to be different to that of adults, an understanding of child development and a family’s culture was considered essential. As this study was New Zealand based, the inclusion of Māori Tikanga (traditional practices) were considered to enhance spiritual care. Participants stated there was a lack of training available in the spiritual care of children. Education and opportunities for peer and self-reflection would support health professionals to develop an awareness of their own views on spiritual care and enhance their practice.
{"title":"How do health professionals provide spiritual care to seriously ill children?","authors":"Stephen Parkinson, Y. Bray, B. Kool","doi":"10.1080/1364436X.2019.1701421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2019.1701421","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines how health professionals working in paediatrics understand and practice spiritual care. Semi-structured interviews were held with six paediatric health professionals. Domains of interest were understanding spiritual care, training in spiritual care and culture in spiritual care. An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis approach was used. The study findings revealed that health professionals held various views on what spiritual care consisted of. Spiritual care of children was seen to be different to that of adults, an understanding of child development and a family’s culture was considered essential. As this study was New Zealand based, the inclusion of Māori Tikanga (traditional practices) were considered to enhance spiritual care. Participants stated there was a lack of training available in the spiritual care of children. Education and opportunities for peer and self-reflection would support health professionals to develop an awareness of their own views on spiritual care and enhance their practice.","PeriodicalId":45218,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Childrens Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1364436X.2019.1701421","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48441451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769798
Catherine R Posey
{"title":"Spirituality in young adult literature: the last taboo","authors":"Catherine R Posey","doi":"10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769798","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45218,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Childrens Spirituality","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769798","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45455575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769567
Tracy-Ann Capitano, L. Naudé
ABSTRACT This study explored spiritual identity development in a sample of South African adolescents, by considering how the participants perceived and experienced their spirituality, as well as how these meaning-making experiences contributed to their identity development. Twelve adolescent participants were purposively sampled and participated in semi-structured interviews and reflective writing exercises. The themes that emerged from the analysis alluded to the importance of relationships and context. The roles of parents, peers, the educational environment, and geographical location were emphasised. Participants explored and committed to their spiritual identities through processes of personal reflection, discussion, and modelling. Spiritual development is thus a reciprocal and bidirectional process between the unique individual and context. Spiritual identity development is a fluid process that evolves and grows in connections and relationships with others. Personal, cultural, and contextual factors are thus important in the co-creation of individuals’ spiritual life stories.
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