Product Description: A particular problem associated with international research in the field of spirituality and education is the reluctance of scholars to agree on what spirituality means, with numerous descriptions increasing ambiguity and reducing the impact of research in the discipline...read more

Product Description: Acknowledging and understanding spiritual formation is vital in contemporary education. This book explores the dynamic relationship between education and wellbeing. It examines the theory underpinning the practice of education in different societies where spirituality and care are believed to be at the heart of all educational experiences...read more

Product Description: Childhood is a contested notion. Recent debates present us with a plethora of questions and concerns about how children fare in affluent socities. Are they loosing their innocence too early' Are they propelled too quickly into the role of the customer' How can we protect them from a predatorial corporate world' Are we too protective' Too risk adverse in how we bring them up' In the midst of affluence and consumerism, are children over-indulged' Are they idolised' Such questions have elicited a rnage of responses from writers in this collection- theologians, researcher, teacher, principals and pyschologists...read more

Product Description: In this textbook, the author defines what is meant by diversity and reviews what we know today about the effects of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine and crack, hallucinogens and heroin. This is then put into a broader context by examining the development of policy with particular emphasis on those who were perceived to be the most fervent users of substance...read more