Spirituality Powerpoint Presentation: Children and

Spirituality PowerPoint Presentation: Children and Spirituality Slide 1-Introduction: Too often in secular life, we draw a distinct line of separation between the construction of ethical morality and the presence of spirituality in our lives. The result is a sense or responsibllty to ethical parameters as a matter of sociological adherence and rule-following, as opposed to a genuine demonstration of one's spiritual values. But my research and my personal growth as an educator have shown that this separation need not be the case.

Especially when it comes to the inner-lives of our children, it is absolutely incumbent upon us to show that spirituality is to be embraced in every capacity. Slide 2-Stages: As we have proceeded through the various stages of research involving observation of children in a natural learning context, the present study demonstrates the importance of encouraging children to find spirituality in their own lives.

By connecting spirituality to formative experience through the stages of development, we drive home the idea that spirituality is truly inseparable from one's thinking, feeling and doing. Slide 3-Outcome: This was perhaps best demonstrated in the outcomes experienced by young students when asked to find spiritual connectivity with media content. What was particularly compelling about the outcomes in this case was the demonstration that spirituality abounds with little catalyzing effort in our young students.

The best way of realizing this spirituality is by finding ways to connect it to familiar, everyday experiences such as those created by our interaction with media. Slide 4-Where I Have Been: At the outset of my study, I wondered if the often distracting conditions of the so-called 'information age' had made it impossible for this generation of children to achieve wholesale spiritual awakening.

My concern was that, as has been the case for so many adults in this generation, our children have been desensitized to their spiritual selves by the loud cacophony of media. Slide 5-What I Have Discovered: Fortunately, a key discovery for me during the course of this study was the fact that children are inherently more susceptible to and in touch with their spiritual selves. For adults, it can often be difficult to find access to this part of the psyche.

It often becomes crowded out by the more practical and pedestrian demands of everyday life. But children are not yet encumbered by these practical demands and, as such, tend to still approach the world with a sense of wonder and newness. These are the qualities of a spiritual being, even if the.