Foundations
for a
Spiritual
Education
Research
of
the Bahá’í Writings
prepared
by the
National Bahá’í Education Task Force
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the
Copyright © 1995 by the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahá’ís of the
All rights reserved.
ISBN 0-87743-245-7
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Part 1:
A
Compilation of Bahá’í Writings on Spiritual Education
A. The Nature, Purpose, and Outcomes of Spiritual Education
B. The Spiritual Reality of the Child
C. The Content of Spiritual Education
D. The Process of Spiritual Education
Attending
to individual Capacity, Capability, and Interest
Instructional Methods and
Learning Tools
Organization,
Evaluation and Methods of Discipline
Part 2:
A
Framework for Spiritual Education: The
Core Curriculum
I. A Philosophy of Spiritual Education
The
Purpose of Spiritual Education
Education
as a Spiritual Process
II. Distinctive Principles of Spiritual Education
A. The
Nature, Purpose and Outcomes of Spiritual Education
B. The
Spiritual Reality of the Child
C. The
Content of Spiritual Education
D. The
Process of Spiritual Education
Attending
to Individual Capacity, Capability, and Interest
Instructional
Methods and Learning Tools
Organization,
Evaluation, and Methods of Discipline
Part 3:
A Summary
of Distinctive Principles of Spiritual Education
A. The Nature, Purpose and Outcomes of Spiritual Education
B. The Spiritual Reality of the Child
C. The Content of Spiritual Education