Some factors that may be useful in the development of...

Some factors that may be useful in the development of learning programs and environments that aim to nurture the spirituality of children and adolescents are discussed below.

The role of the arts and perennial philosophy/Wisdom Literature found in the esoteric forms of most mainstream religions I have previously examined the arts as a valuable and useful resource to promote learning across the curriculum in classrooms composed of students of mixed abilities and backgrounds, where different beliefs and values may be evident (de Souza, 2003, 2004a, 2004b, 2005).

Given the religious pluralism that set the context of this paper, it would seem that as well, perennial philosophy…