Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Where are we going with SMSC? -- 1 Developing SMSC for the school curriculum -- 2 The spirit and the empty matrix: the social construction of spiritual, moral, social and cultural education -- 3 Practical ways for developing SMSC across the curriculum -- 4 Spirituality and teaching methods: uneasy bedfellows? -- 5 Common schools, good citizens: towards a public discourse model of moral education -- 6 Learning by heart: the role of emotional education in raising school achievement and promoting the caring community -- 7 Curriculum and Kierkegaard: towards creating a paradigm for discerning the spiritual dimension of education -- 8 The contribution of the act of collective worship to spiritual and moral development -- 9 Rediscovering the personal in education -- 10 Vocational education and SMSC -- 11 For richer? For poorer? For worker? - For citizen! -- 12 Cultural development: its relationship to school improvement and the role of religious education -- 13 Developing an understanding of worth -- 14 Circle Time: a forum for SMSC? -- 15 A collaborative approach to researching teacher work in developing spiritual and moral education -- 16 Reflections on inspections -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.