Purna Vidya: Human Development and Spiritual Growth Text Book

By Sri Dhira Chaitanya and Pramananda

Purna Vidya is a twelve year program designed to provide a structured and developmentally based teaching of Vedic tradition and culture to children. It consists of teaching materials, assignments, lesson plans, and fun filled exercises. It is very comprehensive and includes a wide range of subject matter. The subject matter selected is based on the developmental and chronological age of a child such that the concepts are well within their grasp. Purna Vidya curriculum is used in several schools and communities in many countries.Human Development and Spiritual Growth Text Book is the tenth of twelve parts in the Purna Vidya series of books. This volume contains as its subject matter several essential topics that are of relevance to teenagers. These topics are explored from the standpoint of normal psychological development. It covers essential milestones from birth to adulthood. Issues that adolescents struggle with such as self identity, cultural and sexual identity, peer pressure, self image and so on are not only addressed but also discussed in an open teaching format that encourages group participation. Spiritual Growth in an individual on the basis of Vedic tradition, philosophy and practice forms the second half of topics covered in this part. The text book is accompanied by a separate book, 'Guidelines for Teaching Human Development and Spiritual Growth' meant for adults to teach this text with a well defined syllabus plan which can be utilized in classroom, group or individual basis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477504982
• ISBN13: 9781477504987
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"