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"And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end." Pico Iyer
Holistic Learning engages the entire self when acquiring new information, knowledge or skills. Travel and connecting with others globally goes hand and hand with this approach.
“That month in Ecuador did more for my character, education, and sense of identity than any other experience in my early life.”
Machado wrote in: Traveling Teaches Students in a Way Schools Can't https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/traveling-offers-lessons-that-us-schools-fail-to-provide/383090/
Recently CNBC published an article about the top 100 companies for internships which the company WayUp completed the survey. The survey concluded: "KPMG earned its top distinction thanks to its high conversion rates and a program that allows interns to create their own internship and travel internationally." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/08/25000-students-voted-one-the-no-1-internship.html
Mindfulness, Humility and Holistic Approach to Education - This video is about 14 minutes, but well worth every minute. Gadadhara Pandit Dasa's talks about his journey towards becoming a monk and how he believes Humility and Holistic Education can develop our character which he states is more important than the knowledge we learn.
The article below highlights 5 schools which encompass Holistic Education while incorporating various approaches to connecting with global affairs including travel.
5 Schools that provide holistic student environments
5 Schools that provide holistic student environments
https://www.studyinternational.com/news/5-schools-provide-holistic-student-environments/
A few of the schools discussed in the article are shown below in videos.
International School of Indiana, Indiana USA
Uppingham School, Rutland UK
Ontario's Well-Being Strategy for Education is a discussion document so we can continue to discuss whole well-being for our youth.
"Well-being is that positive sense of self, spirit and belonging that we feel when our cognitive, emotional, social and physical needs are being met. As our Indigenous partners have long affirmed, healthy development of the mind, body and spirit is contingent on balance and interconnectedness. " (Ontario Well Being Strategy for Education, page 1)
Ontario Well Being Strategy For Education, page 3
Ontario Well Being Strategy For Education, page 3
Along with the image above, the one below also includes a few more aspects of our well-being which are 21 Century skills we hope to develop in all educators and important elements of wholeness.
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