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“Holistic education provides students with a sense of meaning and order to things. By introducing students to a holistic view of the planet, life on Earth, and the emerging world community, as a “context of meaning” holistic strategies enable students to perceive and understand the various contexts which shape and give meaning to life."
(Clark, 1991 and Mahmoudi et al. 2012, p.179) “Holistic education provides students with a sense of meaning and order to things. By introducing students to a holistic view of the planet, life on Earth, and the emerging world community, as a “context of meaning” holistic strategies enable students to perceive and understand the various contexts which shape and give meaning to life."
What is Holistic Education?
What is Holistic Education?
Holistic Education is a relevantly upcoming new approach to view and understand education in the 21st century. Holistic approaches to learning focus on both the cognitive and affective levels of the learner. The learning journey not only focuses on external growth, but on internal growth too of each child that enters the learning space. Knowledge that is gained and created through a holistic approach develops and strengthens the physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual layers of an individual as a whole.
Key aspects seen in Holistic Approaches to Education:
Key aspects seen in Holistic Approaches to Education:
Interconnectedness between mind, body and soul
Physical, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual intelligence
Teacher as the exemplar
Environment as the third teacher
Teaching the whole learner- seeing the child as being part of a whole in the context of society, humanity the environment, and some spiritual whole
5 levels of Wholeness in Holistic Approach:
5 levels of Wholeness in Holistic Approach:
The Whole Person: understanding the individual on physical, emotional, intellectual, social, aesthetic, and spiritual level
Wholeness in Community: focusing on interactions and human relationships
Wholeness in Society: focusing on the relationship and impact an individual has as whole towards society
Whole Planet: focusing on the relationship and impact an individual has as whole towards the entire world
The Holistic Cosmos: focusing on the relationship and impact an individual has as whole towards the entire universe
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