International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 4

Holistic Approach in Education-An Overview

  • Author:
  • P.J John
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 346 to 353

The Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Habibganj, Bhopal

Online published on 20 June, 2019.

Abstract

Holistic Education is an approach which focuses on preparing students to meet any challenges they may face in life and in their academic career. The paper tries to find out the principles followed in the holistic approach in education and an understanding on the concept. Holistic education encompasses a wide range of philosophical orientations and pedagogical practices. Its focus is on wholeness, and it attempts to avoid excluding any significant aspects of the human experience. Holistic Education takes contemporary cultural influences such as the media and music and teaches young mind how to be human. It gives clarity to the biggest challenges in life and how to overcome obstacles, accomplish success, and what basic concepts need to be learned initially, in order to accomplish all of those which are kept for us later on in life.

Keywords

Holistic Education, learning, wholeness