Holistic Education

Basic Principles

• -Education of the whole person-body, mind and spirit• -Seeks to be harmony with Nature• -Focuses on connectedness and interdependence• -Theory/Practice/Presence

Aims• Wholeness• Wellbeing, happiness, joy• Awe and wonder• Wisdom and compassion• Sense of purpose• Skills –literacy, numeracy, etc.

Inclusive

• Transmission

• Transaction

• Transformation

Balance

• Content/Process• Assessment/Learning• Knowledge/Imagination• Individual/Group• Rational/Intuitive• Strategies/Visions

Connections

• -Subject• -Community• -Earth• -Thinking (Analytic/Intuitive)• -Body-Mind• -Soul

History

• Indigenous education• Axial age- Buddha, Socrates, LaoTse, Israeli prophets• Rousseau-Pestalozzi-Froebel• Transcendentalists-Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott, Peabody• Montessori, Reggio, Waldorf, Summerhill• Equinox Holistic Alternative School

Wholeness Compassion

Wisdom Wellbeing

Mastery

§Being Home in the Body

§Connected to Spirit/Soul

§Thinking creatively and critically

§Transmission

§Transaction

§Transformation

§Thinking connections

§Body Mind connections

§Soul connections

§Subject Connections

§Community Connections

§Earth Connections

§Presence§Patience§Caring/Love§Humility§Humor