Holistic education is the contemporary need of the time
Abstract:
We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on one's own feet. (Swami Vivekananda Vol-5).The concept of holism refers to the idea that all the properties of a given system in any field of study cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its component parts. Instead, the system as a whole determines how its parts behave. A holistic way of thinking tries to encompass and integrate multiple layers of meaning and experience rather than defining human possibilities narrowly. Holistic education aims at the development of the 'whole' individual. It focuses on all the aspects of human development which can be listed as physical, mental, psychological, social, spiritual and aesthetic. Holistic education covers a wide range of philosophical orientations and academic practices. Its focus is on completeness, and it attempts to avoid excluding any significant aspects of the human experience. It is an eclectic and inclusive movement whose main characteristic is the idea that educational experiences foster a less materialistic and a more spiritual worldview along with more dynamic and holistic views of reality. It also proposes that educational experience promote a more balanced development of and cultivate the relationship among the different aspects of the individual (intellectual, physical, spiritual, emotional, social and Aesthetic), as well as the relationships between the individual and other people, the individual and natural environment, the inner- self of students and external world, emotion and reason, different discipline of knowledge and different structure of knowing. Over the ages great educators and philosophers have focused on the development of the child. Educators have suggested their views on the development of his physical, emotional, intellectual, social, creative or intuitive, aesthetic and spiritual potentials.
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