ABSTRACT

Providing a comprehensive overview of holistic education’s history, conceptions, practices, and research, this Handbook presents an up-to-date, global picture of the field. Organized in five sections, the Handbook lays out the field’s theoretical and historical foundations; offers examples of holistic education in practice with regard to schools, programs, and pedagogies at all levels; presents research methods used in holistic education; outlines the growing effort among holistic educators to connect holistic teaching and learning with research practice; and examines present trends and future areas of interest in program development, inquiry, and research. This volume is a must-have resource for researchers and practitioners and serves as an essential foundational text for courses in the field.

part I|56 pages

Foundations

chapter 1|12 pages

Holistic Education

A Brief History

chapter 3|8 pages

Beauty and Learning 1

chapter 4|9 pages

From a Deeper Place

Indigenous Worlding as the Next Step in Holistic Education

chapter 6|6 pages

Care of the Soul in Education

part II|91 pages

Teaching–Learning–Curriculum

chapter 7|9 pages

Addressing the Needs of the Whole Child

Implications for Young Children and Adults Who Care for Them

chapter 8|9 pages

Moving the Spirit

Holistic Education and Young Children

chapter 10|11 pages

Core Reflection

Nurturing the Human Potential in Students and Teachers

chapter 14|10 pages

Holistic Assessment

Assessing Dialogically, Personally, Individually

chapter 15|9 pages

Transformation through Art and Vision 1

An Indigenous Perspective

part III|70 pages

Examples of Holistic Education, Practices

chapter 16|8 pages

Waldorf Education

Freeing the Human Being

chapter 18|8 pages

Cultivating the Abilities of the Heart

Educating through a Pedagogy of Love

chapter 19|8 pages

Lhomon Education

Teaching for Well-being in Bhutan

chapter 21|10 pages

Madrasa Schools in East Africa

An Islamic Perspective in Holistic Education

part IV|75 pages

Research

chapter 24|9 pages

The Coexistence of Spirituality and Anxiety

Mothers and Daughters

chapter 26|12 pages

The Curriculum of Character

Poetic Ruminations on Growing Old(er)

chapter 27|8 pages

Conducting Narrative Inquiry Research From a Holistic Perspective

Honoring Story and Soul

chapter 28|9 pages

Sound Escapes

An Holistic Approach to Spirituality and Music Education

chapter 31|7 pages

Many Layers, Many Dimensions

Building a New Science of Holistic Education

part V|49 pages

Future Directions

chapter 32|5 pages

A Manifesto of Holistic Education

A Declaration for Unity and Personal Choice

chapter 33|9 pages

Belonging, Identity, and Meaning Making—the Essence of Spirituality

Implications for Holistic Educational Programs in Plural Societies

chapter 35|9 pages

African Indigenous Education in Kenyan Universities

A Decolonizing and Transformational Tool

chapter 36|8 pages

Hebraism, Hellenism, and Holism

Finding Sources of Life in Western Culture

chapter 37|8 pages

Toward an Integrative Mind