The Need For Holistic Education

If both practitioners and parents offer their children effective support their holistic development will be significantly benefited.

Knowing and respecting how I was becoming, I knew that my curriculum in my classroom would have to be student-centered in order for what it needed to be to be meaningful to me as a teacher. It is with all these connections - and a wealth of questioning, storytelling, and searching – that changes are made into greater beings. Greene talks about living wide-awake, and that has to start by teaching, learning, and modeling wide-awakeness.

Child`s development must be seen holistically as each area of development are connected with and affects every other area of development.

This paper has presented an argument on how a child’s development is strongly influenced by environmental and cultural influences as well as parenting styles and education. Children begin to learn and experiment with social skills at school, allowing them to learn and understand social skills necessary for later life in life. Children who receive schooling at an early age perform better later in academics. I hope that by teaching in the ways that I described will help me accomplish this. I want my classroom of students to be excited to come to my class everyday to learn something that I hope will impact them for the rest of their lives. I want my classroom to be a very caring environment. I want my students to feel important and smart and to influence them to be the best that they can be. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from

The nature of students is that of an instinctive ability to learn. Students of ages and all grade levels reflect their surroundings and respond according to their interpretation. Naturally it is not only the influence of a classroom that shapes a student but many outside factors that determine students’ goals and abilities; for example, healthy encouragement from parents. Students may find a natural ability to perform in one area of education and with help may fine tune their ability to better their understanding of other areas. Students have a better understanding of education when it is relevant to their needs and everyday life.

Ongoing assessments and evaluations, tutorials, positive feedback and assessing learning styles will ensure the learner’s needs continue to be met (Petty: 2009 & Grimsby Institute: 2012). The humanistic school of learning is based on meeting learners needs and has demonstrated to be influential in adult learning (Petty: 2009). The tutor should also ensure that resources are available, and that a variety of learning methods are utilised to include everyone.

So if we place our students in an environment that supports their efforts to learn we can conclude that our students will learn and actualize their potential. Studies in the health field have shown that when a person is in a socially supportive environment they are known to use positive methods to overcome undesirable situations. So, we can conclude that if a student is in a socially supportive environment and have a good teacher-student relationship then they too will use positive methods for succeeding in the classroom. It is believed by Abraham Maslow that everyone comes to a point of self-actualization, meaning that there is a need to develop all of one’s potential talents and capabilities (Snowman, J. (2015). But this can only be achieved in an environment where one can develop all of the lower “Hierarchy of Needs,” such as safety, belongingness and love, and esteem. Without the lower tiers being developed, one can not come to self-actualization. Only in a supportive classroom can this be

The school is testing ground for the brain. I believe that the student should be exposed to new ideas, experiences, techniques and methods so as to further develop their own capacities to adapt, change, learn, and grow as people. One of the most important goals of the school, if not the most significant, is to develop literate and productive members of society, who are able to converse with a variety of issues using varied methods of communication and media. All students should be encouraged to make thoughtful contributions to society, no matter how large or small they may be. Also, the school is not confined to a

There are many different theories of how people learn and in considering their application to how students learn and how teachers teach; educational programmes must be of holistic value. Learning according to the humanistic theory speaks to the holistic value that must be communicated through the process of acquiring new

Humanistic education (also called person-centered education) is an approach to education based on the work of humanistic psychologists which denoted devotion to the opposing principles of Christianity and earthly (pagan) beauty. This is rendered possible by a humanistic learning (represented by the study) so generous and appreciative as to comprehend both extremes.

There are five philosophies of education that make up my personal philosophy. I believe in certain aspects of every philosophy. Perennialism strives above all to develop our capacity to reason. The things of everlasting importance should be taught to people everywhere. I believe that there should be an authority figure to guide the students. The aspects of perennialism that I agree with are critical thinking, problem solving, coaching, discussion, prayer in the classroom, contemplation, and orderliness. I believe that the children should be led to use strategic thinking skills to solve problems. Moral development is included in the curriculum of perennialism. I believe children today need to be taught

There are certain qualities that make secondary students more challenging to guide than primary students. It is unfair to say they do not enjoy learning, but they need to see a connection of the knowledge they acquire in the classroom is relevant to their own lives. If a student does not feel he or she has received any satisfaction in the classroom, the risk of them rebelling increases. The adolescent years are the formative years for people, and what occurs during this period will have a lasting effect. If students feel disconnected or unsatisfied with knowledge, their learning will undoubtedly be compromised. They constantly need to be encouraged and guided through daily activities and interaction. It is essential that young people foster healthy interactions with teachers who they are able to depend on and who can assist in their growth.

Constructivist approach explains the ways in which learners make their own personal sense of learning tasks, the environment, the teacher, and the actual process of learning. Constructivism has strong links with humanism, as both are concerned with the individual's search for personal meaning. Humanistic approaches emphasize the importance of inner world of learner and place the individuals at the forefront of all human development. Each learner is seen as a whole person. He assumes his inner world of thought and feeling in relation to others in a personalized learning to become a more active, successful, and well-rounded individual while interacting and cooperating with other learners. Humanistic approach stresses on the affective and cognitive involvement of learners in the process of learning. Teachers' and learners' beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions to the learning and teaching are brought into interaction to generate a consolidating environment for the class to be highly productive. Learners' response to a task is assessed by teacher to

The learning experience should be that of a collective nature where students are able to indiscriminately relate to the information, re-teach the information and have a balanced incorporation of all the learning centers in society; including the home and the church. The goal of this incorporation is to create a balanced learning environment that facilitates holistic development in the young mind. As professionals entrusted with the shaping of young minds, teachers must facilitate learning and personal, spiritual, ethical and academic development. My philosophy for education is a multi-part philosophy that encapsulates the idea of holistic and inclusive learning. The philosophy caters for the overall shaping and development of the young mind and includes aspects of balanced training, incorporated teachings and it generally focuses on training students to become teachers.

Planned procedures to implement this Health and Family Life Education curriculum are in sync with vision 20/20 in terms of its attempt to add its part to a seamless education. This, the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) programme does through a spiraling curriculum. To that end, the curriculum seeks to coherently link the teaching and learning strategies and