Holistic Approach in Education: Holistic Approach in Education: Some Considerations Some Considerations Dr. S.P.Mohanty Dr. S.P.Mohanty Lecturer In Education Lecturer In Education Department Of Education Department Of Education Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha Email: Email: [email protected][email protected]
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Holistic Approach in Education: Holistic Approach in Education: Some ConsiderationsSome Considerations
Dr. S.P.MohantyDr. S.P.MohantyLecturer In EducationLecturer In Education
Department Of EducationDepartment Of EducationRavenshaw University, Cuttack, OdishaRavenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha
Holistic Education: What it is?Holistic Education: What it is?
Prepares for lifelong learningfor a productive life in which their skills and
attributes are constantly challenged, developed and applied
Collaboration rather than competition in classrooms, teachers help young people feel the world of human relations
UNESCO (1996):Learning to know implies learning how to learn by
developing one's concentration, memory skills and ability to think
Learning to do: Education can equip people to do different types of work needed in the future either in paid employment and self-employment
Learning to live together: people will be able to work collectively for a common goal
Learning to be: The complete fulfillment of man, in all the richness of his personality, the complexity of his forms of expression and his various commitments - as individual, member of a family and of a community, citizen and producer, inventor of techniques and creative dreamer
Holistic development is not possible with this environment
The Teacher Teacher autonomy is essential for ensuring a learning
environment that addresses children’s diverse needs, As the learner requires space, freedom, flexibility, and respect holistic teacher is a facilitator of learning
concept of knowledge as a process of reasoning and of continuous learning, i.e., infinite in stead of treating knowledge as content, i.e., finite
Sometimes teachers lack basic pedagogic skills (explaining, asking appropriate questions, understanding of the processes of learning and class-management).
teacher education programme needs to be restructured on the basis of pedagogical skills as neither pre-service nor in-service training is addressing the issue.
Curriculumlearning of self-respect and self-esteemRelationship :social literacy and emotional literacy
for relationships learning to ensure long-term successseeing the beauty (aesthetics)Linguistic potential of children: Bilingual proficiency
raises the levels of cognitive growth, social tolerance, divergent thinking and scholastic achievement (NCF, 2005).
Connecting to life outside schoollearning is shifted away from rote to methodsoverall development of childrenflexible and integrated with classroom learning
Curriculum Structure
Process of Stage Specific Assessment Early Childhood Stage: assessment be of purely
qualitative judgments of children’s activities in various domains and health , physical development, based on observations through everyday interactions
Higher Classes, the students need to be aware that they are being assessed : more examinations, projects reports, self-evaluation techniques for assessing the physical, mental, socio-emotional and spiritual developments
Assessment of Learning summative in nature carried out at the end of a unit, semester or year. Assessment For Learning improve pupil learning.help pupils master learning goals. formative in nature, takes place all the time in the
classroom, a process that is embedded in instruction
Enhancement of ICT skill: with ICT skillsFamily Environment: play and learn at their
homes with their parent’s supervision Self-learning Environment: without itClassroom Environment: do his work
from anywhere and doesn’t restrict him to the classroom