Holistic Education: An Approach for 21 Century

Adapting Canadian Education Systems for the 21 Century

PATT-32 Proceedings Technology Education for 21 Century Skills

In this paper, three cases of cooperation between primary schools and technological companies are investigated from the perspective of the learning mechanisms of boundary crossing: do stakeholders learn to identify, coordinate, reflect on and transform their primary processes? We focus on authentic technological processes versus (mere) exposure to explanations or instruction, and on the develop...

Holistic Education: Learning for an Interconnected World

This chapter presents detailed information about the birth of holistic education and the background of the approach. The chapter describes and compares the Waldorf and Montessori educational systems and the beliefs, values, and attitudes of each. Examples of holistic education are provided as well as techniques and strategies that can be used in the classroom during discussions about sustainabi...

An Interpretive-emergent-holistic Approach for Collaborative Governance an Interpretive-emergent-holistic Approach for Collaborative Governance

In this paper, we intend to propose a novel pathway for achieving systems thinking—a prerequisite for strategic management—in the context of collaborative governance. This novel pathway, namely an interpretive-emergent-holistic approach, is grounded in complex adaptive systems framework and aimed at leveraging the computational power of today’s information technology in providing rigorous, syst...

Understanding Each Other : Education in 21 st Century Asia

Though societies have existed for thousands of years without modern conceptions of education, the changing nature of the world has given rise to education as it exists today. That is, education has become a more structured and institutionalized process that often consists of years of schooling or a lifetime of learning, and that serves as a means to different ends, depending on the specific env...