This book makes the case for preserving integrated, holistic reading programs, debunking the belief in one-size-fits-all instruction and taking readers inside classrooms to demonstrate progressive, meaning-centered teaching. The book offers easy-to-use strategies that build upon the life experiences and language that children bring with them to…

Suggests invitational education provides both a theory and a system for school counselors seeking to integrate counseling techniques, roles, and functions. Presents an overview of the invitational model and practical applications for counselors. (RC)

Discusses the individual, public health, and public policy. The author advocates a healthy public policy which stresses holistic health maintenance, small-scale local solutions to health problems, and an ecological approach to worldwide health problems. (AM)

Utilized the Critical Incident Technique to explore the facilitation of healing for First Nations people. Results indicate that healing was facilitated through practices such as connecting to family, community, spirituality, and nature. Examines healing approaches that helped people achieve interdependence to illustrate the importance of…

Describes an assignment in which the preservice teacher must find a connection between science and Shakespeare. Connects the science of the witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" to the holistic approach of education. (SG)

A holistic approach to individual development within the context of a learning organization produces well-informed, knowledgeable, critically-thinking adults whose decisions contribute to organizational prosperity. From a systems perspective, valuing development only if it contributes to productivity is counterintuitive. (SK)

Begins by outlining current challenges for educational systems, then describes the evolution of universities in the Western world and recent changes, particularly the trend towards more integrative approaches to knowledge. Describes recent developments in theories of the mind, which reinforce the trend towards an integrative worldview. Offers…

Describes a holistic approach using a variety of creative forms including movement, music, and painting to enable adults to connect with profound emotions and their affective beings. (SK)

Discusses a holistic curriculum plan involving bininj (Australian Aboriginal) and balanda (non aboriginal) preservice teachers at Gunbalanya thinking, talking and writing about a philosophy on "both ways" education. Notes the curriculum addresses three essential issues: what "both ways" education is; what educators need to learn about "both ways"…

Discusses how to use the SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) note format to provide clear and concise documentation of the client's continuum of care. This format allow for thorough documentation and it also assists the counselor in representing client concerns in a holistic framework, thus permitting a better understanding of the…

In the new economy, increased polarization of rich and poor is supported by the rhetoric of lifelong learning policies focused on training as panacea. Adult educators are urged to analyze the new economy from alternative perspectives, adopt a holistic view of lifelong learning, and advocate more progressive policies. (Contains 47 references.) (SK)

This article advocates a holistic approach to physical education which supplements the traditional physical fitness and skill development focus by incorporating outdoor/adventure activities. Social, emotional, and physical implications of this approach are discussed. (IAH)

Naturalistic evaluation aims to portray a program holistically, summarizing and interpreting concerns and issues, and presenting consideration beyond the data from respondent and evaluation input. This article shows how this approach was used to evaluate certain Getty Institute Discipline-Based Art Education training programs. (MLH)

The Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) has developed both formal and informal reading assessments reflecting current reading theory. A test development committee created a MEAP blueprint of four elements: constructing meaning, knowledge about reading, attitudes and self-perceptions, and topic familiarity. Includes two references. (MLH)

A holistic approach to peace education in the Philippines encourages citizens to understand the causes of conflicts and violence and to engage in social action to transform society. Pedagogical themes identified include peace-oriented values, critical consciousness and dialogue, reflection and conscientization, and active nonviolence and…