Black Mountain College was a holistic learning environment.
"It has generated visitors from around the country who have learned a holistic approach to serving young people and families in their local communities," Sister Paulette, the executive director of Good Shepherd Services, said.
Essentially, by undertaking their own research projects, students become involved in a more holistic integrated approach to their learning, rather than experiencing an 'atomised' approach where learning is broken into individual 'modules' [ 14].
Perhaps the training may have shifted the teachers' focus from pure skill training to a more holistic teaching approach fostering deep learning.
Recent brain research suggests the need for holistic approaches to learning and development, recognizing that children's physical and intellectual well-being and socio-emotional and cognitive development are all interrelated (Grantham-McGregor et al., 2007).
Furthermore, Eizenberg (1988) warns that sheer volume will discourage students from adopting deep, holistic approaches to learning, making deep learners become surface learners [ 9].
This programme adopts a holistic approach to learning that promises to transform schools into child-centred and gender-sensitive places of learning and includes sports as a key element in the provision of a quality education to children.
There are no barriers between academic disciplines: Professors share lectures in core classes, resulting in a holistic approach to learning.
Together, these building blocks form the foundation for a rigorous and holistic approach to learning and research.
In this retrospect, Violet Stone shares how the training prioritized a holistic approach to learning about wholesale markets such as food hubs, groceries, schools and cooperatives.
