HOLISTIC TEACHER.

QUESTION: Who can be called a "Holistic Teacher?
With everyone talking of 'Holistic Education' there is need for 'Holistic Teachers' and we need to list the traits, attributes and qualities of such a teacher. –Prof. B. L. Handoo

k kemper- Management Consultant, writer, past TV show producer

Answer: since i invented "holistic accounting" in 1982,a holistic teacher could be one who brings all subject matter and teaching concepts to the classroom and endeavors to succinctly use those melded together to meet the needs of the students as the instructor "facilitates" the mandated material.

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Answer: A "holistic teacher" is a "facilitator of learning." The traditional role of teacher has become one of an instructor who drills or pours "info-facts" into a student's head, treating knowledge as content, i.e., finite, and this archaic model has been reinforced by the computer age of how information gets processed. Yet the caveat of "garbage in, garbage out" now applies to today's obsolete industrial-era mass education system.

Holistic education is based on a concept of knowledge as a process of reasoning and of
continuous learning, i.e., infinite.

Carl Rogers wrote about the role of the holistic teacher back in 1967 in "Person to Person: The Problem of Being Human", (Real People Press), as follows:
- concentrate on creating a classroom climate to facilitate self-initiated learning, the freedom to learn and learning to be free.
- allow the students to be free and responsible so they confront real life problems.
- the teacher must be genuine and sincere, with a confident view of humanity and a profound trust in the human organism.
- able to accept their feelings as their own, they have no need to impose them on others.
- the teacher values the feelings and opinions of students who are regarded as imperfect humans with many potentialities.
- the teacher never denies a child's feelings and has empathic awareness of the learning process and education from the student's point of view.

In 1993, John miller, the pioneer of holistic learning at OISE in Toronto, wrote a seminal book "Holistic Teacher", and very recently "The Holistic Curriculum".
Hope that helps.

M. Joyce McMenamin- "Chief-of-Quite-A-Lot"

Answer: Looking around, it appears a lot of people can self-assert a holistic title.
Some of the most famous holistic practitioner-authors have no specific training or credentials.
I have sought out credentials and found that many of the certification programs are elementary and 'wanting'.
The concept of 'holism' is 'complete' (eg., whole).
I tend to believe that holism either "is" or "isn't".
Those that teach successfully are typically holistic from a combination of experience + learning vs. formal training.

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Answer: In holistic education, the teacher is seen less as person of authority who leads and controls but rather is seen as:

1) A friend,
2) A mentor,
3) A facilitator,
4) An experienced traveling companion

Schools should be seen as places where students and adults work toward a mutual goal. Open and honest communication is expected and differences between people are respected and appreciated. Cooperation is the norm, rather than competition. Thus, many schools incorporating holistic beliefs do not give grades or rewards. The reward of helping one another and growing together is emphasized rather than being placed above one another.

In considering curriculum using a holistic approach, one must address the question of what children need to learn. Since holistic education seeks to educate the whole person, there are some key factors that are essential to this type of education.

• First, children need to learn about themselves. This involves learning self respect and self esteem.

• Second, children need to learn about relationships. In learning about their relationships with others, there is a focus on social “literacy” (learning to see social influence) and emotional “literacy” (one’s own self in relation to others).

• Third, children need to learn about resilience. This entails overcoming difficulties, facing challenges and learning how to ensure long-term success.

• Fourth, children need to learn about aesthetics – This encourages the student to see the beauty of what is around them and learn to have awe in life.

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Answer: A Mentor. An Example. A Leader. A Visionary. One Who Inspires. The Dalai Lama

Adam Maclennan; Lead Tutor at Tutorpedia

Answer: In my opinion very few (if any) people could be called a "Holistic Teachers." Though I would say that some people take a holistic approach to education and that is very good.

My primary bench mark for holistic teaching would be if the teacher seeks to impart a desire to learn and show connections to the real world as well as just disseminate basic knowledge. The teacher doesn't have to be able to teach all subjects by any means but does need to show how the subject being taught relates to others and to life. What's more teacher should seek out what interests and inspires the student and relate the subject to that. Any connection could be made even if it is honestly admitting that the current subject matter is simply a "hoop to be jumped through" on the path to the students eventual life goal.

A holistic approach to education does not mean that the teacher needs to befriend the student, treat them as an intellectual equal, or equally value their opinions about the world. In fact the teacher should do not really do any of these things because they all lead to the loss of credibility. As the teacher, even the holistically minded one, you should be the guru, the master of the material and on a higher intellectual rank than the student. People in general don't tend to learn from those with equal knowledge on a subject, they debate them. I'm not suggesting that students differing in opinion from you are a bad thing; in fact that process is extremely good. However, if you are a teacher worth your salt, nine times out ten the debate should end with both you and the student understanding that you are the winner, but not that the student has lost.

However the image of a mentor or role model is not far from where a holistically minded educator should be. This image must be carefully maintained and needs to differ from student to student. In all cases students must respect the teacher a great deal in order for any holistic program to take place.

Shankar Barua; Writer, Artist, Thinker, Musician, & Oddball Innovator

Answer: A good parent should do Bhushan.

Keep well ~ Shankar

Rayaprolu Sarma; Owner, SASU Academy Pvt. Ltd

Answer: Is being a "Holistic Teacher" a possibility?

Can there be any one who is complete and can we measure the completeness? To me a holistic teacher or some one close to a holistic teacher who understands his limitations as a human and still allows the possibility of other's growth through constant search for answers. A Holistic teacher need not be a subject matter expert always. He can merely be some one who encourages learning not by teaching but by being and becoming.

Teachers most often have to fill in the shoes of unrealistic ideals and hard to survive methodologies. It is important that self realization and truth seeking become the motto of teaching or imparting learning, only then can a teacher be holistic.

From a philosophical, real life, scientific and cultural perspectives, allowing learning to sprout in turbulence along with accepting learning as an event in a journey, all these are qualities which a holistic teacher can aim to have

Siphiwe Silinda; Document Controller B&W Madagascar Sarl

Answer: A holistic Teacher is someone that educates, mentor and do coaching one on one with his or her students. When students see her or him they regard as a role model because of the drive and the skills that he or she is passing on to the students. He or she posses the following attribute
Strong Leadership, Career and Family Counseling, Planning into Detail & Motivator

Nanette de Ville; at Life Reflections

Answer: I work as a Healer and I would expect to see the following qualities in a Holistic Teacher:
They should be someone who is compassionate, understanding and can listen. To be able to give impartial guidance and coaching to child:
Guiding children:
1. to understand they are responsible for the own actions and words
2. to learn how to identify personal issues and deal with the positively
3. learn how to identify goals and the steps to achieve them
4. to identify self-limitations and imposed limitations giving guidance and coaching on how to overcome them and what positive actions they need to take.
5. Learn how to love themselves and be joyous and passionate about their lives.
This will result in children being able to see their unique talent and will bring about a responsive curriculum instead of a restrictive and conditioned curriculum.

The more a person is in control of their lives the more they understand themselves and be who they really are.
There are many successful entrepreneurs who only had limited education clearly we cannot say they are failures but the education system failed them.

Julia Shirkey; Promoting learning as a way of life

Answer: Holistic teachers appeal to cognitive, affective, spiritual, relational, and somatic aspects of learning.

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Answer: My chiropractor, Dr. Howard Kessler, Hillsdale, New Jersey is a wonderful holistic Doctor and teacher...

Harish Nair; Founder, Ragnar & Rearden Consultants

Answer: As an ardent student of systems thinking, i believe, being holistic is the ability to understand something from all possible perspectives, understand the invisible and visible assumptions behind those perspectives; understand that something in its context and outside of that context and the implications thereof.

Being able to also understand as well as detach oneself from one's own beliefs and prejudices to aid objectivity is a key to being holistic.

Anyone who has these capabilities can be considered as someone who is able to view things holistically. Being able to teach is another talent altogether. One who can combine the above along with the basic necessities of being a good teacher in my view can be termed a holistic teacher.

I also believe, being able to get this across to others would be a key to being a holistic teacher. One who has a holistic approach will enable others to do the same as he understands fully the limitations of not being holistic and how much is richness is lost in not being holistic.

Trust that helpful

Cheers
Harish Nair

Gurinder Ahluwalia; Marketing Consultant to SMEs, Professor in Marketing & Director

Answer: First and foremost a teacher must know the subject s/he teaches. Secondly s/he should be able to understand the students' personality and learning abilities. Thirdly a teacher must remain dispassionate in all situations. Lastly a teacher should respect divergent opinion and be open to all viewpoints.

Ida Durling: Management/Executive

Answer: Holistic teachers have clear and simple rules:

1.Respect - for the teacher, for classmates, and for materials
2.Raise Your Hand if you want to speak
3.Always try your best (as a person and on your work)
4.Take responsibility for our classroom (pick up after yourself)

These are just some of the classroom guidelines a holistic teacher will implement:

1.Respond to Adults
2.Make eye contact
3.Congratulate a classmate
4.Respect other students' comments, opinions and ideas
5.If you win, do not brag; if you lose, do not show anger
6.Cover your mouth with the crook in your arm when you sneeze
7.Do not show disrespect with gestures
8.Always say thank you when given something and do not insult the gift or giver
9.Surprise others by performing random acts of kindness
10.Follow along when we read together in class
11.Answer all written questions with a complete sentence
12.You must complete your homework every day
13.Subject transitions will be swift, quiet, and orderly
14.Be organized as possible
15.When a substitute teacher is present, all class rules still apply
16.Follow the specific classroom rules
17.You may bring a bottle of water to class, you may not get up for a drink of water during instruction.
18. Greet visitors and make them feel welcome
19.Do not save seats at lunch or in line
20.Do not stare at a student who is being reprimanded