Description
Students are not only minds that need to learn content: they are whole people, with emotions, bodies, relationships, values and a need for meaning. Holistic education is an approach that aims to engage all these dimensions, helping learners find identity, meaning and purpose through their connections with their community, the natural world and values such as compassion and peace. This Holistic Education course shows you how to bring this approach into your school, nurturing a love for learning and addressing students' emotional, social, ethical and academic needs through integrated learning experiences.
You will explore the principles of holistic education and how to put them into practice through experiential learning, real-world projects that develop critical thinking and strong relationships in the classroom. You will reflect on how our actions affect local and global communities and how to use the surroundings as a source of learning. The course also focuses on wellbeing: you will learn what causes stress, how it affects body and mind, and practical methods to reduce it, adapted to your own needs and those of your students. You will look at teacher burnout and its impact on students and schools, and at how motivation and meaning help teachers stay engaged and positively influence their environment.
By the end of the course, you will have practical strategies to make your teaching more holistic and a personal plan to look after your own wellbeing and motivation.
COURSE OVERVIEW
- Integrate a holistic approach into their teaching, addressing students' emotional, social, ethical and academic needs.
- Build positive relationships and a collaborative, supportive learning environment.
- Look after their own wellbeing and motivation to stay engaged and effective in their work.
- Encourage students to connect their learning with their community, nature and values.
- Design integrated and experiential learning activities that engage the whole learner.
- Plan real-world projects that develop students' critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Apply practical stress-reduction methods adapted to their own needs and those of their students.
- Use activities that help students reflect on their impact on local and global communities.
- Create a personal plan to protect their wellbeing and motivation.
- Understand the principles of holistic education and how it differs from more traditional approaches.
- Identify the emotional, social, ethical and academic dimensions of learning.
- Recognise the physical and emotional causes of stress and the risks of teacher burnout.
- Explain how teacher motivation and wellbeing influence students and the school community.
NEXT COURSES
Our Pricing
100% funded by the Erasmus+
Services included
- Pre-arrival information.
- Tuition & training materials.
- Admin & organizational costs.
- Documentation support.
- Coffee break.
*Please check our Terms & Conditions for details of the items included in the Coffee Corner.
services
- Accommodation (hotels & self-catering apartments).
- Half-day and one-day trips.
- Cultural activities.
- Airport transfer.
- Local transport.
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