Can We Transform the Spirit of Our Workers Through Holistic Education?

Title
Can We Transform the Spirit of Our Workers Through Holistic Education?
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Collister, Rupert
Editor
Editor(s): Jean Searle, Fred Bevan and Dick Roebuck
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Griffith University, Centre for Learning Research
Place of publication
Brisbane, Australia
UNE publication id
une:11741
Abstract
This work is based on the notion that a paradigm needs to be created which facilitates the creation of sustainable communities; sustainable communities will in turn create a sustainable society and a sustainable world. In this work I am assuming sustainability is [an approach that] 'satisfies the needs of [a community] without diminishing the prospects for future generations' (Brown, 1981). Creating a sustainable community from fragmented, dysfunctional amalgam's we currently find requires a 'transformation of the software of our lives: our vision, our values, our principles, our habits of thought and behaviour, our human relations, and our preferred strategies for moving towards wellness and prosperity' (Bopp & Bopp, 2001, p.4). In order for this transformation to occur there needs to be a 'dissolution' and reorganisation of the constituent elements of any [dominant] system around a new organising principle, a new pattern of life' (Bopp & Bopp, 2001, p.37). This paper and the accompanying session will explore the role of education in creating sustainable communities for a sustainable future.
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Citation
Vocational Learning: Transitions, Interrelationships, Partnerships and Sustainable Futures. Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Post-Compulsory Education and Training, v.1, p. 156-162
ISBN
187537860X
9781875378944
Start page
156
End page
162

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