Article Title

Higher Education and the Journey of Transformation

Authors

Ron Miller

Publication Date

Spring 2011

Abstract

Higher education exists in a cultural context, and our universities and colleges were designed to serve and maintain the dominant culture of modernism and technocracy. Holism is a countercultural perspective that contests this worldview, respecting nature’s organic patterns and self-organizing processes. A holistic pedagogy follows, rather than dictates to, the organic unfolding of life, and embraces an open, responsive, flexible, and self-reflective practice. The author describes his efforts to apply holistic principles in higher education and discusses the obstacles he encountered in a conventional college setting. He urges educators to recognize students as struggling, aspiring human souls looking for identity and security in an impersonal and insecure society.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Ron (2011) "Higher Education and the Journey of Transformation," Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice: Vol. 4: Iss. 3, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/jppp/vol4/iss3/3