22 Unit 20

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Module 20: Values and Virtues – in Behaviour (the ‘Sun’ and ‘WALK’ in SunWALK)

 

“Certitude divides and diversity unifies…..We have to elevate religion above politics…..”  

H.R.H. Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal    BBC Newsnight 9^th Feb 2006

 

Module description:

In relation to a working definition of the process of holistic development this module looks at the nature of, and use of, the idea of ‘values and behaviour (the Sun and WALK in SunWALK’ by the teacher, or other practitioner, so as to encourage learning, professional development and/or personal growth.

 

Values:

“Certitude divides and diversity unifies…..We have to elevate religion above politics…..”  H.R.H. Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal    BBC Newsnight 9^th Feb 2006

Beliefs:

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”     

The Buddha Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

Virtues:

The excess of virtue is a vice.  ~Greek Proverb

 

Introductory reading/s to get started:

 

http://www.infed.org/foundations/w-inf7.htm

 

http://www.infed.org/archives/e-texts/e-dew-pc.htm

 

http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-dem.htm

 

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A sense of the field can be obtained from Roger Stack’s ‘Map’ of Holistic Education  see also his blog    

 

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