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Module 24: Will and Motivation in Holistic Education
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 ‘will, motivation and leadership’ by the teacher, or other practitioner, so as to encourage learning, professional development and/or personal growth.
The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high
and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it.
- Michelangelo
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.
– Confucius
“One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.”
Albert Einstein
Introductory reading/s to get started:
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/motivation/motivate.html
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=6166
A sense of the field can be obtained from Roger Stack’s ‘Map’ of Holistic Education see also his blog
