Holistic Education System Analysis

Education as a lifelong process should hit all aspects in human’s life. This idea comes up as one of the goal of education institutions nowadays. Henceforth, there are many paradigms in education; one of them is the holistic education. Until now, one of the education institutions which consistently apply the holistic education system is Primary Teachers Education in Teachers College – UPH. This department implements the holistic education to its vision and mission which are fully supported by the support systems. These support systems are Himpunan Mahasiswa Jurusan (HMJ) PGSD, care group, counseling, tutorials, and some more. Nevertheless, in this writing the author will specifically evaluate the programs of HMJ PGSD, which is divided into

Miller (2007, 89) also state that the focus of holistic education is on relationships: the relationship between linear thinking and intuition, the relationship between mind and body, the relationships among various domains of knowledge, the relationship between the individual and community, and our relationship to our souls. Holistic education also covers intellectual, emotional, spiritual, moral, social, and physical aspect (Schreiner, Banev, and Oxley, 2005, 85).
The development of the whole person forms the core function of the communities of scholarship and practice of the profession of the student affairs (Braxton, 2009, 573). Thus, the holistic teacher elicits students’ ‘construction system’ in lectures, seminars, and tutorials in order to design a true interaction meaningful to students. (Patel, 2003, 274). Those are the basis to achieve the goal of the holistic education system, which is to help the learner develop as a whole

Department Gathering held to strengthen kinship between all members of Primary Teachers Education major, including lecturers, staffs, and students. Sport Day Program maintains the physical fitness while bonding them in a way of internal football competition. Appreciation Day covers the emotional aspects and sensitivity of the things happens around them. This program divided into four categories, which are Parents Day, Teachers Day, Valentine Day, and Birthday. For celebrating Parents Day, HMJ will give the Primary students chance to say thank you to their parents, appreciating them and making that moment as a precious moment for the parents-child in a way of communicating through phone. Besides that, Noble Character Development which contains motivational Bible verses, inspiring articles, or personal intimacy with God are held to plant the characters of Jesus in each student individually which are reflected to the life they live personally.
Surprisingly, all programs of HMJ PGSD explained before have at least one purpose that hit the aspect of the holistic education system. Some programs even have more than one purpose to be achieved in one particular program. Both academic and non-academic division show a clear understanding about its function as the support system which reflected to its programs. By considering the aspects