HOLISTIC EDUCATION

Biodata: Edris Khamissa

Edris Khamissa is an international consultant in Education and Human Development. He began his career as a

teacher of English. His passion and expertise for the subject culminated in his nomination as the Chairman of the

English Society of South Africa. He has been a head teacher of three schools.

He has conducted numerous workshops in Australia, United States, Canada, England, Middle East, Nigeria, Lusaka,

Mozambique, Pakistan, Bangkok, Kosovo, Rome , Botswana, Bangladesh and throughout South Africa. He was one

of the founding members of the AMS-South Africa. He is an advisory member of IBERR - International Board of

Educational Research and Resources. He is the co-author of the IBERR manual for Schools.

His expertise is in self-development and curriculum design. His creativity made him a dynamic lecturer in Didactic

and Methodology at IPSA (International Peace University of South Africa). He also conducts in-service training for

business corporations. As a Parenting Expert and a Marriage Counsellor he conducts workshops on these topics.

Youth Leadership is another area of his focus. He is a regular guest on National and Community Radio Stations. His

attendees find his programmes life changing. He believes that we should take ownership of our lives. This is clearly

evident in his Personal Empowerment seminars/workshops.

One of his other specialities is motivating and training nursing staff. This has in many ways resulted in improved

patient perceptions-in some instances from mediocrity to excellence.

If I do not change within the

next 48 hours then it is

unlikely I am going to

change.

I can understand when a child

is afraid of the dark...

but I can never forgive a man

who is afraid of the light

We do not see the

world as it is

but as we are

Unleash Your Power To Think Big!

Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate,

our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves,

'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?'

Actually, who are you not to be?

It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone, and as we let our own light

shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

How To Think ‘Outside The Box’

• Be prepared for a big change

• Break free of dull routine

• Break normal thought patterns

• Challenge assumptions

• Break free of dull routine

• Brainstorm

• Think laterally

• Think in reverse

• “Education helps in the complete growth of an individual’s personality, whereas

instruction merely trains an individual or a group in the efficient performance of

some task.” (Syed Ali Ashraf)

• What does this mean for Muslim schools and the application of its ethos across

all spheres of school life?

What is education?

• Prepare students to meet the challenges of living as well as academics

• Important for young people to learn:

• About themselves

• About healthy relationships and pro-social behaviour

• Social development

• Emotional development

• Resilience

• To see beauty, have awe, experience transcendence, and appreciate

truths as sourced form the Koran and on the life of the Prophet

Mohammad (SAW)

• About their purpose in life

P u r p o s e o f H o l i s t i c E d u c a t i o n

• Higher quality child care is associated with better cognitive and social

development.

• Cognitive early education promote educability, especially in children of

low socio-economic status.

• Results from Cognitive Early Education Survey:

• Promote reading acquisition

• Increase in ability and knowledge of mathematics

• For disadvantaged children produce immediate boosts in IQ

equivalent to about eight IQ points

• Compensate in very large measure for socio-economic differences

E f f e c t s o f C o g n i t i ve E d u c a t i o n

• Social Education is the education of society or community.

• Digital learning bring new possibilities and methods of studying

• Asking others for resources, help with their problems, or solving difficult

homework tasks

• If something is unclear learners engage in discussions with the ones

who help in order to get the explanation, even if that conversation is

asynchronous

S o c i a l E d u c a t i o n

• Aesthetic education helps students discover new ways of looking at,

listening to, moving in and speaking of their everyday experiences

• Aesthetic quality is concentrated in the arts, the study of music, dance,

drama and the visual arts most directly develops aesthetic awareness.

A e s t h e t i c E d u c a t i o n

Aesthetic education opens up areas of learning too seldom experienced in

school:

• the power of a work of art to transform children and teachers

• the partnership of student and teacher sharing insights

• the challenge of taking risks to ask open-ended questions

• the excitement of learning to express oneself in new ways

• the self-esteem gained from experiences that teach self-respect and

mutual respect

• the exploration of a broad range of human relationships

• the opportunity to combine mind and emotion, cognition and sensory

experience, analysis and intuition toward understanding something as a

whole

A e s t h e t i c E d u c a t i o n

• Soul quotient

• Ensure human progress

• Aim to change people’s behaviour

• Recognize fundamental human rights

• Promote the harmony of all the world's religions

• Promote mutual trust

• Promoting community building

S p i r i t u a l E d u c a t i o n

• Emotional awareness and abilities to handle feelings will determine your

success and happiness in all walks of life, including family relationships

• Overcome and manage emotions such as fear, hatred, anger and

anxiety

• Develop lifelong abilities such as self-awareness, anger

management and impulse control, and positive qualities such as

empathy and compassion.

E m o t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n

• For it to be effective it will require:

• Teachers modelling emotional intelligence

• Atmosphere of emotional acceptance

• Creativity

• Benefits:

• Self-awareness

• Emotional management

• Effective communication

• Social awareness

• Conflict resolution

E m o t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n