Power of the Whole

This is both a book about ourselves, our world, and education. What made an education successful is too often left behind when we focus too closely on what we think should be in the spotlight. Re-looking at how these things interact and intersect will be pertinent to their and our success.

Sean Slade is a global education leader with three decades of experience across five countries and four continents. He is a frequent speaker, author, and opinion writer on the purpose of education, its progress, and its social impact. He currently resides in the Washington DC area.

Foreword Preface PART 1 The Whole Big Picture Chapter 1: It's All Connected Inter-connectedness and Interactions Intra-connectedness and Reactions Chapter 2: The Myopic View Can't See the Forest for the Trees Can't See the Neighborhood for the Houses. PART 2 The Whole of Education Chapter 3: The Whole Approach Back-to-Basics or Fostering Synergy? Wholeness, Interconnectedness, and Education Moving Away from the Myopic and Towards the Whole Focusing on the Purpose Educational Hoarders Chapter 4: A Whole Education Hidden Curriculum Socially and Emotionally The Absence of a Core Reason Finland and the End of Subjects Chapter 5: From the Whole Child to the Whole Community It Often Starts with Health but Ends with Education Whole Child Whole School Whole Community Chapter 6:Health, Government, and the World Whole Health Whole Government Whole World PART 3: Whole-ness and What to do Chapter 7: How it happens PBL, Service Learning, and Taking the Broader View Whole-Part-Whole Commonality of Objective and Mindset Chapter 8: A Collaborative, Collective Focus Weaving Networks and Working Those Nets Chapter 9: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts References