The Holistically Integrated Curriculum: Implications for Personality Development
This paper aims to propose a renewed concept of ‘Holistic Integrated Curriculum’ (HIC) which will be useful for personality development in integration of the curriculum. It defines the concept of integrated curriculum from a holistic worldview, its theoretical framework and discusses the implicat...
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Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/450/1/FH03-FSSG-17-11627.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/450/ |
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Summary: | This paper aims to propose a renewed concept of ‘Holistic Integrated Curriculum’ (HIC) which
will be useful for personality development in integration of the curriculum. It defines the concept
of integrated curriculum from a holistic worldview, its theoretical framework and discusses the
implications of this concept on personality development. The issue of defining integrated
curriculum has received a massive amount of attention from educational theorist and scholars
from the West since the turn of the twentieth century. Initially, the integrated curriculum has
been practiced by most contemporary educational institutions around the world at all levels i.e.
primary, secondary and tertiary. However, there is a great diversity in their curricula, objectives
and contents. Hence their claims that their educational systems are fully integrated, brings about
confusion. This leads to the first part of the discussion on revisiting the concept of HIC from a
holistic worldview. The second part of the paper is an explanation of the theoretical framework.
This renewed concept has a flexible theoretical framework which is divided into seven essential
components and seven integral elements in personality development. It is a framework that is
flexible and applicable to any contemporary educational institutions. The third part of the paper
discusses some implications of this renewed concept for contemporary educational system. The
study utilizes the ‘grounded theory’ which is a qualitative approach that generates theory from
observation. It is hoped that this conceptual study would lead to the reformulation of educational
aims, a more careful selection of curricular contents, as well as the application of pedagogical
methods and mode of evaluation for contemporary educational institutions. |
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