The main aim of this study was to attempt to establish by the use of an environmental
specific Personal Growth Programme, whether it is possible to assist students towards
a more ‘holistic’ personal formation. It also aimed to investigate whether a move away
from traditional education in the form of alternative or parallel programmes, would
assist in bringing about an integrated individual, who is more capable of dealing with
life as a whole (Krishnamurti 1953). The research was undertaken with adult students
between the ages of 21 and 60, at the multi-cultural and extremely diverse residential
theological College of the Transfiguration, in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape
Province.
An overview of Holistic and Mainstream education was explored in this study, which
included also the challenges and influences which each type of education faces. The
study then went on to investigate whether it is possible to bridge the gap that exists
between holistic and mainstream education using various methods of alternative
education.
In the qualitative study, the Personal Growth Programme Annual Review
Questionnaire was used to obtain feedback from the students to assess the usefulness
of the Personal Growth Programme in their journey towards wholeness. This,
together with the student’s responses from the in-depth interviews were used to
ascertain the study’s limitations, credibility, transferability, dependability and
confirmability.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/3213 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Lennox, Tonia T. |
| Contributors | Gouws, F.E. (Prof.) |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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