The Seven Domains
From Rainbow Institute’s Seven Domains of Holistic Learning:
We are multi-faceted creatures with a range of complex emotions, deep connections to the natural world, seekers of the mystery, with an innate need to create, to share, to understand & to be understood. It is the Holistic view that recognizes this concept and the Holistic Education model that seeks its implementation- for the enrichment of the “whole” learner.
Yet, before we can truly nurture the “whole” learner, we must define those individual facets, much in the way that a prism defines white light into seven bands of color. The student is viewed Holistically through Seven Domains: spiritual, mental, social, emotional, creative, natural, and physical.
The purpose of this education model is to develop the whole learner into a healthy, intelligent, compassionate, creative, and productive human who is capable of leading an empowered and enriched life.
The Seven Domains is an all inclusive approach that nurtures the highest growth potential of each child. The Seven Domains underlay all planning in learning and reflection.
We use robust tools and strategies for effective instructional integration of this holistic approach.
Discover each of the Seven Domains below.
For more information on the Seven Domains, see them applied at Rainbow Community School in Asheville NC.
For a detailed look into the results of applying the Seven Domains at Rainbow Community School, read “Are Our Children Learning Robustly?” by Dr. Theo Dawson, who researched Rainbow students using the Lectical Scale.