Holist

Quick meaning: Holist is an adjective meaning (education, of a learning strategy) That concentrates on forming an overview of the topic.

Meaning

(education, of a learning strategy) That concentrates on forming an overview of the topic.

More Meanings

1. (sociology) One who advocates studying society as a whole, and who consistently interprets the actions of individuals in that context.
2. (education) One who prefers to learn by forming an overview of the topic.
3. A believer in, or practitioner of, holism; one who believes that a topic of study cannot be fully understood by studying the parts, or who studies by considering the whole.

Example Sentences

They^([serialists]) learn rules, methods and details more readily than the holists.

Those subjects using a serialist strategy tended to proceed in a step-by-step manner, whereas the holists adopted a more global approach to what was to be learned.

Pask described the two strategies as 'holist' and 'serialist'.[…]Learners who adopt a holist strategy (described as comprehension learners) like to get an overview of a topic.

Pask suggests that these strategies reflect basic learning styles; holist strategies reflect a comprehension learning style and serialist strategies an operation learning style.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include holistic, transdisciplinary, anascopic, teacher-centered, catascopic, compendious.

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