In the end...

In the end, Harman asserts that it is the neglect of the subjective realm of experience in Western cultures that has created a certain confusion about values for it is, ‘ultimately in this realm of the subjective, the transcendent, and the spiritual that all societies have found the basis for their deepest value-commitments and sense of meaning (p. 24).

Thus, the recognition that the human world may be living through the dawning of a new era of consciousness which brings into interplay the objective and subjective realities of existence has certain implications for educational programs, which in the recent past have been determined by objective and rationalistic thinking and dominated by learning in the cognitive domain.

The next section of this paper revisits an integral learning approach which incorporates the objective and subjective aspects that Harman speaks about, which in turn address the inner and outer lives of students to enhance their learning experiences. Previous…