One of the biggest challenges facing humanity is achieving sustainable food security in the face of population growth, resource scarcity, ecosystem degradation and climate change. Transitioning towards sustainable food systems (SFS) is a must for achieving sustainable development. This review paper highlights the need to adopt a holistic, multidimensional, interdisciplinary and systemic approac...

this paper describes one university’s approach to improving the quality of teaching and learning at the institutional level, based on the premise of improving the design of curriculum rather than focusing on the skills of teachers as such. the paper describes the process by which university-wide principles of curriculum design were defined and agreed, as well as the parallel campaigns needed to...

the holistic approach encourages the client to  include rehabilitation strategies that support the general person condition. in this approach in every condition of physical and mental health, decreasing stress and increasing person's immunity and psychological resilience can help the whole body cope better, rehabilitate more quickly, and maintain better health. holistic treatment means that the...

Climate change is a complicated issue with many factors playing role in its formation and distribution. Considering this complication, a comprehensive and holistic approach is needed for a better understanding and management of those factors. The causal frameworks are among systemic and integrated methods for addressing the causes of environmental problems and the relationships that exist betwe...

Climate change is a complicated issue with many factors playing role in its formation and distribution. Considering this complication, a comprehensive and holistic approach is needed for a better understanding and management of those factors. The causal frameworks are among systemic and integrated methods for addressing the causes of environmental problems and the relationships that exist betwe...

the linear and single factor attitude towards human being behavior (in the range of normality and abnormality) is no longer valid. currently human being is considered a live and dynamic system and behavioral problems, fluctuating mood states, mental illnesses and disturbances of personality are no exclusions from this ‘system’. a comprehensive holistic and systematic approach in this regard is ...

Corporate environments treat work activity related to processing information and the one of learning & professional training (L&T) separately, by keeping L&T on a low priority scale, and perceiving little dependency between both activities. Yet, our preliminary analysis of an organisation has revealed that both activities mutually affect each other. Wholes or parts of corporate information and ...

in 2000, an evaluation of iranian elementary education revealed that it did not successfully prepare students for the future. the failure was attributed to the teacher centered, content-oriented education system. in 2001, the iranian ministry of education began a pilot project that introduced an alternative curriculum, known as “global education,” with unicef’s participation. global education, ...