The Holistic Education Research Unit conducts academic research into many areas of holistic education, working in coordination with others in this field. It will also work with other Holistic Education Elementary School of Portland programs providing objective scrutiny when called for to optimize learning and inter-program coordination.

The Unit began in 2000 with an extensive effort to collect information about unique schools and programs around the world that call themselves "holistic" or that have core elements which could be described as "holistic." The discipline of Discourse Analysis is being employed to develop a better understanding of the varying complexities and expressions of Holistic Education as it now exists.

Our practice and research has built on the work of Dr. Scott H. Forbes whose doctoral dissertation in Holistic Education was completed at The University of Oxford. This research provides an analysis of the intellectual and sociological precedents for Holistic Education, and offers guidance and grounding for framing research projects in this field.

Also working in the Holistic Education Research Unit are Robin Martin whose doctoral work has been at Iowa State University, and Isabelle Brent whose doctoral work has been done at The University of Oxford.

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