"The first comprehensive overview of holistic education's history, conceptions, practices, and research, this Handbook provides an up-to-date picture of the field as it currently exists around the globe. Specifically, it examines the field's theoretical and historical foundations; offers examples of holistic education in practice with regard to schools, programs, and pedagogies; presents research methods used in holistic education; outlines new and emerging research in the field; and examines potential areas for future program development and research. This volume is a must-have resource for researchers and practitioners and an essential foundational text for courses in the field"--