Integral Education with Societal Extension: Factoring Social Environment to Empower Future Generations with Holistic Human Development and Social Leadership

  • Manoj Kumar SAHOO Pandit Deendayal Energy University, and Ganpat University, India
  • Sriram DIVI Department of Public Policy and Administration, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India and Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Abstract

This paper explores ways to integrate social responsibility approach to human development and analyses the feasibility of imparting social-leadership among the youth through incorporating social environment and integral teaching-learning pedagogy. The research method adopted is narrative-analytical exposition. The paper finds that co-operative rights-based approach and social responsibility approach in education can collectively create an appropriate ecosystem that can fulfill suitable developmental needs of the society and help in sustenance of development attainments.

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Published
2023-06-02
How to Cite
SAHOO, Manoj Kumar; DIVI, Sriram. Integral Education with Societal Extension: Factoring Social Environment to Empower Future Generations with Holistic Human Development and Social Leadership. Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, [S.l.], v. 14, n. 3, p. 670 - 677, june 2023. ISSN 2068-7729. Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jemt/article/view/7792>. Date accessed: 22 dec. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v14.3(67).06.