Holos [G] means to see things as a part of whole. There are some people who analyze things and there are some who synthesize [or rather explore the unity]. Both methods are important.
Holistic approach is especially inmportant in health and medicine as it defines health more completely and meaningfully.
Holistic health thus is physical, instinctual, emotional, intellectual and spiritual health of an individual, family, society, nations and world and involves holistic perspective and knowledge based on anlytical research and coordinated policies, plans and their implementation in all the fields such as education, agriculture, industries, technology and others.
In education it means efforts and processes involved in physical, instinctual, emotional, intellectual, psychomotor, productive and spiritual domains of the students and the teachers as well!