111 WCD as a (W(H)olistic Response 2 2.6 CONCLUSION WCD (or WTD) represents an approach to students that is critical towards a narrow focus on academic achievement and cognitive growth, which is viewed as a matter of reductionism. Thus, WCD recommends taking into account from the beginning and throughout the educational process the student’s physical, emotional, social, creative, moral and spiritual wellbeing as well. Based on a prolonged study within the Dutch (NIVOZ Foundation-led) research consortium, which involved four teacher training institutes including DCU, it can be added that WCD starts from a basic pedagogical attitude, is world-centred and aims to strengthen students’ agency through intentional pedagogical action.
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