MONAD 1 | Page 4

1 2 The need for changing the educational paradigm A path to Integral Being Publisher’s Letter MONAD, the Integral Studies Academy magazine aims to bring a new perspective of integral knowledge to its readers in the fields of science, literature, history, health, music, architecture, religion, spirituality, art, culture and philosophy. The Integral Studies Academy was set up in 2010. The Academy founders, together with an international team of professors and researchers have dedicated the last 6 years to fundamental research into the field of human education. We have spent this time investigating antic schools and methods, effectiveness of organizations, intelligence and modern human behaviour; we have examined the assumptions of modern educational systems, looking at academic, spiritual and emerging educational approaches. also embarked on an exciting experiment of continuous transformation, delving into the emerging fields that define some of the most refined differences, such self-knowledge versus self-development and consciousness education. I am delighted to introduce MONAD as the platform for disseminating some of the findings and insights of our researches, as well as our intentions into the development of Integral Studies Academy. It is clear from our research that the contemporary education has not progressed at same pace with other developments of the 20th Century. Despite the existence of over 7500 forms of holistic education for primary schools this is yet to be replicated at the college and University levels. Whilst researching, we have 4