A Life Learning Course combines education (facts, insights and understanding) and training (practical experience and skills) designed to help people fulfil their potential for:

• Individual development, and

• Contributing to society.

A Life Learning Course does not prepare an individual for any specific role or profession, but rather lays the groundwork for an individual to:

• Understand the importance and wider context of any role or profession, and

• Be the best they can be in their chosen role or profession.

The essence of a Life Learning Course is characterised by three core components:
 

A broad, Integral† education covering the principles and evolution of Self, Society, Culture and Life, and providing the context and framework for all other learning activities.

Initial training and practice - much of which is to be pursued for life - in all aspects of self development, covering Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit.

Education and training - with practical application - for successfully living in and making outstanding contributions to society and culture.

Any Life Learning Course must be composed primarily of material covering these components.

The principles of Integral† Philosophy can play a very important role not only in structuring the educational material within the Context component, but also in providing cohesion and an integrative framework for the whole Course.

One such principle, which is by no means unique to Integral Philosophy, is the idea of "developmental levels" and the evolution of both the individual and of humanity itself.

This Evolutionary Agenda is possibly the most important facet of a Life Learning Course.

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† For more information on what is meant by "Integral", please refer to the "Theoretical Underpinnings" section of the Forum.

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