Integral Thinking

Integral theory and practice have emerged over the last few decades that attempt to provide comprehensive frameworks that map the breadth and complexity of today’s global knowledge.

The 4 quadrant AQAL Integral Map for example provides a comprehensive map of human capacities which is being applied to many fields of human endeavour including global ecology, business and organizational practice, medicine, international politics and fairly recently to education. Much of this is work in progress.

Within education integral approaches could provide:

A common language for transdisciplinary inquiry
Frameworks for learning, research and problem solving processes
Lenses to ensure processes are more balanced and inclusive
Tools for transformational change

Students and teachers who are integrally informed may have a better understanding of personal and collective potentials and a greater chance of success in creating personal and world futures.

	Integral Institute is dedicated to the proposition that partial and piecemeal approaches to complex problems are ineffective. Whether addressing individual and personal issues of meaning and transformation, or increasingly complex social problems such as war, hunger, disease, over-population, housing, ecology, and education, partial and fragmented approaches need to be replaced by solutions that are more comprehensive, systematic, encompassing—and integral. The Integral Approach - An Introduction
	matrix integral - We are a School with an education that motivates and empowers our students to follow their inner visions. We are also a Network connecting individuals all around the world that want change and wish to work together for it. See matrix integral ► EDUCATION
	Formless Mountain - Integral Philosophy and Integral Visual Model Click for the following visuals as PDFs: Quadrants (271kb) Waves (537kb) Streams (304kb) and more...
	Spiral Dynamics Flash Interactive Model at WIE Plus multimedia and articles.
	Spiral Dynamics Integral or SDi for short, concerns itself with the deep complexity codes that shape our many worlds. The model describes and makes sense of the enormous complexity of human existence, and then shows how to craft elegant, systemic problem-solutions that meet people and address situations where they are.
	Integral Naked Integral Naked is a multimedia doorway to the world of integral awareness. Conversations, performances, live events—all involving the most influential, provocative, and important thinkers and leaders in the world.
	Dr. Rodney H. Clarken's Website Clarken's site has a number of Web Casts and PowerPoint's on integral theory and development models.
	Integral Learning helps to truly develop, either as a person, a leader, a manager, or, indeed, an organisation by understanding the context of everything around us. Its methodology is based upon three core elements: Integral Operating System, Complexity Theory, & Double Loop Learning.
	California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) The California Institute of Integral Studies is an accredited institution of higher learning and research that strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service to individuals, communities, and the earth.
	Community for Integrative Learning and Action (CILA) Through its work in higher education, the CILA seeks to develop the whole human being: body, mind and spirit. It promotes the integration of diverse ways of knowing, and the cultivation of the contemplative, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of life within existing and new institutions of higher education.
	The Shift Foundation is an international foundation that engages outstanding young leaders aged 16-35 to progress thinking and action on some of the planet's most critical global challenges.
	Integrative Strategies Forum Integrative thinking and strategies - systems thinking
	Nordic Integral Education Nordic Integral is focused on facilitating and presenting case study examples of the development of more complex levels of thinking, leadership and social responsibility within the Nordic Region and the world.

Integral Theory and Integral Frameworks