Cities and Cultures: New Approaches to the Curriculum
Rethinking the Social Studies Curriculum New ventures often begin with discontent.
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Learning About the Beginnings of Life: Reflections of New Writings
The two-volume text entitled ‘Prehistory for Indian Schools’² relates the story of the origins of man as he came down from the trees, from his huntergatherer days down to his role as a shepherd and, finally, giving an account of the beginnings of agriculture which in turn helped man to move from a simple to a complex society.
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Recreating the Sangam and Pallava Ages: Reflections on New Writings
When I look back at my history lessons in school, I am always intrigued by my own transformation from an utterly indifferent history student to an adult with a deep conviction that history is (perhaps) the most interesting and important subject ever.
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Breaking New Ground: Sourcing Materials for the History Classroom
The teaching and learning of history has been and will, by its very nature, be an area of much debate and controversy.
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Youth in Transition
The youth of our times are in a special situation. The past four or five decades have unfolded into hitherto unknown situations in terms of culture and shifting beliefs.
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On the Nature of a Walk
“Look, a hare is jumping out of that bush!” “Let’s sit and quietly watch the snake coming out of its hole.” “Please help me get off this rock, aunty! I can’t find the grips!” “Hey, there’s a bird fallen on the ground.
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Being Nothing, Doing Nothing: Cultivating the ‘Other Part’ of the Brain
Because our minds are crowded, we crowd our lives — with busy schedules, multiple activities, plans and projects for a better life.
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On Nurtuting the Motivation to Learn: Outcome of a Group Discussion
The question has often been asked of Krishnamurti schools as to how, in the absence of competition, reward and punishment, they educate students and help them to be proficient in academic learning.
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Editorial
A tree derives its strength from its roots, striking deep into the earth, giving it stability and sustenance.
On the Long Vision
I think most of us know what is happening in the world—the threat of war, the nuclear bomb, the many tensions and conflicts that have brought about new crises.
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Reporting on the Senior School Student
“Is this a report meeting that I see before me?”
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A Journey into Education: An interview
Sridhar (S): Rajesh, many people feel that Krishnamurti’s teaching is abstract and impractical for today’s world and especially so in the organizational context of a school.
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Review of “A is for Ox: The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age”, Barry Sanders
There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look’d upon and received with wonder or pity or love or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day …Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.
Origami and Mathematics (And my Experience with Class Nine)
I got involved in Origami a couple of years back when I came across a marvelous model of a hyperbolic parabola.
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At School with Design: Introducing Design Studies
As parents of children at the school, three of us (Aarti Kawlra, Deepa Kamath and Kalpana Shah Korwar) have been associated with different projects and activities at The School, KFI—in the preparation of a class newspaper, in teaching a session on the role of cotton and weaving in the Industrial Revolution, in the designing of the wash area outside the dining hall.
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The Challenge of Teaching Psychology
As teachers in the K schools we are more than usually concerned with human nature and human consciousness, the very stuff of academic psychology.
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Making School Trips Meaningful
Just a few days before our last school trip, a friend of ours, an anthropology scholar, visited us at school.
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The Role of Study Trips in Education
The primary objective and intent of our schools is to awaken intelligence in the educator and the student.
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Understanding Another Way of Learning: Personal Observations of a Junior School Classroom
I must begin by setting the scene. I moved to Chennai, India just under eighteen months ago from the United Kingdom, where I have spent most of my life.
Teaching the History of The Indian National Movement
This article tries to point out some of the difficulties faced by a teacher teaching the history of the Indian National Movement to a class of senior students within the constraints of a certain received version of it assumed and propagated by the syllabus and by standard textbooks.
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Energy: A Multidisciplinary School Project
On the Theme and Process of the Project ‘Energy’—the term has many meanings and each of these impacts our lives in direct ways.
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Why Study History?
My study of history would be incomplete if, after having surveyed the process of history, I failed to ask myself what history is… [Toynbee]
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When does the Seed Sprout?
As the sun sets on a three-day conference centred around the theme of Creativity and Insight, I watch the lengthening shadows and hear the twitter of the birds at dusk.
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Creativity and Insight in Daily Life
This article is an exploration of creativity as well as the more elusive notion of insight.
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Creativity and Insight
For this year’s annual conference for teachers of Krishnamurti Schools— held at Rajghat Besant School, Varanasi —the theme chosen was Creativity and Insight.
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The Student as Historian: The Possibilities of a Study Visit to a Historical Site
This article describes an attempt to place the student at the centre of the process of learning history.
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Issues in the Teaching of History: Lessons from Krishnamurti
(In this article—based on an introductory talk for a workshop on the teaching of the Humanities held at Rishi Valley School— Radhika Herzberger attempts to elucidate the philosophical positions of Krishnamurti that have a direct bearing on how we construe our past, how we might engage with current issues in history teaching, and how we might respond to the challenge of living a life amidst the currents of social as well as inner divisiveness.
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Relating with the Earth: An Exploration of the Possibilities in Teaching Geography
In this article I would like to explore the possible ways in which the potentialinherent in geography as a subject can be unfolded, for the teacher and the student.
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Studying Economics as if People Mattered
The students enter the classroom. I watch as they place their history folders on the table around which we all sit.
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Ninny stuff: Utility and Education
In 1921 when Einstein first visited America, he encountered Edison through a questionnaire.
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Art, Creativity and All That
Painting harnesses eternity —Van Gogh All the achievements of the great painters, poets and composers are the activity of thought: the composer, inwardly hearing the marvellous sound, commits it onto paper.
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Philosophy as the Contribution of the Humanities
The oldest kind of philosophy, metaphysics, has more often than not consisted of fantastic opinions about the nature of reality.
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