divided inwardly, fragmented in one’s thought, feeling and action. As we live with many ‘roles’ and ‘identities’ that are ascribed to us, or that we take on, in multiple contexts and relationships, we generate shifting images of ‘self ’ and ‘others’. We find ourselves negotiating the changing contex
means ‘to be cared for?’ We readily recognize, for instance, that children need to be cared for, as do our aging parents. Children need adults who are engaged and responsive, looking out for their physical, emotional, and mental well-being, perhaps o…
What is it to care? Read Post »
questions about education—there is something for each one here. As we were putting together this Journal, someone asked: Is there any theme running across these articles? If you glance across many of the articles, you will find the recurrence, in one…
This is a journal on education that is brought out annually. It is an anthology of writings by educators, teachers and thinkers exploring a new vision of education in its many dimensions—philosophy, psychology, classroom experience, curriculum, nature and environment, and contemporary issues. It lays special emphasis on J Krishnamurti’s principles of education.
Book Review – ‘The Reflective Teacher’ : A Review and Some Reflections Read Post »
We wake at dawn to the trilling calls of unfamiliar birds, go for a walk amidst the tea-bushes stretching row upon row on the steep slopes, bordered on the higher ridges by dense shola forests—an entirely new landscape!
On Sustaining ‘Culture Spaces’ in Schools Read Post »
Teachers are human beings too. And being human, they share in the fears that human beings live with.
Teachers’ Fears: Some Scenarios Read Post »
The world over, we lament the state of education. We might observe directly the plight of a generation of young people weighed down by the burden of seemingly meaningless academic curricula and indifferent teaching practices, alongside spiralling aspirations for securing the ‘good life’.
The periodic task of writing end-of-term reports is like the visible ‘tip of an iceberg’ that comprises many layers and processes in school.
Reporting on the Middle School Child Read Post »
Rethinking the Social Studies Curriculum New ventures often begin with discontent.
Cities and Cultures: New Approaches to the Curriculum Read Post »
This journal is now six years and six issues old. Started as an in-house publication of the Krishnamurti schools, it has begun to reach out to a wider readership: to parents, teachers, educational administrators and other individuals or institutions interested in the educational issues of our times.
Geography began with the realization that there was another side to the mountain and other people across the sea.
From Local Studies Towards a Global Outlook – A New Geography for 12-year-Olds Read Post »
A year after I joined the Rishi Valley School I was asked to be a ‘house parent’ to 16 boys of ages 10 to 13.
On Being a House Parent Read Post »
