deeply is quite another matter. Sustaining ownership of the measurables is easier than sustaining ownership of intention. Good institutions work for shared ownership of intentions by many. Without individual questioning, there would be no movement in…
Teacher-Student Relatedness Read Post »
Under very special circumstances a small school emerged on a large campus, about 85 km away from Chennai, in Kancheepuram district (now Chengalpattu district). On 19 August 2010, Pathashaala started with three teachers and fourteen children in classes 5 to 7. Two of the teachers, Ramesh and Uma, mov…
Challenges and Opportunities at a Young KFI School: Pathashaala Read Post »
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 – Teaching Tales, Learning Trails Read Post »
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there were teachers who were actively sought out by students and their parents. Students were immersed in a lifestyle dictated by the times and by the teacher’s predilections and resources.
The Challenge of School Education in Our Times Read Post »
Ethic – a set of moral principles, esp. ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field or form of conduct: the puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic.
Prashanti’s Dilemma: Wisdom and Struggle in Students’ Voices Read Post »
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
School Administration: For Humanness and Vitality Read Post »
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.
Youth in Transition Read Post »
To a thinking person, it is quite clear that human beings have collectively contributed more problems to the earth than any other species.
The Ground beneath our Feet Read Post »
One of the features of schools is that teachers are expected to do what they are allocated.
Creating an Atmosphere in School: For ‘teachers-who-are-learners’ Read Post »
At the outset these two words would to appear to have little in common.
Comparison and Education Read Post »
On one who has had but a passing acquaintance with history, this book had a profound and deep impact. First one learned about the author who was considered ‘a prince among historians’. He belonged to a group of French scholars called Annales, School of Historians. In their quest for ‘total history’, this school included geography,
Review of “A History of Civilizations”, Fernand Braudel Read Post »
