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.
What Did You Ask at School Today? Read Post »
To educate another, you must re-educate yourself, a strenuous task.This statement is, perhaps, widely understood by most teachers who have been in the classroom for more than a few years.
Teaching Academy: A Participant’s Perspective Read Post »
Krishnamurti suggested that, ‘Education can be transformed only by educating the educator, and not merely creating a new pattern, a new system of action.’ Around this challenge, a group of educators participated in a two-week intensive Teaching Academy in the summer of 2009, at Ojai, California.
Teaching Academy, Ojai 2009 Read Post »
As a teacher I am always looking for a good thesis sentence, for that perfect one-sentence statement that is a concise summary of an article, a film, an argument, a teaching.
Timeless Questions: A Twelfth Grade Social Studies Class Read Post »
The social sciences are ideally suited to a learning that draws on immediate and surrounding worlds.
When I joined Rishi Valley School a little over an year ago, I was introduced to the teachers’ resource cupboard, which had files overflowing with reading and reference material for the Social Studies curriculum for Class 6.
What Must Social Studies Teach? An Exploration for Class Six Read Post »
Science is basically an exploration of that which is not known, or put more flamboyantly, the unknown, in the material world.
The Art of Making Machines: A Science Classroom Read Post »
It was an unusually pleasant Wednesday afternoon in July.
A Mathematical Enquiry Read Post »
This article describes a new exploration at Oak Grove School, Ojai – Editors’Academic excellence is absolutely necessary, but a school includes much more than that…’ J KrishnamurtiOne of the great challenges of providing a Krishnamurti education within the context of an independent tuition-based school (especially here in America), is balancing accountability for academic excellence with all that is entailed in what he considered to be ‘much more than that’.
Exploring a New Dimension to Learning Read Post »
In the brief articles that follow, we re-examine and unravel the meanings of words commonly used in the field of education.DisciplineWe admire well regulated, ordered lives.
Re-examining Words in Education Read Post »
Everyone agrees that values should be part of a good education.
A Life Well-lived: Education and Values Read Post »
Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop which makes personal care cosmetics, was once asked admiringly what special materials her products were made from.
Writing Textbooks for Children Read Post »
Several years ago my son, then in Class Seven, came home disturbed about an incident in school.
Poorna: An Alternative, Inclusive School Read Post »
As a sports teacher the first thing that struck me, or should I say shocked me, was that sports was not a time that everyone looked forward to.
I am a 17-year-old adolescent male. I am sure this very statement gives you the heebie-jeebies! My parents and teachers are highly educated and have no qualms in sharing all the latest research on adolescents, plus their own home-grown wisdom about teenagers, with me.
Educating Romeo and His Teacher Read Post »
Most children experience a sharp dichotomy between home and school.
Learning in Kinship Read Post »
Discussions of deep philosophical issues may seem out of place in a journal dedicated to K-12 education, but actually philosophical viewpoints (and their assumptions) inform all daily perspectives and behaviors.
Science and Religion Read Post »
What is education about? In what general context does it find its meaning, its raison d’être?
Educating for the Art of Living Read Post »
Deep Ecology, a current philosophical movement initiated by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in 1972, is shaping the environmental debate by asking fundamental questions about who we are and what human progress means rather than searching merely for technological fixes.
Krishnamurti and Deep Ecology Read Post »
This is the fourteenth issue of the Journal and what started as an in-house exchange between the various Krishnamurti schools has, over the years, slowly and quietly found a wider audience.
Questioner: Could you describe how you are aware that you are inattentive?
Learning about Oneself Read Post »
