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.
Issue 4
Review of “Unweaving the Rainbow”, Richard Dawkins
“Keats complained that Newton had destroyed the poetry of the rainbow by explaining it.
Introducing Books by Krishnamurti on life and learning
UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES KRISHNAMURTI FOUNDATION TRUST, BROCKWOOD PARK, BRAMDEAN, HAMPSHIRE SO24 OLQ, ENGLAND, 1999, £ 9 – 14 US $.
The Greening of the Mindscape
The story is told about a kind-hearted amateur who raised butterflies as a hobby.
Learning in Mixed Age Groups: How We Made the Transition
A school, like any other institution, is a complex amalgam of intentions, processes, practices and of course, people.
Innovations in Education: Vidyodaya – an attempt to walk a different path
‘You are supposed to be teachers and you don’t send your children to school?!’ The local community was aghast.
Issues in growing up – The need for sex education in schools
There are many issues related to the problems of growing up that we face in school.
Creating an Atmosphere in School: For ‘teachers-who-are-learners’
One of the features of schools is that teachers are expected to do what they are allocated.
Questioning Ourselves: Reflections on a Teachers’ Gathering
The Annual Teachers’ Conference held at The Valley School, Bangalore between 15 and 17 Oct, 1999, was an occasion for the coming together of teachers from the various KFI centres.
From Brockwood Park and Yewfield: A new course on environmental philosophy and ecological practice
Find your place on earth, dig in, and take your responsibilities from there.
Studies of Biodiversity on Campus
Biologists have identified India as one of the top twelve megadiversity countries of the world.
Nature Schools
All across Scandinavia small children are running wild! From Lapland to Jutland, you will see flocks of youngsters chasing through meadows and woodland, with mud-spattered faces and small rucksacks on their backs.
A School in the Forest
Every year around 2000 people walk up the three kilometres of dirt road, in rain and sun, to visit the gardens at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary.
On Ethics in Education
The current climate in so-called mainstream education, both private and government controlled, indicates that it has reached a kind of impasse.
Krishnamurti and the Modern Mind
Of the great Indian religious philosophers born in the nineteenth century, Krishnamurti was the youngest as well as the most radical.
A Space for Learning: An Architect’s Vision
The question posed before me as an architect is, “Can architectural space influence the learning process in a positive way?” or, “Can architectural space contribute to the personal growth of a child with joy, freedom, compassion and awareness?” From my experience in designing and studying a number of educational institutions from primary schools to postgraduate research institutions, and from various postoccupational surveys, my answer to the above questions is a resounding “Yes!”
The Arts of Listening, Looking and Learning
Excerpts from a talk at the National Conference of the National Center for Montessori Education, San Diego, California, March, 1999As a teacher, educator, and speaker, Krishnamurti had a strong prepossession to awaken in people the ability to learn, and live full, intelligent lives.
Editorial
The ground around is covered with dry leaves, and above, the birds twitter and hop among the bare branches.
Art of working together
Since education is the responsibility of the parents as well as of the teachers, we must learn the art of working together, and this is possible only when each one of us perceives what is true.