From Visibility to Accountability and Assessment: A Sleight of Hand
School is an institution for drilling children [and teachers] in cultural orientations.
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Learning from Feedback
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view …
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Teaching Academy, Ojai 2009
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.
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Leaves from a Teacher’s Journal
Teachers are busy people. Their work demands intense engagement with students, other adults, their subject, ways of communicating it, and much else.
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A New Initiative – The Centre for Teacher Learning
Krishnamurti, the quintessential teacher, offered deep insights and perspectives on the human condition and underlined the urgency of approaching the many problems of life with a new, awakened mind.
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A New Way of Thinking for Children: New Approaches to the Curriculum
In an age where there is constant manipulation of the senses, of decisions regarding lifestyle taking place, the young person is under constant threat to conform or else fall out.
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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 “The Courage to Teach”, Parker J. Palmer
Teachers choose their vocation for a number of reasons: love of a subject, a desire to share one’s passion with others, care for young children, interest in understanding the human mind, or to have a say in shaping the next generation.
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For all you Maths Teachers out There!: On the Mathematics Teachers’ Conference at Rishi Valley
I am sure all you mathematics teachers out there have had the following experience.
The Greening of the Mindscape
The story is told about a kind-hearted amateur who raised butterflies as a hobby.
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Teaching is Not Just a Profession
A few years ago I attended some major teacher conferences and came away with a deep sense of unease.
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Teaching is Not Just a Profession
Having been a professional in the manufacturing industry for some years, I have observed that a professional is liked by those who have gone beyond the profession and developed a deeper relationship with all around.
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