Issue 13 || 2009
The thirteenth issue of the Journal is in your hands. With the advent of the teen years, we editors were not sure what to expect from our young Journal. Rebellion? Or maybe mood swings? Or loud, garish earrings? To our delight, this adolescent appears to be handling the transition smoothly. Issue thirteen of the Journal is in some ways a typical thirteen-year-old: a many-sided jewel, its faces flashing exuberance, reflectiveness, practicality and maturity.
On Ambition: A Talk to Students
Written by J.Krishnamurti
We have heard people say, that without ambition, we cannot do anything.
Educating the Educator: Self-Inquiry for Parents and Teachers
Written by O. R. Rao
To give knowledge which does not become an end in itself and to educate the mind to have a long vision, a wide comprehension of life, is not possible if education is based on authority.
Walks: To Nurture the Natural
Written By Kanthi Phatak
Exulting in an unexpected shower in the summer, running off to float paper boats in puddles after the rains, looking for delicious berries at a particular time of the year, watching little insects, picking wild flowers to make bouquets, finding shining smooth pebbles or shells, feeling the soft sand and the rushing water on the beach, climbing a giant tree, running up and down a hillside—the list can go on.
Reading Children: A Perspective from Poetry
Written by Siddharth Menon
The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind Emily Dickinson Early in my Literature course with students newly come into Class 11, I have given them these lines of poetry to consider: The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
Joy of Geography
Written By V. Arun
It is quite astonishing that adults know so little of the world around them.
Preparing the Ground for Meaningful Writing
Written by Keerthi L. Mukunda
As an English teacher I have found great joy in the exploration of meaningful writing with junior and middle school children.
Self-directed Learning in Mathematics: Applying Krishnamurti in everyday classroom practice
Written By Tanuj Shah
The purpose, the aim and drive of these schools is to equip the child with the most excellent technological proficiency so that the student may function with clarity and efficiency in the modern world.
What are Children Learning from Us?
Written by Editors
There are indeed many things that we consciously teach children, both at home and at school.
Democracy in Education: An Exploration of Structure
Written By N. Venu
Poor effectiveness and quality plague our school system.
On Being an Effective Teacher
Written by R. Venkatesh
We have all had some great teachers. Or at least, if we have not been fortunate enough, we have heard of great teachers.
Music in the Classroom
Written By Ruth Chandy
Some years ago, I attended a workshop conducted in Bangalore by teachers from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
Seeking out a New Role for Dance
Written by Shabari Rao
Most often when I lead a dance class for the first time, the response I get from the boys is, ‘Yuuuuukkkkk dance! It’s for girls!’; and from the girls it is, ‘But when are we going to dance?’ By the end of the session all the children would have engaged with ideas, and used their bodies to express these in space.
The Philosophical Underpinnings of Holistic Education
Written By Kalpana Venugopal
Holistic education is a philosophy of education based on the premise that each person finds identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to spiritual values such as compassion and peace.
The School of Life
Written by Stephen Smith
Prefatory Note Since the publication in July 2 2006 of the Journal of Krishnamurti Schools ‘dedicated to the teacher’, there has been an increasing, if varied, response to the necessary task of educating the educator.
Scribbles on a Blackboard: Travels to a Turkish Mathematics Village
Written By Ashna Sen
An e-mail query in support of a Turkish Mathematics Village more than a year ago lead to a most illuminating, intellectually broadening and exciting experience at the annual Turkish Mathematics Summer School in the idyllic and sleepy but enchanting village of Sirince.
Envy and the High Demands of Love
Envy is a curious emotion with a long and tragic history in human affairs.
Reaching out to Government Schools in Tamil Nadu
Written By Sumitra M. Gautama and Suchitra Ramakumar
The School, KFI, Chennai has created a new methodology that seeks to build a link between knowledge and empowerment, to equip each student with the ability to think, to apply and to discover.
Exploring Krishnamurti’s Insights
The perception of beauty is an essential aspect of the teachings of J. Krishnamurti and has deep implications for education.