Issue 16 || 2012
Here we are with the sixteenth issue of the Journal. Run your eye over the titles on the contents page and you will get an impression that themes based on children, teaching and learning—core concerns in any journal of education—are surrounded by themes such as nature, space, spirit, touch, retreat and looking inward. How are these connected with education? That there is a vital link between all these themes and the educational enterprise is what I wish to show.
On Enquiry
Written by J.Krishnamurti
I think there is a process of learning which is not related to wanting to be taught.
An Invitation to Look Inward
Written by Tanuj Shah
Krishnamurti felt quite strongly that one of the major functions of education is to nurture the capacity to look inward.
Singular and Plural: Understanding the Individual and the Group
Written By S. Anandalakshmy
I am going to begin with a simple grammar lesson in English, which is approximately at the level of class 2, although we might come upon it at earlier or later stages of our education.
Project-based Learning
Written by Meredy Benson Rice
Last November, Oak Grove School welcomed to its beautiful campus both current and prospective families for an All School Showcase and Open House.
Mushtifund School, Goa: The Story of How a Mainstream Traditional School Experimented with Change
Written By Vasanti Padte
The purpose of writing this article is not to project any story of achievement.
Close Encounters of a Natural Kind: Nature-based Curriculum from Intent to Action
Written by Thejaswi Shivanand
In my childhood, nature had an amorphous, seraphic form.
On Retreats
Written By Donald Creedon
From ancient times to the present, seekers of truth have felt the call to dwell in mountain silences, to live in the hush and shadows of the forests or even to go to the deserts where nature is shorn of all excess, to get away from the throng and maddening crowd, and discover an invincible peace.
Self and Society: An Approach to Teaching Social Studies
Written by Venkatesh Onkar
We are talking about … schools cultivating in the young that most ‘subversive’ intellectual instrument—the anthropological perspective.
Child as a Kite
Written By Y. Shreekanth
We face many dilemmas in life. Whether to treat a child as a child or to consider the child as a future adult is among the most contentious issues that confront many of us.
Learning in Friendship and Leisure
Written by Ashna Sen
This is a description of a special month-long coming together of a few students and staff from Brockwood Park, UK, in India.
On the Threshold of Touch
Written By Suprabha Seshan
Behaviour exposes the content of your consciousness.- J Krishnamurti As a long time environmental educator I’ve been exploring imitation, song, touch and body-in-nature as channels of empathy between humans, and also between human and non-humans.
Space and Spirit
Written by A.R. Shirish Beri
Let me start with some basic questions that we need to ask ourselves: Why do most of our modern living and work environments make us exhausted and dispirited?
An Experiment in Self-Observation
Written By Willem Zwart
One of the vexing questions in Krishnamurti’s teachings is how to become aware of the contents of our consciousness.
The Calendar of Nature: Connecting Children with Nature through the Observation of Trees
Written by Suhel Quader
The natural world is changing so rapidly that entire landscapes are being unrecognizably altered within a few decades.
From the Mind’s Attic
Written By Krishna H.
It is as though you have an eye That sees all forms But does not see itself.
Teaching at University: Challenges and Concerns
Written by Deepti Priya Mehrotra
Is authentic learning possible in the heady atmosphere of an elite university, or is the race for degrees and prestigious jobs too overwhelming?