Issue 02 || 1998
Another widely prevalent experience that teachers shared lies in their commitment to more creative approaches to classroom teaching, approaches that promote processes of enquiry, investigation, discover and self-learning, often relating what is learnt in class to life around. There is also evident in the writings of an abiding concern for linking education to nature. We are happy that the Journal offers teachers a forum for articulating and sharing new insights.
A Quiet Mind
Written by J.Krishnamurti
To understand anything, any human or scientific problem, what is important, what is essential?
Editorial
Written By Anantha Jyothi
We all know that visitors to our schools, professional or otherwise, go back with a feeling that here is an educational environment that is friendly, warm, inviting; that this is basically a happy community of teachers and students who go about their activities joyously and yet seriously.
This Question of Consciousness
Written by Stephen Smith
It is strange, indeed, that even in the context, of the Krishnamurti schools, we hesitate to talk about (much less probe into), the very central question of consciousness.
Comparison and Education
Written By G. Gautama
At the outset these two words would to appear to have little in common.
Knowing and Being – The Two Aspects of Education
Written by O. R. Rao
‘We teach what we know, but educate what we are’
The Insight Curriculum
Written By David Moody
What is the relationship, if any, between the teachings of Krishnamurti, and the findings of contemporary research in educational psychology?
Learning Through Dialogue
Written by P. Krishna
Krishnamurti has emphasised the need for students and teachers to learn about themselves while they are teaching and learning about the world around them, through the planned curriculum and activities of the school.
On Culture Classes
Written By Shailesh Shirali
Culture classes have become an integral part of the curriculum at most K schools, yet their scope and purpose remain obscure.
Travels from Schools
Written by Vijaylakshmi Jaithirtha
I vividly remember the first school trip in 1983 with a group of standard 9 students at The Valley School.
A Teacher’s Journey
Written By Jayant Tengshe
As I reflect upon my plunge into teaching in a school more than a decade ago, I really marvel at how fast time has flown.
Dancing with Shadows: Graduation Address, 1997
Written by Meredy Maynard
Welcome to the 1997 Oak Grove School Graduation Ceremonies.
A Learning Ground
Written By Hema Rao
For seven very inspiring enriching years, I have had the opportunity of living and teaching at Rajghat, on the banks of the Ganga.
Inwoods: The Children’s Space
Written by Jordi Brito
In the autumn of 1995 three families at Brockwood Park School were discussing the possibility of providing some kind of alternative education for their children and started searching for a place where this could happen.
Tamarind Seeds and Little Children
Written By Kamala Anil Kumar
All too often in our staff meetings, we have deliberated upon our concerns – how to help our children understand that there is more to playing a game than winning or losing, with the accompanying euphoria or disappointment.
Art Education at School
Written by Sukant Mishra
Two distinct, but equally crucial challenges coalesced to inspire the creation of the Valley school Art Village.
And I thought I was teaching Chemistry!
Written By Yasmin Jayathirtha
How would a teacher respond when asked, ‘What do you teach when you teach science?’
Creativity in Grammar Classes
Written by D. Anantha Jyothi
In a modern Biology class a teacher no longer draws and labels a hypothetical flower on the blackboard expecting the children to learn it by heart.
Neuropsychological Issues in a Classroom
Written By Braj Bhushan
We all agree that as educators our responsibility is not only to impart knowledge, but also to be concerned with the overall development of the child.
Understanding Taxonomy
Written By Prema Veeraraghavan
Teaching and learning of classification in Life Science can be very wearisome and dull if taught in the conventional way, using Greek and Latin terms that are found easily in the textbooks.
Ecology for 16 year olds
Written By Geetha Iyer
Environmental studies have become increasingly integral to modern day curricula.
The Rhythm of a Different Day
Written By Suprabha Seshan
At the edge of the rainforest in Wynad, Kerala, some children are sleeping on the floor of a large room.
On Boredom and Sense-stimulation
Written By Rajan Chandy
Suppose you are sitting around at home one day feeling somewhat bored.
Media and Young Minds: The Role of Education
Written By Alok Mathur and Kanthi Pathak
Living in a world filled with the by-products of human technological advances, one senses the tidal wave of globalization that sweeps across the planet, carrying with it hi-tech products, new lifestyles and a consumer culture to far corners of the globe.
Review of “The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and What Schools Should Teach”, Howard Gardner
Written By Kamala Mukunda
Have you recently talked with a three year old, and come away slightly dazed at the degree of sophistication in her conversation – the concepts she understands and applies so appropriately to each situation?
Review of “Life’s Grandeur”, Stephen Jay Gould
Written By P. Ramesh
Stephen Jay Gould is one of the most popular writers on science today.
Review of “Prism: A Learning Journal”, Edited by Richard Laubly and Helen Schall
Written By P. Ramesh
A New Journal Prism: A Learning journal is a publication of Prism Communication, a Paris-based language training association, edited by Richard Laubly and Helen Schall, 151, Rue du Fauborg- Poissonniere, 75009 Paris.