Yearly Archives: 2016
Beyond Narrow Nationalism: Rethinking Education By Arvind Kumar Patel
Beyond Narrow Nationalism: Rethinking Education
The world is a shared community, and nations are recent constructs. Can education play a role in liberating us from...
Situating Gandhi in the Contemporary Crisis in Education
Education in the present times is all about one’s professional qualifications and degrees alone. In fact, this instrumental definition of education which transforms it...
Active Creators or Passive Beggars?
Active Creators or Passive Beggars?
It is true that knowledge knows no boundaries and borders. And great ideas transcend the places of their origin, and...
RECIPROCITY MAKES LIFE MEANINGFUL JOURNEY
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RECIPROCITY MAKES LIFE MEANINGFUL JOURNEY
Martin Bubber was an Austrian born philosopher. He is best known for his works on the philosophy of dialogue-a...
Integrative Education for Sustainability By Chitra Ravi, Sandhya Tenetti and Harini Nagendra
PERSPECTIVE
Integrative Education for Sustainability
Orienting education towards sustainability provides a transformative experience involving a fundamental change in the way we look at the world. The...
BOOK REVIEW: SUNITA NARAIN, Why I Should be Tolerant: On Environment and Environmentalism in...
BOOK REVIEW
Towards the Practice of Environmentalism
An educationist engages with a leading environmentalist and persuades us to read this insightful book.
SUNITA NARAIN, Why I Should...
Environmental Sensibilities and Curriculum Practices By Stella Pauline Punitha
MATTER OF CONCERN
Environmental Sensibilities and Curriculum Practices
The depletion of natural resources and the unsustainable approach to development have caused rapid degradation of the...
Learning without Boundaries: Arts in the classroom By Ritu Talwar
Learning without Boundaries: Arts in the classroom
Art as a medium of instruction liberates the mind and enables the child to discover the ocean...
SEPTEMBER 2016
The historic day of independence is celebrated across the country with pride and gusto and the symbols of nationalism are adorned with new fervour...
Mending a broken relationship: Education and Ecology By Deborah
PEDAGOGIC INNOVATION
Mending a broken relationship: Education and Ecology
It is important that education must impart a philosophy of existence. This would require a transformation...