Tag: Education

PARADIGM SHIFT Educating for a More Sustainable Tomorrow The ecological crisis is at its peak and calls us to take up the shared responsibility for transformation....

Nationalism is a double-edged phenomenon. It is important for a creative pedagogue to distinguish its positive features from its discontents. Here is a piece that reflects on the paradoxical nature of nationalism, and pleads for a pedagogy of love and resistance.

As Professor Amman Madan converses with us and recalls the intellectual trajectory he has passed through we realize the significance of the role he plays as a pedagogue. His reflections on critical pedagogy and its epistemological roots, his deep awareness of the emergent challenge because of the changing cultural landscape in the neo-liberal world, his observations on the ethos of reading and learning in a digital world, and above all, his refusal to accept fatalism give us hope in the art of possibilities.

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...

Learning without Boundaries: Arts in the classroom Art as a medium of instruction liberates the mind and enables the child to discover the ocean...

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...

ENGAGED PEDAGOGY From Conversation  To Dialogue: An Art of Reflection ‘Dialogue’ as a pedagogic tool has been admired by educationists from centuries and its capacities for...

Our education system is in much need of reformation and urgent transformative changes. While there are several areas where changes must be made, the...

  Only when classrooms become inclusive spaces can education become an empowering experience. Can policies alone make the difference or do we have to engage...

With heightened pedagogic sensibilities an educator has come forward with penetrating insights: the mode of engagement a teacher ought to evolve, while negotiating with...