Tag: learning

EDUCATION | Our education system alienates us by compartmentalizing disciplines and discouraging reciprocity of notions among them. A liberating learning process is possible when disciplines communicate.

SPIRITUAL CORNER In a conversation with young children J. Krishnamurti asserted the need for inner beauty, not superficial mannerism.

Children are the building blocks of the nation and still their plight is of decadence and degradation in India.

In this thought provoking article— based on a lecture delivered by the author at Lady Shri Ram College, DU—Professor Avijit Pathak has pleaded for a radical departure from the fundamentals of a violent/hierarchical society and its faulty pattern of education.

For many students Mathematics is a subject to be feared but will a constructive and sensitive approach to the discipline help make the discipline suitable to the needs of various students?

As young learners grow up they realise that many of our urban practices are not is sync with our eco-sensitive pretensions and thus there seems to be a paradox in our times. What should be the role of teachers and pedagogues in cultivating a true sensitivity and concern for nature among their students?

In his second letter to young students pursuing humanities and preparing for the Board Examination, Professsor Avijit Pathak has explained the deeper implications of studying political science.

In this passionately argued article Kavita Kulkarni—a schoolteacher situated in Pune—has expressed her anguish—the voice of dissent against the huge racket in the name of coaching centers. Kavita Kulkarni

The twenty first century has brought with itself tremendous challenges before the educational community. The education of the future must be one that unites the intellect and the heart and for this it is time that innovative practices must not just be conceptualized but also brought into implementation. Samhita K

Without a relevant curriculum that gives special importance to local concerns and needs no meaningful learning is possible. An archaeologist writes about the concrete efforts he made to make a difference in the way teachers and students look at the world. Jitu Mishra