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Tagore's thought on Educational Sustainability in 21st century (Born…
Tagore's thought on Educational Sustainability in 21st century
Born into a wealthy and artistic
Jamindar Family in Calcutta in 1861
known for socio- religious and cultural innovation
played an important role in the formulation of Tagore's educational priorities
he was home schooled
he envisioned an education system deeply en rooted in ones surroundings but connected to the cultures of the world
his first writings were in Bangali
he also wrote in English
Tagore lived and breadth poetry
He stated that one writes poetry not to explain something or to convey a moral but rather to convey a feeling
He discussed that a creative artist should retrieve in seclusion in order to sort out ideas or to make a discovery
It is called Sadhana
He was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
Tagore felt that education should be imparted within the soul
In 1901 he founded a heritage Ashram in Santiniketan
there he began an experimental school and created a vertible forest retreat
Tagore and Sustainable Education
Well known globally in the field of education
Opened Santiniketan and Brahma Chari Ashram
Ideology: Education should be after the heart of Man
Freedom of Heart, Intellect and will
education imparted in a natural way
can teach oneness of globe
a person should be able to use whet he learns
was conscious of the education of the body
education for international understanding
emphasizes on physical development
he also advocated internationalism
created Visva Bharti in Dec 1921
He also believed that global peace could be achieved through intellectual and artistic cooperation
Nature Based Learning
due to his sour experience of education
he built a institution which gave freedom to explore and learn by themselves
in his first writing Siksar Herper he advocated free spontaneous and joyous life of young people
nature and imagination served to make body alert
by intellectual development he meant development of curiosity, free thinking and imagination
he insists that no mind can grow properly without living in intimate community of nature
he stated innovation is not commercialism, imperialism or nationalism but rather universal-ism
it aims to develop individual personality through interaction and union of the spirit with the environment
Tagore and Religious Education
gave religion a place of high importance
he believed religion is as natural as respiration
religions training for his is an inspiration, spirit and sense of kinship with the real
he believed if education fails to cultivate the quality of human understanding and strength the sense of human unity then that education is superficial
he emphasized importance of discipline in a moral life
good education does not overpower man rather emancipates him
sociability was considered a true characteristic of a truly educated person
Educational Practices
Tagore's ideology was implemented in Santiniketan
the school grew to a university Visva Bharti
number of departments
science
art
music
Humanities
education
Chinese Studies
Village Welfare
Advanced Study in Philosophy
His practical aspect of education also included entertainment at night, sports, arts, games, and freedom
Tagore's curriculum provided a fullness of experience for children from multiple sources
Teacher and Teaching
Role of Teaching is very important
nobelect profession
they are idea for their pupils
an educational institute should not be confined to teaching but as a place that seeds, companionship, discipline, devotion and commitment
Nature will provide the student with necessary situations to earn knowledge
no pressure should be exerted on the students to learn something
According to Tagore teaching should be practical and real
Education Through Mother tongue
Use of English limited education to urban areas
Tagore saw it as unnatural
it lacks of link between nation and its management
Tagore stressed that in order to restore the flow of culture Mother tongue has to be adopted as the medium of teaching
early life and contributions