Title Rabindranath Tagore : adventure of ideas and innovative practices in education / Kumkum Bhattacharya

Published Cham : Springer, 2014

Table of Contents
1.	Introduction					1
	References					12
2.	The Emerging Picture: A Social-Historical Perspective and Significant Personalities					15
2.1.	Bengal Navajagaran: The Renaissance and the Tagores					16
2.2.	Colonial Educational Scene					19
2.3.	Tagore's Personal Experiences of Education					22
2.4.	The Varied Roads to Education					24
2.5.	Tagore Entering the Public Space					26
	References					28
3.	Progressive Ideas and the Idea of the Tapovana					31
3.1.	Constituents of Progressive Ideas					32
3.2.	Tagore's Responses to the Social Realities					38
3.3.	Tagore Shaping His Ideas: The Modern Hermitage					39
3.4.	The Cardinals of the Asrama					41
	References					54
4.	Visva-Bharati: The Transnational Centre of Education					57
4.1.	The Beginnings of the Idea of a University					58
4.2.	Preparation of the Clay Mould					59
4.3.	The Visva-Bharati Constitution					64
4.4.	Organizing a University					66
4.5.	A Disturbed Friendship					68
4.6.	Tagore's Transnational Links and Educational Movements					69
4.7.	Tagore's Internationalism					71
	References					73
5.	Extension of the Self and Rural Reconstruction					75
5.1.	Bridging the Divide					76
5.2.	The Yester Years (1922-1941)					78
5.3.	Today and Tomorrow					86
	References					90
6.	Conclusion: The Home and the World					93
6.1.	Major Aspects of Tagore's Educational Philosophy					94
6.2.	Education and Nature					96
6.3.	Education and Internationalism/Universalism					97
6.4.	Extension of the Self, Inclusion and the Public Space					100
6.5.	A Critique of the Poet and the Plan					103
6.6.	Conclusion					106
	References					106

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 107 pages) Series SpringerBriefs in education. Key thinkers in education, 2211-937X SpringerBriefs in education. Key thinkers in education. 2211-937X Contents The Emerging Picture A Social-historical Perspective and the Significant Personalities -- Progressive Ideas and the Idea of the Tapovana -- Visva-Bharati: The Transnational Centre of Education -- Extension of the Self and Rural Reconstruction -- Conclusion: The Home and the World Summary This new addition to Springers series on Key Thinkers in World Education tracks the intellectual and philosophical journey of a trail-blazing innovator whose ideas have fired the imaginations of progressive educationalists for almost a century. The volumes in-depth analysis of the educational philosophy of Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore offers an unrivalled focus on his highly influential views. Tagorepoet, internationalist, humanist, and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literaturelived on the cusp of change between two momentous centuries in world civilization and foresaw the dissolution of colonialism and the globalization of culture. His ideas on education placed the creative individual at the centre of the quest for knowledge. Eschewing the artificial distinctions between elementary and higher learning, he advocated the importance of sowing the seed of humanism as early as possible, and fostering the individuals enjoyment of education as well as their courage to challenge conventions. In doing so, he anticipated the modern concern with critical thinking at the same time as he was encouraging independence of thought and action as a counter to colonial oppression and condescension. Concise yet thorough, this volume on one of the most original thinkers of the last century covers every aspect of Tagores highly original educational philosophy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 SUBJECT Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 fast Subject Education -- India -- Philosophy Alternative education -- India -- Santiniketan EDUCATION -- Essays. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Reference. Droit. Sciences sociales. Sciences humaines. Alternative education Education -- Philosophy India India -- Santiniketan Form Electronic book ISBN 9783319008370 3319008374 3319008366 9783319008363

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