SANTINIKETAN EDUCATION The education system at Santiniketan is based on the principles of “gurukul,” which is an ancient Indian system of education where students live and learn with their teachers. This system emphasizes on the personal and intellectual development of the student, rather than just imparting knowledge. The curriculum at Santiniketan <https://www.santiniketan.com/> is designed to foster creativity, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of the arts, literature, and sciences.
One of the unique features of Santiniketan’s education <https://www.santiniketan.com/culture/comparing-santiniketans-cultural-significance-educational-styles-and-influences-with-others/> is the emphasis on nature and the environment. Students are encouraged to spend time in nature and to observe and learn from it. This approach is known as “shishu-sharodiya,” which means “child and nature.” The idea is to nurture a deep understanding and respect for the natural world in students. Santiniketan’s education system has produced many notable alumni, including the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore <https://www.santiniketan.com/the-tagore-family/mrinalini-devi/> himself, as well as other notable figures such as the painter Nandalal Bose and the economist Amartya Sen. The education system at Santiniketan is unique and focuses on the holistic development of the student <https://www.santiniketan.com/education/bitm-santiniketan/>. It combines traditional Indian and Western educational philosophies and emphasizes the importance of nature and the environment in learning. The campus is also a work of art in itself and has produced many notable alumni. It is a model for an alternative approach to education that values creativity, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of the arts, literature, and sciences. Created by www.Santiniketan.com <https://www.santiniketan.com/> · Powered by EasySpace Studios All rights reserved On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 21:22, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote: > > > -- > *Mar*Sensing > > > > There are many who experience facts, though they have not seen them, or > heard about. No one else also may be, not even having an idea. Still there > are persons who feel and sense the facts, without any seeing or hearing. It > happens to those who live in nature and are not totally caught by the > visible spectrum. The so called uneducated and uncivilized tribals who live > in nature often can smell and sense, their method of education. > > Real Education is sensing in nature, as nature along with every other > forms of emotions, called life forms, the Biosphere. In free and healthy > nature, the consciousness and perception processes of all organisms create > the growing macro perception process of the Biosphere, in the air. The > Biosphere as a whole also understands. After all you consist of seven > octillion cells (Seven followed by 27 zeros), and all of them have been > administering the conscious ‘You’. Basically you are also a macro person. > > The Education system of nature consists of sensing and experiencing, > symbiotically with the other life forms and nature-graphy, not merely > Geography. No machine can substitute your innate power of perception and > understanding, when you team up with healthy and free nature. You feel and > experience God. > > Economics, which has put mankind in the unending quagmire and abyss of > destruction of nature, and Atheism, go together. Most Religions which do > not recognize the vital macro home the nature and which actually indulge in > animal etc sacrifices are also atheistic. Industrialization which pollutes > and poisons the land, water and air, and the religions that indulge in the > grisly and gruesome animal sacrifices are in the same boat travelling > together. When nature is continuously destroyed the very subject matter of > education is getting destroyed. That routinized destruction itself has > become the subjects, divided into faculties as education. > > In free and healthy nature, you educate yourself and it is not like the > bureaucratic promotion from class one to class two, on and on, with the > stupid marks and grades sheets. > > Your smelling, hearing and sensing builds paradigms continuously. > Paradigms build on each other on the basis of smelling, sensing and > understanding. One develops one’s own education. > > Today we are developing education on the paradigmatic base of economic > destruction of nature, the exact opposite of nature’s scheme of education. > > Let us hope that there is at least one university in the whole world which > preserves a big area for free nature, so that nature gives the real > education. > > YM > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoowfdrwZNGgAAUaRJZB1QWmFyjaor0pMf8MqLAdSDCz6A%40mail.gmail.com.
