Indian educational thinkers

Ideas of Gandhi, Vivekananda, Krishnamurti, Aurobindo, Savitribai Phule, Gijubhai Badheka and Tagore.

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Key ideas

Mahatma Gandhi: Nai Talim (Basic Education), proposed at Wardha in 1937; learning through productive craft; education of “head, heart and hand”.
Swami Vivekananda: “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man”; character-building, man-making education.
Rabindranath Tagore: learning in harmony with nature; Santiniketan (1901) and Visva-Bharati (1921); freedom and creativity.
Sri Aurobindo: integral education (physical, vital, mental, psychic and spiritual); “nothing can be taught”: the teacher is a helper and guide.
J. Krishnamurti: freedom from fear and conditioning; Rishi Valley School.
Savitribai Phule: with Jyotirao Phule, opened one of the first girls’ schools in Pune in 1848; pioneer of women’s and Dalit education.
Gijubhai Badheka: child-centred education in Gujarat; Bal Mandir in Bhavnagar; author of “Divaswapna”; called “Moochhali Maa” (mother with a moustache).

Nai Talim (Basic Education) was proposed by:	Easy
“Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man” was said by:	Easy
Visva-Bharati at Santiniketan was founded by:	Easy
The book “Divaswapna” on child-centred teaching was written by:	Medium
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