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Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls

Kane, Tom

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Tom Kane



Abstract

This paper argues that Rabindranath Tagore, a very practical man, developed a distinctive and successful educational methodology over the course of his work in educational systems. The paper seeks to show that Tagore drew inspiration and direction from extraordinary times, and extraordinary people of those times. The paper establishes the Tagore family’s place within the ongoing Bengali Renaissance; and to Tagore’s place among remarkable individuals, particularly Jagadish Chandra Bose and Patrick Geddes. The paper looks to the emergence of the poet’s educational institutions from spiritual and technological viewpoints. An attempt is made to show that Tagore’s educational establishments were methodologically developed, can claim to be part of his poetic legacy; and that telepresence technologies of the twenty-first century might offer good service to those establishments as they continue to evolve.

Citation

Kane, T. (2016). Tagore's School and Methodology: Classrooms Without Walls. Gitanjali and Beyond, 1(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.14297/gnb.1.1.83-101

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 31, 2016
Online Publication Date Nov 9, 2016
Publication Date Nov 9, 2016
Deposit Date Sep 13, 2017
Publicly Available Date Sep 13, 2017
Journal Gitanjali & Beyond
Print ISSN 2399-8733
Publisher Edinburgh Napier University
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 1
Issue 1
Pages 83
DOI https://doi.org/10.14297/gnb.1.1.83-101
Keywords Tagore, Visva-Bharati, Bengal Renaissance, Bose, Geddes, telepresence, education
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/822073
Contract Date Sep 13, 2017

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