The Book
The author, K T Margaret believes that life is an open classroom and education a process that takes place continuously through a person’s life. Inspired by the initiatives of social activists worldwide in the field of education, she struggled through her own experiments to discover creative alternatives even while working within a flawed system. Through this account of her personal journey she shows that education goes beyond the mechanics of teaching and learning, to enrich the teacher and the taught. This book is essential reading for creative, thinking teachers as well as those interested in education.
The Author(s)
K. T. Margaret has taught in a variety of settings – formal and non-formal, elite and underprivileged – and has worked as a trainer of teachers, urban and rural.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Looking Back with a Purpose
Part I
- What do we Expect of Education?
- What is Education?
- Teaching Teachers: Developing a Methodology
- A Question of Selfhood
- Becoming Part of Selfhood
- Education and Working-Class Children
- Teaching and Learning at the Tilaknagar Children’s Centre
- The Transformation of Attitude
- Why Schooling was a Luxury
- The World of the Tilaknagar Children
- Living Together, Learning Together
- Some Reflections on Education
- Education Programmes in Development Projects
- A Rural School Programme
Part II
- Understanding the Child
- The Meaning of Freedom
- Language Learning: Using the Name of the Child
Afterword
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