Integral education is an open and complete system that can also be adapted to all children, according to their personality and their needs. It covers in a coherent and subtle way all the physical, emotional, mental and inner aspects of a child’s development, through: All this offers the child a profound psychological knowledge of self,…
Theatre as a tool for children’s education at TLC
“Theatre is a way of bringing out of everyone what would otherwise remain hidden”Peter Brook Introducing children to theater is to give them the opportunity to try a practice thatengages their whole being and that allows them to better know themselves, to(re)discover the other, to better learn the power of words, and to better know…
Learning from the intangible – a study done in The Learning Community (TLC) in Auroville
How can learning based on the three pedagogical principles of Integral Education be assessed? Today, schools wanting to work with Integral Education are caught between security that the traditional system of social reproduction offers parents and children, and the universal needs of a new global education for human change that is trying to emerge. This…
SCHOOL AS PRACTICE OF FREEDOM? A dialogue between theory and practice (dissertation by MARIANNE VIEIRA OSÓRIO)
This research aims to explore education as practice of freedom, identifyingpossibilities and challenges to its development within school. Towards this aim, I intend to create a dialogue between theory and practice, connecting ideas on humanisation and freedom to the practice of two schools in Brazil, which are guided by principles of a liberating education, such…
Research document Free Progress Experiment Pondicherry
Published by UNESCO in 1972, this paper shares the educational practices in the Ashram school in the early days. The role of the teacher, and the freedom of the student are some of the areas presented. Free Progress Experiment Pondicherry
A Comparative Study of the Educational Philosophies of Sri Aurobindo and Maria Montessori
In 1975, Aleta You Mastny wrote this dissertation, “A Comparative Study of the Educational Philosophies of Sri Aurobindo and Maria Montessori”, as a part of the requirements for her Doctor of Philosophy degree. In this paper, Mastny presents a detailed examination of the educational philosophies of two important pioneers in the field of childhood education….
Auroville Botanical Gardens Green School Project
To celebrate 50 years of Auroville, Auroville Botanical Gardens fenced and planted in 55 schools in the neighboring schools. This short video shares their experience of this project. The green school project has been implemented in the schools of the Auroville bio-region to increase the greenery in schools and to build a bond between the…
Education and the food we eat
Krishna from Solitude sharing about the value of soil ecology and the nutritional values of our local food. TEDx with Krishna
Film about Auroville and Education
About Auroville
City of Dawn – Education
The aims of Education in Auroville Education
kNOw Plastics Educational Programme
Video that shows the educational programme on plastics in action, developed by the amazing Wasteless team! kNOw Plastics Educational Programme
Psychic Education compilation by Shraddhavan
Sharing an excerpt in which The Mother offers some practical guidance for Psychic discovery: The starting-point is to seek in yourself that which is independent of the body and the circumstances of life, which is not born of the mental formation that you have been given, the language you speak, the habits and customs of…
Interactive Learning Rhizome 