TAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY : AN APPROACH TO ENSURE HOLISTIC EDUCATION IN PRESENT SCENARIO

Abstract

The paper proposes to focus on Tagore’s philosophy on education an idea of extending equal right of education for all. The objective of the paper is to analyze the educational thoughts of Tagore, his basic conception of education and its process. The method used is historic-analytic method. I would like to specially commemorate the thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore, the philosopher who has made much contribution in education in the present educational system. The learners’ spirit in the learning process can be developed, from the teaching methodology of Rabindranath Tagore as he had introduced in Visva Bharati university in Santiniketan. In the classroom pattern of teaching, the philosopher’s thoughts are extremely relevant for the puzzled, stressed and burdened learners. The role of freedom in education in an atmosphere devoid of fear is vital. It develops the child’s inherent natural beauty. When technology is developing rapidly, changing our life styles, we need to balance it with concepts to encourage the imagination in children in which love and liberty are essential. The changing environmental condition calls for an innovative educational system; a new methodology, which will not only cater to the child’s basic career, based formal training but that encourages hobbies, creativity and art, enriching survival.