Shri. Aurobindo's View on Education
- 1. Name :- Gohel Ankita Kishobhai Roll no:- 14 Paper :- 4 ( A Indian Writing in english ) Topic :- Shri.Aurobindo’s View on Education Email Id :- [email protected] Submitted :- Smt.Gardi Maharaja Krishankumarsinghji Bhavanagar University , Department of English. Year :- 2015-2017
- 2. • Sri.Aurobindo Ghosh was born in Calcutta on 15th August 1872. • He was a brilliant scholar and greek and latin. • He is a writer, philosopher, poet and nationalist. • He contributed his intelletual in various field like philosophy, Culture, spirituality. • He died on December 5,1950 in Pondicherry.
- 4. Aurobindo Aims Of Education 1) Aurobindo’s first aim of education is the physical development of the child. 2) The Second aim of education is to train all the senses of hearing, listening, touching,smelling and testing of the child. 3) The Third aim is to achieve mental development of a child. 4) The Fourth aim of education is the development morality. 5) Aurobindo emphasized that main aim of education is to promote spiritual developemt.
- 5. Curriculum according to Aurobindo:- Aurobindo describes curriculum for different stages of education :- 1) Mother tongue,english,french literture,national history, art,painting general science and social studies and arithmentic should be taught at primary stage. 2) Mother tongue, english,french literture, arithmetic,art, chemistry, physics,botany,physiology,health education,social studies at secondary stage. 3) Indian and western philosophy, history of civilzation, english literature, french, socialogy, psychology, history, chemistry, physics, botany at universe level. 4) Art,painting, photography, sculptural,drawing,type,cottage- indusries,mechanical and eletrical engineering, nursing etc at vocational level.
- 6. Aurobindo View on The Teacher- Taught relationship 1) The first priniciple of true teaching is “ That nothing can be taught.” 2) The Teacher is not an instuctor or taskmaster, “ He is a helper and a guide." 3) The role of Teacher “ Is to suggest and not to impose.”