On Education and its Significance ...

There is a wonderful little book that I read a while ago and refer to every once in a while.  It is by the late Indian philosopher and speaker Jiddu Krishnamurti, entitled "Education and the Significance of Life".  You can read it pretty much in its entirety, online. Here are a couple of passages some from its first few pages that resonate with me:



As parents, citizens, educators, scientists, engineers, teachers, professors, we all have roles to play in shaping the type of education that the next generation is receiving, and hence I would like to share in here some education related clips, essays and books that I found truly informative, insightful, and inspiring.  Hope others would also find them interesting:

• Changing the education paradigm (Ken Robinson)

• How schools kill creativity (Ken Robinson)

• Education is Broken (Chris Lehmann) 

• Mistakes, the Secrets to Happiness (Steve Roberts)

• On the US educational system (Noam Chomsky)

• Education for Whom and for What  (Noam Chomsky)

• The case against competition (Alfie Kohn)

• Awakening Brilliance (Pamela Sims)