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In this paper, the author looks at Rabindranath Tagore as an educator. A poet, and not strictly a nationalist, Tagore was an outstanding humanist and used his imagination and his own personal experience to feed into his educational venture. The essay initiates a hermeneutic study of his writings, as well as a discursive comparison of his ideas with those of modernity and educators located in modern contexts, such as those of Europe and America, attempting to decode the implications of Tagore’s many educational choices, such as of buildings, curricula, teachers’ training, and rituals in his school. The author’s conclusion highlights the possibilities and failures of Tagore’s educational philosophy and practice, leading to further insights into a definition of success and what is needed for an educational venture in modern India to succeed in progressive terms.
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Kumar, N. (2015). The Educational Efforts of Rabindranath Tagore. In: Banerji, D. (eds) Rabindranath Tagore in the 21st Century. Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, vol 7. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2038-1_10
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