Eduvational Philosphy of Rabindranath Tagore

1. MOUNT TABOR TRAINING
COLLEGE
SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. George Varghese

2. GROUP MEMBERS
Soniya Sam
Soumya Saji
Sweety S Thomas
Sini Daniel
Thomas
Sreeja S
SOCIAL SCIENCE OPTIONAL

3. EDUCATIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF
RABINDRANATH
TAGORE

4. Life sketch
• Tagore was born on 6th May 1861 in
Bengal.
• His father Mahirishi Davendra Nath
Tagore provided him with initial
education in Sanskrit, Philosophy and
Astronomy.
• 1877 Tagore went to England to study law
but returned without obtaining a degree.

5. • He was fed-up with the rigid dull education of institution and dis his
education mostly at home by self study.
• He wrote stories novels poems which developed him into a renowned
poet writer dramatist philosopher and painter.
• People addressed him as ‘Gurudev’.
• Calcutta University adored him with degree of Doctor of Literature.
• 1915 Indian Government endowed him with knighthood which he
returned after the Jalianwala Bagh massacre.
• He travelled across the world like Europe, Japan and USA.
• Established Vishwa Bharati on 22 September 1921.
• He died in 1941.

6. Some of his important works
• Naukadubi, Gora, Ghare Baire, Shesher Kobila
(Novels)
• Bhikarini, Kabuliwala, Kshudita (Short stories)
• Gitanjali, Sonar Tori Manasi (Poems)

7. TAGORE’S EDUCATIONAL
PHILOSOPHY
 The medium of instruction should be mother tongue.
During education a child should enjoy full freedom.
Child should be educated in the laps of the nature far
away from town.
Foreign education cannot be the basis of national
education.

8. National education should be connected with national life.
Children should be acquainted with the ideals and values of
national culture.
Indian Child should be given Indian education.
Education should develop harmoniously all the faculties of
child.
Children should be encouraged to learn from original
sources or by learning by doing.
Schools should be reformed.

9. AIMS OF EDUCATION
Physical development
Mental development
Moral and spiritual development
Development of all faculties
Development of international attitude

10. METHODS OF TEACHING
Teaching while walking
Discussion and Question-Answer method
Activity method

11. TEACHER
Tagore gave very importance to teacher. He believed
only man can teach another man.
• Believe in the purity and innocence of child.
• Provide conducive environment to child for engaging
in constructive activities.
• Should be motivating the creative capacity of child.

12. CONCLUSION
Tagore was influenced by the book
“Robinson Crusoe”. He wanted to develop the
natural emotions of the child in a natural
atmosphere away from the dirty and immoral
atmosphere of towns.

13. REFERENCES
•Saxena, N.R.Swaroop, ‘Theory of
Education’(2008)Raj Printers, Meerut.
•Ravi, S.Samuel, ‘A Comprehensive Study
Education’(2015) PHI Learning Private
Limited, Delhi.

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