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This doesn't have much to do with Goa, but since we have so many
teachers and educators in our state, perhaps it's worth a mention.
Future Focus Foundation -- www.f2foundation.org -- a non-profit and
social enterprise in education based in Gujarat, came out with this
interesting concept. They put out an 'education-related' calendar for
2006.
Printed in simple black-and-white format, this 16-page
calendar has images of great educators... to remind us
that "ideas and visions cannot be held by by the
boundaries of nation and state".
So it pays tribute to great names in education. As f2foundation puts it,
"Each month evokes the ideas of educators, from lands near and far, in
fields as diverse as music, philosophy, art, science, and mathematics,
as well as the visions of those who were moved by the lives of people
around them."
Why a calendar? It notes:
"It is said that an evolved human being acquires a halo, and this finds
representation in popular calendar art depicting gods and goddesses in
the streets of India. In real life however, halos are invisible, but
there are vibrations that continue to echo for centuries. The Buddha
lived nearly two thousand and six hundred years ago, but the isnights
that he arrived at continue to inspire lives across nations."
How true!
So, this calendar has pictures of Savitribai Phule (b 3 January 1831,
the pioneer of education for sub-altern girls in Maharashtra), Rudolph
Steiner (b 25 February 1861, who inspires the Waldorf schools), Samour
Papert (b 1 March 1928, mathematician and early pioneer of artificial
intelligence), Mary Wollstonecraft (b 27 April 1759,now recognized as a
great writer across a range of genres, including journalism, letters,
and travel writing), Jiddu Krishnamurthi (b 12 May 1895), philosopher
Jean Jacques Rosseau (b 28 June 1712), Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (b 6 July
1865, founder of the Dalcroze Method of teaching musical concepts
through movement), Maria Montessori (b 31 August 1870, who argued in
favour of creating a nurturing climate for children, rather than
teaching them), Ivan Illich (b 4 September 1926), John Dewey (b 20
October 1859), Gijubhai Badheka (b 9 Nov 1885), and Mortimer Adler (b 28
December 1902, who tried to bring philosophy to the masses with his 'How
to Read A Book' and other initiatives.)
If you're looking out for a gift for an educator-friend around the New
Year, this could be one. It's priced reasonably at Rs 25, and can be got
from www.f2foundation.org or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laxman Mohanty).
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Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here!
Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa.
2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love.
http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/
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