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First in the series on Education and Society in South Asia, this volume focuses on the educational thought of a world-renowned teacher, thinker, and writer-Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986). This edited volume examines.

Krishnamurti’s work and explores his contemporary relevance in educational endeavours and practices in different parts of the country. The contributors to the volume argue that Krishnamurti sought to change the way education is perceived, from the mere teaching of curriculum into a life-changing experience of learning from relationships and life. Through a range of essays that address diverse issues and themes, the contributors seek to uncover the practices and processes at some of the institutions that Krishnamurti established in different parts of rural and urban India. These include essays on curriculum building, inclusive education, pedagogy, debates on educational philosophy and practice, and teacher education. They help bring out the barriers and breakthroughs in the educational processes as practiced in these schools and how they may further be applied to other educational institutions.

Contents: Section 1: Social, Ecological and Moral Insights into Educational Practice: 1. Krishnamurti, values and education/Meenakshi Thapan. 2. Insight through awareness: a crucial value in Krishnamurti’s approach to education/Hillary Rodrigues. 3. Values and the culture of schools/Radhika Herzberger. 4. Curricular concerns and practices in a Krishnamurti school/Abismrita Chakravarty. 5. Krishnamurti’s dialogue as being open to the ‘other’/Vikas Baniwal. Section 2: Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Practice: 6. ‘Right Relationship’ between teachers and students: ethnographic unravelling of Krishnamurti’s ideas in practice at Rishi Valley School/Madhulika Sonkar. 7. A space sans fear: The Valley School in Bengaluru/Priyanuj Choudhury. 8. Celebrating diversities: inclusive learning at the Valley School/Disha Pandey. Section 3: Diversity and Inclusive Education: The Multigrade-Multilevel Programme: 9. Multi-grade instruction at Rishi Valley and Neel Bagh: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives/Radhika Herzberger. 10. Philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti in the educational practice of the multigrade-multilevel methodology /Thomas Muller. 11. Child-centred learning in praxis: implementing multigrade-multilevel methodology in rural schools of Rishi Valley/Rohini Ram Mohan. 12. Contextual challenges for primary school education: the promise of multigrade-multilevel methodology/Hitesh Kukreja. 13. Going beyond the self: Krishnamurti’s contribution to teacher education/Bharat Suri. Index.