seminar

1. Sri. AUROBINDO GHOSH

2. Life Sketch – Sri. Aurobindo Ghosh
 Born -1872 Aug 15, Culcutta, Bengal presidency, British
India.
 Died – 1950 December 5, Pondicherry, French India.
 Nationality – Indian
 Founder Of – Sri. Aurobindo Ashram
 Philosophy – Integral Yoga, Involution(Sri.Aurobindo)
 Literary Works – Life Divine, The synthesis of yoga,
Savithri, Agenda, The human cycle, The ideal of
human

3. Education Philosophy Of Aurobindo
 Education should be child centerd, meeting the needs
and interests of the learner.
 It should be imparted to the medium of mother
tongue.
 It should be according to the mental abilities,
aptitudes and psychological needs of the child.
 It should develop conciousness.
 It should develop all the faculties of child to make him
a complete man.

4. Aims Of Education
 Education should be a dynamic process helping the
child to become a ‘real man’.
 Self realisation.
 Spiritual development.
 To help the child to develop his moral senses to the
maximum.
 To build the powers of human mind and spirit to their
perfection.

5. Methods Of Teaching
 Aurobindo laid stress on education according to three
A’s (age,ability and aptitude).
 Impart education through the mother tongue of the
learner.
 Skills and knowledge should be imparted through the
the co-operative activities of the learner in the
educational process.
 According to Aurobindo,learning by doing is the best
method of learnig. As such he suggested education
through practical experience.
 He emphasized Montessori method for infant classes.

6. Curriculum
 Primary Stage : Mother tongue, English, French, Literature,
National history, Art, Painting, General science, Social
studies and Arithmetic.
 Secondary Stage : Mother tongue, English, French,
Arithmetic, Art, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Physiology,
Health Education, Social Studies.
 University Stage : Indian and western philosophy, History
of civilization, English Literature, Sociology,
psychology,History of science,Chemistry, Physics,
Botany,International relations and Integration.
 Vocational Education: Art, Painting, photography, sewing,
typewriting, shorthand, cottage industries, etc.

7. Contributions to Education
 Integral education:integral education is the
philosophy and practice of education for the whole
child:body, emotions, mind, soul and spirit.
 Aurobindo suggested practical measures to synthesize
the national outlook of education with the modern
development.
 Aurobindo gave a new dimension to spiritual
education.
 Formation of new international harmony.
 Aurobindo has translated and commented upon many
of the major spiritual texts of india.

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