Santiniketan Versus Conventional and Didactic Schooling

Abstract

There is a paramount importance of school education on the lives of individuals. Schooling transforms the personal qualities of individuals. Research shows that only high quality delivery can develop a child into a complete and whole human being. The transition into the school age years co-inside with a shift from an ego- centric way of thinking. Majority of Children get their education from traditional schools in any country. Conventional school system is not very different from the modern school system. In didactic method of teaching, the teacher gives instructions to the students and the students are mostly passive listeners. It is a teacher centere and content oriented method of teaching. Sometimes, didactic instruction for young children may harm their intellectual, social, and emotional developments. One of the problems of modern school system is that they withdraw children from society and inculcate them with values and knowledge that make it difficult for them to return to their society. Due to over industrialisation of education, Tagore founded a school at of India. He clearly felt that what is needed is not any particular material object, not wealth or comfort or power, but awakening to full consciousness in soul freedom and the freedom of the life in God Tagore created a form of authentic education that he believed to be true to the need of children growing up in rural India than conventional or didactic schooling.