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Sa'vidya'ya'vimuktaye Issue 15 October 2002 Ananda Marga Gurukula 3 Updates, Announcements and Programmes 4 AMGK at Anandanagar 8 AMGK Academy in Taiwan 10 AMGK Center for Neo-Humanist Studies - USA 11 AMGK in Thailand Teacher Education Seminars 12 New York Sector Education Training Camp 14 Teacher Education in Jamaica 15 Delhi Sector Education Training Camp Neo-Humanist Education Principles and Methods 16 NHE: A Response to the Need for Balance 17 Communication with Children 21 Towards Effective Communication, Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution 25 Workshop Methods for Conducting Teacher Education Seminars 28 Teaching Neo-Humanist Values Schools and Projects in Focus 30 Ananda Marga Academy - Kangemi, Nairobi 31 Zonnelicht - Den Bosch, Holland Children's Artwork 32 NHE - Calcutta, India from Ananda Nagar, India 34 Baan Unrak - Sangklaburi, Thailand 37 Ananda Marga School - Haiti 39 Yoga for Kids 40 Youth Programme in Croatia 42 Global NHE News 46 Book Reviews Sa’vidya’ya’vimuktaye - Education is that which liberates Gurukula Network VISION OF ANANDA MARGA GURUKULA Newsletter and Journal of Neo-Humanist Schools and Ananda Marga Gurukula is engaged in building an educational township Research Institutes at Ananda Nagar, West Bengal, India on a 525 square kilometer campus affiliated to to bring about transformation of individuals and the society at large. Ananda Marga Gurukula Ananda Marga Gurukula is also engaged in creating an international network of Neo-Humanist Schools and Institutes to hasten the advent of Two yearly issues published October and a society in which there is love, peace, understanding, inspiration, justice and health for all beings. May serve as a means of communication for Neo-Humanist Schools and projects around OBJECTIVES OF ANANDA MARGA GURUKULA the world. • To provide a sound and conducive environment for students for Please send us news of your schools and their physical, social, intellectual, creative and spiritual well projects, reports on research and publication being. efforts, articles on Neo-Humanist Education, • To promote ethical values in individuals and implement these stories, pictures, ETC notes, classroom values in the management of projects, schools and institutions. activities, etc. by April 1st for the • To establish and maintain schools and special academic May 2003 issue institutions around the world as well as a cyber university. • To initiate teacher education programs to improve and upgrade the quality of education on all academic levels. Gurukula Network c/o A. Brim • To promote Tantra, Neo-humanism and PROUT (Progressive 146 Honness Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Utilization Theory) as the foundation for building a universal [email protected] society. • To initiate intellectual dialogues and research for all around The articles in this newsletter represent an renaissance of the society. evolving process and not necessarily official • To facilitate the placement of volunteers across cultures to help policy. build meaningful relationships and to support community and social change projects. Editor in Chief: • To support the building of a global eco village network (Master Units) . Ac. Shambhushivananda Avt. • To encourage the development of micro enterprises for Associate Editors: sustainability of social service projects. Avtk. Ananda Rama Ac. A'rati Chancellor of Ananda Marga Gurukula Ac. Shambhushivananda Avt., Kulapati Headquarters of Ananda Marga Gurukula <[email protected]> Ananda Nagar Executive Officer of the Cakradhurii of AMGK Dist Purulia, West Bengal, India Ac. Vishvadevananda Avt., Mahasachiv e-mail: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Secretary, Academic Council of AMGK AM Gurukula Global Liaison Office Ac. Sumitananda Avt., Sachiv 146 Honness Lane <[email protected]> Ithaca, New York 14850 USA <[email protected]> WEB PAGES Ananda Marga Gurukula serves as the Board of Education for Ananda Marga Gurukula Neo-Humanist Schools and Institutes around the world. These www.gurukul.edu Neo-Humanist Schools and projects, some of which are featured Neo-Humanist Education in Gurukula Network, are managed by the Education Relief And www.nhe.gurukul.edu Welfare Section and Women's Welfare Department of Ananda Teacher Resources Marga. www.nhe.gurukul.edu/resources.html ERAWS Global In-charge Ac. Parameshvarananda Avt. Donations are welcome for AMGK Education Global In-charge Ac. Priyakrsnananda Avt. Endowment Fund and Gurukula WWD Global In-charge Avtk. Ananda Giita Ac. Network as well as schools and projects. WWD Global Education In-charge Avtk. Ananda Prajina Ac. Please make checks payable to Ananda Marga Gurukula and send to AMGK Liaison Office. ANANDA MARGA GURUKULA GLOBAL LIAISON OFFICE UPDATES, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ONGOING PROGRAMMES Circle of Love BOOK CD ONGOING The Circle of Love activities manual for Pre-school and Distance Learning Programmes Kindergarten which was The two distance learning programmes for NHE compiled by Didi Ananda Mitra in 1982 in Manila, teachers are both progressing with many students. The Philippines, has since then been translated into many Neo-Humanist Diploma Programme is a one year or languages and has been in use around the world. It has more in depth tuition programme, certifying the student been out of print for some time. Through the efforts of as an NHE early childhood teacher. The Neo-Humanist Mahajyoti and Arun, a computer CD of the book will Introductory Programme is a three month or more free soon be for sale through AMGK for internal distribution. programme, with the option for certification as an NHE Exact release date will be announced on NHE-Forum. early childhood associate teacher. For more details see To obtain a copy, please write to: the description of Distance Learning Programmes at <[email protected]> www.nhe.gurukul.edu/distancelearning or write to <[email protected]>. Circle of Love SONGS CDs The Circle of Love manual includes over 300 songs for Workshops Credits children. Through the efforts of Giridhara, the original Teachers attending ETC's and other educational tapes have now been transferred to a set of four music workshops may apply to AMGK to obtain a certificate CD's. An MP3 version of all songs on one CD for for their participation by completing a three step computer listening, has also been prepared. These CD's process. To receive instructions for this, please write to will soon be for sale through AMGK for internal <[email protected]> distribution. Exact release date will be announced on NHE-Forum. To obtain copies, please write to: Standards Available <[email protected]>. Ananda Marga Gurukula Standards for kindergarten and primary schools are now available. You may write NEW URL for NHE Web Pages for a copy from <[email protected]> or you may The NHE web pages have moved. The new url is download a copy directly from NHE Resources <www.nhe.gurukul.edu>. This also effects the url for <www.gurukul.edu/nhe/resources.html> NHE Resources which can now be found at <www.nhe.gurukul.edu/resources.html> NEW AMGK Web Pages !! The AMGK web pages can be found at YES - Yoga Education in Schools <www.gurukul.edu>. The new web pages announced New Book in Process in the last issue of this newsletter will hopefully be up Recently there were requests from several corners of the by the time you receive this one. Well worth a look. world for a curriculum guide for the subject of 'Yoga' for schools from kindergarten to high school. This is NHE Web Pages expanding the efforts on the developing book, "Yoga for The Neo-Humanist Education web pages can be found Children", into a much wider project. Basically lots of at <www.nhe.gurukul.edu>. If you would like your ideas and material are needed for 3 groups of children 3- school's web pages to be connected to this site, please 6, 7-11 and 12-18. The subject of yoga will include write to <[email protected]>. asanas, meditation, ethics, stories, parables, poetry, songs, philosophy, games, etc. You may have seen NHE-Forum Vishala's wonderful research paper at Yale University, NHE Forum is an on-line discussion group for those which is providing an academic basis to this. (It is interested in or working in NHE schools and projects. To available on the NHE resources). You may have also join, please write to <[email protected]> heard about Kamaleshvar's successful teaching of yoga in the public schools in Italy. All are requested, to NHE Resources contribute original material and methods that work well NHE Resource is a web based resource base for those with children. This will be a major collection effort from working in NHE schools. It contains articles, all corners from your practical classrooms where you are information and classroom aides. If you would like to already experimenting. Please send directly to Didi access these pages, please visit Anandarama <[email protected]> <www.nhe.gurukul.edu/resources.html>, and sign up for a login name and password. 3 Highlights of Mahasamiti's Work The Education Coordination Committee, comprised of ERAWS , Gurukula authorities and A five day short term LFT Teacher's Training Gurukula Council of Primary Education have course was conducted at Siliguri from 17th to 21st been regularly meeting since its formation in April, 2002 organised by R.S. Kolkata region. A January, 2002 and trying to solve the educational team of the members of Gurukula Council for problems and improve the standard of education. Primary Education comprised of Sh. Sukumar Dada Sambhutyananda has written up guidelines Namdi, A'c. Kashishvarnanda Avt. and A'c. for a model school. Sambhutyananda Avt. gave the classes on Neo- Humanist Education, teaching methodology, and Rural Medical College News other allied subjects. About 125 teachers attended the camp. The Minister for Science and Technology in the State Government of Jharkhand (the Another special Teacher's Training course with new state that is formed by splitting the old more emphasis on Stu-vol was conducted by state of Bihar) has offered 25 acres of land Gurukula at Ananda Nagar from 8th to 14th May, with water and electricity supply to one point 2002.
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