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    • Message 6

    Humanist schools as living organisms

    There is currently a tendency to consider schools as organic holes that grow and develop, and within which all the actors, their actions and their knowledge are interrelated and interact with the surrounding environment. This organic metaphor for institutions is taken up by those who seek to increase the efficiency of schools as places of learning for pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders. Amongst other things, in drawing a parallel with the functioning of living organisms, they stress internal communication and in
    particular the impact of daily negotiations between the actors concerning ways and means of running the school. They argue that only a far greater collaboration between all the actors can lead to real improvement of school performances. They also see the school as a place where pupils can learn something of their future social behaviour from these exchanges.
    Yet they stop short of pointing to the need for a more systematic approach to certain skills related to understanding emotions in oneself and in one's relationships with others.

    These human factors in education that can develop approaches like: learning by doing and the 4 steps program will promote human factors in education on an equal way.
    Human factors we recognize as the seven S are:
    • Self service
    • Self control
    • Self conscious
    • Self knowledge
    • Self criticism
    • Self confidence
    • Self acting power

    This are human factors every person need to mastering there own art of living and to greater possibilities for a good productive, independent and happy life.


    Didactic principles for Humanist education.

    Good humanist education is based on a number of fundamental didactic principles. Joyful role among pupils who educate themselves.

    One important didactic principle is to use pupil's actual experiences as a basis and so gear lessons to their own environment.

    This are the ideas the teachers of Chirala like to
    work out in december 2003.

    Warm regards from India.
    Dhyan, Usha and Jyotsna


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