Barefoot College, Tilonia: Interview with Teja Ram

Authors

  • Gregor Lang-Wojtasik Pädagogischen Hochschule, Weingarten

Keywords:

Education, democratic education, progressive education, the meeting, night schools

Abstract

The Barefoot College, Tilonia, or Social Work Research Centre, was founded in 1972 by young academics around Bunker Roy and continues today. These academics in the 70s were interested to learn from people in dry and down-trodden villages of rural Rajasthan (North-Western part of India) and exchange knowledge on sustainable challenges of society.

The work at the college starts at the grassroots of society. It focuses on the belief of existing talents and the potential of people in the villages to solve various problems for themselves...

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Published

2014-01-31

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014)

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Other Contributions

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