EXPLORING THE PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUES OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The world today is a digital one with the latest technological advances, the world today is becoming well-connected. Staying in tune with the technological developments, vast changes have occurred in the world of education. Yet advancement has its pitfalls: environmental degradation, climatic change and international terrorism have emerged as major concerns for education. In the face of this it is imperative that we raise our children to be environmentally sensitive. In addition to helping to preserve the environment, we must also impart important life lessons to children about conservation, responsibility, and the consequences of their actions by encouraging sustainable habits. In order to create a more sustainable and greener future, we need to look at some creative and useful ways to incorporate sustainable practices . The ultimate aim is to help the citizens to become environmentally knowledgeable and maintain a balance between quality of life and the quality of the environment. Tagore’s vision of the Environment was to conserve our nature and natural world with human touch. This paper tries to explore Tagore’s pedagogical techniques on sustainable development and how these techniques can be adopted in higher educational institutions for sustainable development.