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About the Programs
For over 30 years, The School of Total Education has been pursuing the ideal of a more balanced approach to education. This experience has given us many insights into all aspects of an holistic educational approach. In these interviews we speak with educators from around the world who are working in the area of holistic education.
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Total Education Conversations
Total Education Conversations brings you insightful interviews and commentary on the subject of holistic approaches to education, presented against the backdrop of SOTE’s more than thirty year history implementing the philosophy of Total Education.
Interviews Available for Download
Michael Funder — Reflections of a SOTE Teacher
Michael Funder has been a teacher at the School of Total Education for over 30 years. For 20 of those years, Michael worked under the guidance of the school’s founder, Vijayadev Yogendra. Michael has a wealth of experience both as a teacher, and as a parent — with two children of his own who attended and graduated from the school. In this interview, which was recorded in February 2010, Michael talks about the following topics:
- The reasons SOTE was originally established.
- Innateness.
- The deeper purpose of education.
- The role of parents in the educational process.
- Nurturing the spirit or soul in education.
- Benefits of teachers working collaboratively.
Satish Kumar — Small Schools and Nurturing the Spirit in Education
Richard Waters speaks to Satish Kumar, author and founder of the Small School in Hartland, UK. Satish Kumar is also the editor of Resurgence magazine, founder of Schumacher College in the UK and featured in the BBC television series “Earth Pilgrim”. Satish Kumar visited the School of Total Education in 2007. This discussion (recorded in April 2010) covers the following topics:
- Early influences on Satish Kumar’s educational philosophy.
- The benefits of small schools.
- Nurturing the spirit in education.
- Ways to foster innateness and creativity in children.
- The origins of Schumacher College.
- Balancing government requirements with small school philosophy.