About the Book: Tagores Philosophy of Education: Its Relevance to Contemporary
Education
Rabindranath Tagore was one of the practical innovators of modern Indian
educational system. The last forty years of his life, he was content to be a
school-master in humble rural surroundings of West Bengal where he had achieved
international fame for his educational and poetic contribution. He was one of
the first Indian to think out for himself and put in practical principles of
education which have now become common place of educational theory, if not yet
of practice. This edition has traced the influence of Tagore on the development
of personality, learning habits, development