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Inauguration, Monday, January 5, 2009

5:15 PM Welcome
5:25 PM Presidential Address André Roberfroid President
Association Montessori Internationale
5:40 PM Inaugural Address Hon.Thangam Thennarasu   TBC
Minister for School Education, Govt of TN
6:00 PM Key Note Address Aruna Roy
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan
6:20 PM Peace and Education Dr. Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro
AMI Assistance to Infancy, Italy
6:40 PM Vote of Thanks
6:45 PM Children's Programme
7:45 PM Dinner

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - Thursday, January 8, 2009.


Mornings

Delegates may choose to arrive at Kalakshetra before breakfast where a traditional, Indian breakfast will be served in the sylvan setting of the Kalakshetra campus. After breakfast, delegates could walk through the campus or reflect quietly before taking their place in their seating area. The sessions for the day will unfold as per the outline indicated below.

Plenary Sessions
The guest speaker’s address to the delegates will be augmented by presentations on the topic under discussion, during each session.

Programme Schedule
  Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Time 6-Jan-09 7-Jan-09 8-Jan-09
07.30 AM Breakfast, Nature Walk, Silence, Yoga Yoga as Sādhanā
Desikachar
09.00 AM Gathering Gathering Gathering
09.15 AM The Dance of Life
Lynne Lawrence

Universal Concepts
from Indian Philosophy
for Contemporary Education

Mrityunjay Athreya

Language: The Song of Life
Baiba Krumins Grazzini
10.30 AM Break
11.15 AM The Idea of Teaching
Krishna Kumar

“…like ships at port…”
The Spiritual Development
of an Adult

Irene Fafalios


The Adolescent and the Adult:
The Embodiment of World Harmony

David Kahn
12.30 PM Announcements Announcements Announcements
12.45 PM Lunch
02.15 PM
Breakout Sessions

Breakout Sessions Breakout Sessions
03.15 PM Break
04.00 PM
The Foundation of the
Human Personality

Judi Orion

The Thread of Life
Sandra Girlato
Work is Worship
Jaya Row
05.15 PM Open
06.15 PM Dance and Music
07.30 PM Dinner
 
Breakout Sessions
The four categories of breakouts that the delegates can choose among will be as follows
  • Reflection Readings from texts which highlight Sādhanā and reverberate with the theme of the Congress. Subsequent discussions will be led by group leaders. The readings will encompass the works of educationists and social reformers from the past and the present.
  • Panel Discussions This will be an opportunity to meet experts and discuss matters of relevance to education and society today. The panellists will be eminent educators, AMI teachers and trainers and experienced professionals from various fields
  • Observation Delegates may choose to view various demonstrations by skilled practitioners and experts to get a glimpse of Sadhana in daily life.
  • Participation Art forms and skilled everyday activities will provide an experience of the traditions from the past, still alive today. At these sessions, delegates may choose to participate in drawing of kolams (decorative floor patterns), stringing flower garlands, spinning, attending martial arts sessions and so on.
  6-Jan-09 7-Jan-09 8-Jan-09
Reflection
Montessori and the Child (0-3)
Patricia Wallner

Montessori and the Child (3-6)
Pamela Nunn
Montessori and the Child (6-12)
Jean Miller

Gandhi on Education
Ashish Rajpal

Tagore on Education
Swapan Majumdar
J. Krishnamurti on Education
Radhika Herzberger

Music as Sādhanā

Gowri Ramnarayan


Setting the Scene for Montessori – “Olcott, Besant & Theosophical Education”
Chaganti V. K. Maithreya

Dance as Sādhanā
Leela Samson
Craft Walk
Laila Tyabji
Panel
Discussions
Inclusive Education Reaching out Activity-based Learning
How to be an AMI Trainer
Observation A variety of arts and crafts from all over India
Dastkar
Participation Tulen (an Indonesian martial art)
Ginni Sackett
Kolam (a traditional Indian floor art form)
Local Experts
A selection of Traditional Indian Games
Art as Sādhanā
Sukant Misra

End of the Day

At the end of the day's plenary sessions, participants will be treated to a variety of cultural programmes at the Kalakshetra Auditorium before dinner.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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