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Vital Impressions: The KPM Approach to Children The author, an internationally known authority on assessment, and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas, sets out his impressions of the KPM Approach to Children. The author analyzes the fundamentals of the approach and draws upon case studies in the model school in India and the school in Austin, Texas. The author invites the reader to imagine “… what if all the life-giving experiences [of] our school years were compressed into a single day, month or even school year? Then eliminate the life-taking experiences, and we will have transformed schooling as it has never been transformed before. This is the challenge of education and the goal of the KPM Approach to Children....” |
Price: US$15 paper back (plus shipping and handling) Click here to submit your request to purchase a copy of the book from the KPM Institute. The Child’s World: The KPM Approach to Children Members of Atma Vidya Educational Foundation, who established the model school, Sri Atmananda Memorial School in Kerala, India, explain how the KPM Approach to Children can be applied to children from a very young age, on through the adolescent years. The first section of the book represents the basic principles of the approach as applied to early childhood, while the second section shows their application in Sri Atmananda Memorial School and in other schools and settings. Anecdotes taken from actual experiences of children are used to illustrate. Videos/CDs/DVDs Search for Perfection: An Introduction to the KPM Approach to Children Search for Perfection provides an insight into the KPM Approach to Children and the model school, Sri Atmananda Memorial School, in Kerala, India. The approach is based on the relationship between the teacher and the taught, and develops the heart as well as the mind of the child. The CD discusses different aspects of the approach, and how the children develop as they progress through the model school. Self-confidence, self-motivation, the ability to make decisions and solve problems, enthusiasm for learning, the ability to apply learning to practical ends and the ability to value and work with others are characteristics regarded as important for the education of children. Vital Impressions: The KPM Approach to Children This video consists of a speech given by Dr. Gary Borich, an international authority on assessment and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas, on the release of his book Vital Impressions: The KPM Approach to Children at the KPM Institute in Austin. Dr. Borich shares his experiences as he conducted a multi-year study of the KPM Approach to Children at the model school in Kerala, India, and at the school in Austin, Texas. The video serves as a resource for teachers, administrators, parents, students, policy-makers and others who are seeking an approach to children that fosters wholeness, joy, leadership and a life-long love of learning.
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