Journal: Notes from the Beyond 8 tribe

We write for families and educators who are thinking carefully about what school can be after Grade 8. Here you’ll find clear viewpoints, lived stories, and practical lenses on learning, adolescence, and choice, written by our founders, mentors, and occasionally, our learners.

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Moulding citizens of the future with alternative education

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Naveen Mahesh

Naveen Mahesh

2 July 2020

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Designing experiences, not just spaces

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Namya Chandramouleeswaran

Namya Chandramouleeswaran

30 June 2020

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Alternative Education: a catalyst to the maker movement

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Nandini Ramesh

Nandini Ramesh

25 June 2020

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Is the pandemic setting learning free

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Ashwin Mahesh

Ashwin Mahesh

23 June 2020

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Raising digital citizens of the future

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Mihika Shankar

Mihika Shankar

18 June 2020

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Rang De: bringing colour to farmers’ dreams

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Shishir Ghosh

Shishir Ghosh

16 June 2020

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How can we nurture empathy in children?

Our world, already afflicted by one of its worst pandemics, is suffering from another disease today: a lack of compassion and understanding towards those who are different

Raaji Naveen

Raaji Naveen

11 June 2020

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Duty comes first, second and third: Lessons from our heroes

An interesting fact about adverse times is that while they shake up our lives and bring businesses to their knees, they also give rise to heroes. These men and...

Shishir Ghosh

Shishir Ghosh

10 June 2020

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Learning is more than scores: notes from Zubair Junjunia

Learners today, find themselves in a rather curious limbo. While they conform to the tired beliefs of a conventional education system designed for industrialization...

Shishir Ghosh

Shishir Ghosh

4 June 2020

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