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Seeking light as pursuit of reason and not of mere information, as pursuit of wisdom and not of mere knowledge

Promotion of seeking and sharing reason and wisdom as the basic process in education;

'Reinventing' the teacher as a 'sharing and learning facilitator' and of textbooks as channels of learning instead of authoritative 'last word' on anything.

Recognition and enhancement of sources of knowledge, skills and wisdom outside the school systems

Promotion of less-structured education systems(especially  for children) that would encourage and enhance intuition, aesthetic appreciation and creativity, respect for self and others, love for all life, predisposition to team play, and basic spirituality.

Critique and repudiation of current data-memorization-based, competition driven, grades-indicated, teacher-centered & commercialized educational system, programs & policies

  1. Total Human Development and Harmony Through Synergism

  2. Holistic Health Care and Medicine

  3. Deep Ecology and Harmony with Nature 

  4. Sense of History and Sense of Mission

  5. Civics and Democratic Governance

  6. Culture as Community Creativity

  7. Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education

  8. Gender Sensitivity, Equality & Harmony

  9. Reconstructive/Restor-ative Justice

10. Associative Economics, Social Capital and Sustainable Development

11. Synergetic Leadership and Organizations

12. Appropriate/Adaptive Technology

13. Mutual Enrichment of Families and Friendships

14. Human Dignity and Human Harmony: Human Rights and Peace

15. Aesthetics Without Boundaries: 'Art from the Heart'   

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Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education is seeking light as pursuit of enlightenment and not of mere information, as pursuit of wisdom and not of mere knowledge, and the multidirectional sharing of wisdom and knowledge as the basic process of education, within and outside the school systems.

Initial Collection of Articles,

Books & Other References:

07-01: General

Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education (Outline and Comprehensive Paradigm Paper)   by Enrico D. Torres

BOOK: TITSER NG BAYAN by Enrico D. Torres

07-02: Pursuit of reason and wisdom, not of mere information and knowledge

Experience Appreciation; Appreciate Experience  by Surf Reyes

'Seek Wisdom!' -- Montaigne  by Alain de Boton

  Various Quotes on Education 

07-03: Reinventing the Teacher as 'Sharing and Learning Facilitator' and Reinventing Textbooks as 'Channels of Learning'

The Covert Curriculum   by Alvin Toffler

Critique of Old-School Teachers   by Esper Dowling

07-04: Promotion of Sources of Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills Outside the Schools

'Ginikanan': Parents Building a Network for the Love of Nature 
by Ed Aurelio Reyes

07-05: Promotion of less-structured Education Systems (especially for children)

University Beyond the Box  by Ed Aurelio Reyes

07-06: Repudiation of memorization-based, competition driven, grades-indicated, teacher-centered & commercialized educational system, programs & policies

 A New Scheme of Assessing Quality in Higher Education  

    by Dr. Romeo M. Barrios

07-07: Additional and Miscellaneous

Philippine Cultural Education  by John Paul Tañedo Olivares

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