Education as Service
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Teachers and educators concerned with the nature and philosophy of education
- Young readers wishing to reflect on their own upbringing and ways of learning
- Readers interested in Krishnamurti's thought who want a short introductory text
- Those in educational management or curriculum design seeking a conceptual reference
Not a good fit for
- Practical readers looking for specific teaching methods, classroom techniques, and lesson plans
- Readers expecting a systematic history of education or a textbook-style treatment of educational psychology
- Readers who need quick conclusions and are unaccustomed to discursive reflection
Reading tips
- Read one or two sections a day, then spend a few minutes writing down your present questions and feelings.
- Keep a pen handy; mark the sentences that move you, and revisit them a week later against your own educational experience.
- Organize a small reading group with friends or colleagues and discuss why education is service.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) was an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher. He held that people should free themselves from dependence on authority, dogma, and received ideas, and instead come to know themselves through sustained self-awareness, thereby attaining inward freedom. This stance runs through his writings and talks and made him one of the more influential spiritual thinkers of the twentieth century. His book Education as Service extends these concerns into the field of education, discussing how education can serve human growth and freedom rather than merely transmitting knowledge or training obedience. Public information on his early life and lineage is limited, so no speculation is offered here. Overall, his writing and speaking are direct and clear, make little use of jargon, and aim to lead readers to observe and question for themselves; his reflections on education, religion, and life continue to exert an influence.
