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By Krishnamurti
On Education
Education and the Significance of Life. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1981 [1953].
The Awakening of Intelligence. Wingfield Digby, Cornelia & Wingfield Digby, George, eds. New York: HarperOne, 1987 [1973].
On Education. New York. Harper and Row, 1974.
On Education. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1974.
Beginnings of Learning. London: Gollancz, 1975.
Beginnings of Learning. London: Phoenix, 2003. [1975].
The Whole Movement of Life is Learning: J. Krishnamurti’s letters to his schools [edited by Ray McCoy]. Bramdean, England : Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 2006.
Talks with American students. Wassenaar, The Netherlands: Servire, 1968.
Talks with American Students. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1970b.
A Flame of Learning. Hampshire: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.,1993.
A Flame of Learning: Krishnamurti with Teachers. Den Haag, Nederlands: Mirananda, 1993.
Krishnamurti for the young: A series of three books. Ahalya Chari, eds. Chennai: Krishnamurti Foundation of India, 2004.
Education as Service. Chicago: Rajput Press, 1912.
Related to Education
Life Ahead: On learning and the search for meaning. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
A timeless spring: Krishnamurti at Rajghat [edited by Ahalya Chari & Radhika Herzberger]. Chennai: Krishnamurti Foundation India, (1999a).
The First and Last Freedom. Foreword by Huxley, Aldous. London: Rider, 2013 [1954].
Total Freedom. San Francisco. Harper San Francisco, 1996.
Freedom From The Known. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1969.
This Matter of Culture, London: Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Facing a world in crisis. Boston and London: Shambala, 2005c.
The Penguin Krishnamurti reader. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1970.
Other Education-Related Writings on Krishnamurti
Dissertations and Theses
Cavanaugh, Thomas C. “The General and Educational Philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Its Relevance to Contemporary Education.” Ed. D. diss., University of Southern California, 1979.
Han, Ching-Chun. “Comparing the “educated person” conceptions of Dewey and Krishnamurti: Implications for the Republic of China (Taiwan). Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College (USA) 1991.
Herron, Alastair “Krishnamurti, Holistic Education and Art Education” – PhD Thesis; National University of Ireland, 2002.
Hunter, A. “ Seeds of Truth: J. Krishnamurti as Religious Teacher and Educator.” Ph.D. diss., University of Leeds. 1988.
Kobbekaduwa, L.A. “Education and the educated person, a Comparison of Jiddu Krishnamurti and R.S. Peters ” – PhD Thesis, University of Alberta (U.S.A.). 1991.
Martin, Donald W. “An Analysis of Selected Works of Jiddu Krishnamurti: Implications for Higher Education” PhD Thesis: University of Cincinnati, Ohio (U.S.A.), 1975.
Nalls, Ann “The Oak Grove School: An Alternative Approach to Education and its effects upon the creativity of its students” – Ed D Thesis, University of Georgia (U.S.A.) 1987.
Pilley, Kriben. “Non-Dualism, a theoretical and experiential perspective for the practice of Educational Drama and Theatre” – PhD Thesis. University of Durban, South Africa, 1998.
Rathnam, Anbananthan. “Whole Teachers: A Holistic Education Perspective on Krishnamurti’s Educational Philosophy.” Ph.D. diss., The University of Toronto, 2013.
Rommelaere, Jacques E. H. M. “A Comparative Study of the Educational Theories of Mohandas Gandhi and Jiddu Krishnamurti.” Ph.D. diss., The University of Connecticut, 1976.
Thapan, Meenakashi. “Education and Ideology; The School as a socio-cultural System”- PhD Thesis, University of Delhi (India) [revised and published as book] 1985.
Wesley, Donald Martin. “An Analysis of Selected Works of J. Krishnamurti: Implications for Higher Learning.” Ed. D. diss., The University of Cincinnati, 1975.
Books and Book Chapters
Kumar, Ashwani. Curriculum as Meditative Inquiry. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013.
Boxley, S., Krishnamurthy, G. & Ridgway, M. “Learning Care for the Earth with Krishnamurti”, in Winograd, K. (Ed) Environmental Education in Times of Crisis: Children as Agents of Change in Nature and in Community, London: Routledge. 2016.
Thapan, Meenakshi. Life at school: An ethnographic study, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press (USA). 2006.
Periodicals and Journals
Aveling, Harry (1990) “Krishnamurti on Education” pp. 33 36, in Social Perspectives (1990) Vol.9 No. 1.
Thapan, Meenakshi. “Education and the Purpose of Living: The Legacy of J. Krishnamurti.” Contemporary Education Dialogue, vol. 5, 1: pp. 64-77. Jul 1, 2007.
Journal of the Krishnamurti Schools: http://www.journal.kfionline.org/
Papers
Currie, Jan; Breadmore, Jim. “Montessori and Krishnamurti; A comparison of their Educational Philosophies and Schools in Practice in the U.S. and India.” Annual Conference of Austrialian Comparative and International Education Society (l1th, Hamilton, N.Z., August 21-22, 24. 1983.
Gandhi, Firoze Dosabhai. “The Psychological Philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti” M.S. in Education dissertation. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (U.S.A.) 1973
Nduwumwami, Louis “Krishnamurti et L’Education: Edition du Roucher” (France). 1979.
