Rabindranath was invited by National Council of Education of Vancouver in its triennial conference to speak on Education. Mr. B.W.Tucker, Sudhindra Datta and Prof. Apurba Kumar Chanda would accompany him.A lecture was being delivered by any prominent person in each conference on a problem on education. This year Rabindranath had to deliver a lecture on "Philosophy of Leisure" in education in the conference. In 1930 Prof. Findlay of education dedicated the book "Foundations of Education " written by him. In this book he compared John Dew with Rabindranath. John Dewey was the greatest teacher in Education in the West
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John Dewey (/ˈduːi/; October 20, 1859 – June
1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational
reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.
Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional
psychology. He was a major representative of progressive
education and liberalism .
Mr. B.W.Tucker was one of the accompaniment of Rabindranath Tagore. He was an American missionaries, came to Viswabharati as a professor. His expenses were borne by Methddist Church. Apurba Kumar Chanda was a professor of Presidency College and subsequently became Director in the Education Dept. of Government of Bengal. Sudhindranath was a young prospective poet and son of Pandit Girendranath Datta, sympathiser of Viswabharati.
He had to go to Canada through Pacific Ocean because the conference would be held in Vancouver.He was going to Canada staying for two days in Tokyo,Japan in March, !929.
Having reached Canada, he found that Andrews came there after getting a tour round the America.
The poet stayed in Canada for 10 days. He delivered two lectures, 1. Philosophy on Leisure and 2. Philosophy on Literature. At that time Governor General of Canada was Lord Willingdon. He was introduced with Rabindranath. He also had been appointed as Viceroy of India.
Rabindranath had an intention of going to USA after finishing his business in Canada. But he could not go there due some peculiar behavior of the officers in the Revenue department. He returned to Santiniketan after visiting Japan and Indo-Chinain July 1929. In Indo-China he stayed for three days, from 21st June to 24th June. He visited at Saigon to a Hindu-China art museum.
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| Born | October 20, 1859 Burlington, Vermont |
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| Died | June 1, 1952 (aged 92) New York |
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Mr. B.W.Tucker was one of the accompaniment of Rabindranath Tagore. He was an American missionaries, came to Viswabharati as a professor. His expenses were borne by Methddist Church. Apurba Kumar Chanda was a professor of Presidency College and subsequently became Director in the Education Dept. of Government of Bengal. Sudhindranath was a young prospective poet and son of Pandit Girendranath Datta, sympathiser of Viswabharati.
He had to go to Canada through Pacific Ocean because the conference would be held in Vancouver.He was going to Canada staying for two days in Tokyo,Japan in March, !929.
Having reached Canada, he found that Andrews came there after getting a tour round the America.
The poet stayed in Canada for 10 days. He delivered two lectures, 1. Philosophy on Leisure and 2. Philosophy on Literature. At that time Governor General of Canada was Lord Willingdon. He was introduced with Rabindranath. He also had been appointed as Viceroy of India.
Rabindranath had an intention of going to USA after finishing his business in Canada. But he could not go there due some peculiar behavior of the officers in the Revenue department. He returned to Santiniketan after visiting Japan and Indo-Chinain July 1929. In Indo-China he stayed for three days, from 21st June to 24th June. He visited at Saigon to a Hindu-China art museum.
