1 What is Buddhist Education?

   In Buddhist understanding human beings are “learning creatures”. We see our entire life as a learning process. Buddhism is an “Education System” with the idea that human beings have the potential to completely liberate themselves from all sufferings through a clear penetrative understanding of the way things are.

2 In what way is rote-learning an obstacle to creative thinking?

What is the difference between rote-learning and memorization?
What is wrong with rote-learning?
What are the benefits of memorization?

3 More on creative thinking.

To be creative: is it sufficient to be just unique, different, unheard of or unseen before? What else is required?

4 In Buddhist education emphasis is put on the learning, practice and application of Buddhist principles, would this not be at the expense of academic excellence?

Are Buddhist education and academic excellence mutually exclusive?

5 What is the role of teachers in Buddhist education?

In what context and under what circumstances do teachers become “learners”?
What is special about the relationship between teachers and students in Buddhist education?

6 Role of international schools in Thailand.

International schools have proliferated in Thailand. What are the contributions they have made to the Thai education? What role have they played?

7 Buddhist emphasis on inner peace, contentment and few desires, is that an obstacle to development?

8 Buddhism emphasizes goodness and virtues, but children have to live in an increasingly harsh and unfriendly environment.

What are the reassurances for parents?
What are the real issues?
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