Gijubhai Badheka was an educator who helped to introduce Montessori education methods to India.
12 Facts About Gijubhai Badheka
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Gijubhai Badheka is referred to as "Moochhali Maa".
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Gijubhai Badheka published a number of works in the field of education including Divaswapna.
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Gijubhai Badheka was born in Chittal in the Saurashtra region of western India.
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Gijubhai Badheka grew up in Bhavnagar, a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
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On his return to India in 1910, Gijubhai Badheka studied law in Mumbai.
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Gijubhai Badheka started his legal practice in 1911 as a district pleader and in the following year enrolled himself as a High Court pleader.
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Gijubhai Badheka became a father in 1913 when a son was born to him.
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Gijubhai Badheka realised that all parents forced their kids to schools and the best schools of the time had teachers who only knew how to teach through fear.
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Gijubhai Badheka felt that if children are treated with respect and there are enough meaningful learning opportunities, no child would abhor coming to school.
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All these readings taught Gijubhai Badheka the Montessori education wherein the role of an adult or a teacher is to only help unfold the hidden and inborn developmental powers of the child.
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Gijubhai Badheka's contribution was the evolution of a system of child education suitable to Indian environment, training of teachers and creation of a body of literature for children.