Living lessons
Bringing about peace through foreign language learning
Foreign language teaching – particularly in times of increasing insecurity through “foreign” influences – is of great social policy importance. In the optimum circumstances it can be a form of peace education. [more]
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Reflections. Invitation on a journey of discovery in the curriculum of the Waldorf schools
The curriculum of the Waldorf schools goes back to suggestions from Rudolf Steiner. In the course of the decades it has been considerably extended and adapted to the current requirements. It is a composition which is attuned to the anthropological and developmental psychological needs of children and young people. Like in a musical score we can identify the developmental arcs, reflections, recapitulations and variations. [more]
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Report verses. The most proper form of temptation since the existence of self-knowledge
Developing passion and enthusiasm for our own and all those other report verses, experiencing a touch of self-knowledge – how this can work and what the report verses should be like is described by Till von Grotthuss, class teacher at the Gröbenzell Rudolf Steiner School. [more]
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Zealously at work. Manual crafts communicate elementary laws of physics
Manual crafts are the source and a practical application of physics, just as tools are created from applying the laws of physics. Pliers are an example which makes use of the lever principle. [more]
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Waldi2go – an experiment in real life
The Wahlwies class teacher Sven Saar is convinced that we can actually teach twelve-year-old children anything we want: done in the right way and with confidence in their abilities, they will undertake the tasks they are given conscientiously and responsibly – as here in the case of setting up a company. [more]
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Digital main lesson books
Technical inventions have always been an enticing and successful business for the Swedes. Matches, ball bearings, Tetra Pak, dynamite, battery operated cardiac pacemakers and computer mice have changed day-to-day life all over the world. Sweden also has the edge when it comes to the field of telecommunications. A new boom came along with the Internet. Fibre-optic cables have been adopted by households everywhere. In 2010, 92 percent of the population made use of the Internet. This development held implications for schools. In Göteborg digital main lesson books have been developed. [more]
Living lessons
Celebrating Africa
Geography in class 7 deals with foreign continents. The pupils are 13 years old on average and the time of inner awakening starts. The middle of childhood has been passed. The phase of the greatest absence of any cares which life has prepared for us has come to an end. The curriculum of the Waldorf school takes account of that and seeks to find the correspondence to the inner developmental situation of the child. In geography that means: setting out for new horizons! [more]
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Classics in class 5. Why a Greek main lesson still makes sense today
Class five pupils live in the transition from mythical and pictorial feeling and thinking to a rational observation of the world and human beings. Both these things can be found in the Greek main lesson. [more]
Living lessons
The world in my hand
It is Monday morning. I am standing in the classroom of class three. Silence still reigns. Thirty-six lumps of clay lie ready prepared, one for every child. The pupils stream into the classroom and quickly the space fills with voices. There is laughter and calling, but not everyone appears to be in a good mood. Some look tired or keyed up. [more]
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Dancing letters can clear the head
“What’s eurythmy actually good for?” Waldorf pupils ask in eurythmy lessons. Or: “How can you explain what eurythmy is?” If we succeed in answering such questions in an age-appropriate and clear way, the conversation can strengthen the acceptance and motivation of pupils beyond simply understanding what eurythmy is, and it can thus support the intentions of eurythmy. [more]
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