School without stress
The best job imaginable …
As the Waldorf schools have taken the hurdle of the first hundred years, the time has maybe come to think about some things that could change. The idea, for example, that being a teacher is stressful. [more]
School without stress
How do I teach without stress? Practical tips
That the job of teacher belongs to those professions in which people are subject to great stress for relatively long periods of time is well known. Just think of the many teachers who want to take early retirement or the burnout numbers. [more]
School without stress
Taking oneself out of the firing line
I write from the perspective of an English teacher who retired a few years ago and is aware of the danger of glossing over her experiences with hindsight. On the other hand, I did sit in on a lesson in a class 7 as a development consultant only a few months ago and experienced the way that it remains the task of the middle school teacher “to take oneself out of the firing line of the rebellious pupil tribe, always seeking boundary experiences.” Expressed in less militaristic terms: how can teachers manage to progress from a monologue to a dialogue with the pupils and also between the pupils? How did I deal with that situation myself? [more]
School without stress
Pegasus help
On the southern wall of our living room a surprise lurks in the plaster. Sized about 40 x 27 centimetres, a half-relief is rises above the grainy substrate showing a winged horse. [more]
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