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Imagining Childhood. Working for the International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early childhood Education
One of the key elements in the IASWECE council meetings has always been sharing pictures that describe the situation of small children in our countries, both within our Steiner/Waldorf movement and in society as a whole. [more]
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“I am the greatest obstacle”. Inclusion congress in Berlin
Under the motto “Working with diversity – on the path to inclusion”, six hundred educators, teachers and special-needs teachers from throughout Germany met from 20 to 22 September 2013 to exchange views about the legal, financial and educational consequences of inclusion. The congress was organised by the Association of Waldorf Kindergartens, the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools, the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum and the Association for Anthroposophical Special-Needs Education. More than 30 courses covered the diversity of aspects and allowed for the subject to be discussed in greater detail. The host was the Kreuzberg Free Waldorf School. [more]
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The creation myth of the Guarani
How eurythmy from the Neuwied Waldorf school came to the Rhineland-Palatinate Music School and went from there to Brazil, to the Favela Monte Azul, and finally into the jungle to the “Arapoty” native peoples cultural centre. [more]
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The Middle East Side Story. An intercultural musical project
The “Sha’ar laOlam - Bab l’alAlem e.V.” (Gate to the World) initiative is developing a meeting centre in Galilee and put on a musical which takes us to the heart of the clash of religions. [more]
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With peach blossom and children’s magic. Fifth Asian Waldorf Teachers’ Conference in Korea
At the end of April, 400 Waldorf teachers met in South Korea for the Asian Waldorf Teachers’ Conference. These conferences have become the most important transregional further training instruments. [more]
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20 years of the Oasis Masloc. Pupils build a medical and therapeutic centre in Romania
The “Oasis Masloc” aid project was initiated in 1992, a collaboration with the Associatia de Medicina Integrata in Masloc, Romania, which is now more than 20 years old. Upper school pupils (from classes 9-13) of the Ulm Waldorf School have gone to this south-east European country each year in order to build a medical and therapeutic centre. [more]
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The image of the human being in education
The European Network for Academic Steiner Teacher Education met in Vienna. [more]
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Cake for the mayor
Pupils in the German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd went to the town hall for donations. [more]
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