The artistic teacher is not the prima donna of the classroom but is completely immersed in the classroom and co-creates education. The South African teacher Michael Grimley is an expert when it comes…
Why should education not be a science, but an art? Where is the art which can be learned without living constantly in feeling? What is the qualitative difference between the normal expression of…
To what degree is Waldorf education of its time? Is it contemporary? These questions are put forward by Neil Boland, senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He looks…
To conclude her research on the development of new festivals in Kusi Kawsay, Peru and Nairobi Waldorf School, the author Vera Hoffmann summarizes in part 4 the corresponding motifs and processes so…
An Invitation to Collaborate! The IASWECE Birth to Three Working Group is preparing a study on the subject of sleep. We all need sleep to regenerate and connect to our dream life, and for the little…
In the third part of Vera Hoffmann's series on festivals at Waldorf schools she describes some examples from Kenya. Vera has investigated the latest developments of the Euro-centric Waldorf annual…
This is the second part of an article about the creation of festivals at Waldorf schools. Here, the author refers to an example from Peru. In an ethnographic study as part of her master thesis at the…
In part I and II we described a practice for exploring the 'night', the subconscious part of ourselves. Part III of the series now focuses on the 'night' of school management.
Our point of departure…
Provocative. Critical. That's how this article wants to be. As the reach of Waldorf grows, Neil Boland asks if the time has come to 'decolonise' Waldorf education. Inspired by his research with Māori…
Thomas Stöckli and his team at the Institute for Action Research in Switzerland have developed a method to develop the educational quality of teaching. There is now quite a number of helpful methods…