Susan R. Johnson, the well-know US American pediatrician, has compiled a list of tips for parents, regarding television viewing. Her suggestions could also be the basis for discussions at a parents'…
For as long as there have been schools – in the sense we understand them today – one of the teacher’s main tasks has been to observe, evaluate, assess and classify their students' work. Some of our…
The US American pediatrician and Waldorf teacher Susan R.Johnson explains the fatal consequences of watching television and playing computer games on child-development. Drawing from brain research,…
Why are we so infatuated with our little gadgets? Smartphones and similar devices have become an indispensable part of our lives, of ourselves. Sending and receiving messages, checking information…
Is it at all possible to teach anthroposophy? And what is anthroposophy anyway? A kind of faith? A science? Or rather some sort of lifestyle?
Arve Mathisen has been running courses in anthroposophy…
This second part of Trevor Mepham's reflections on the issue of compromise concentrates on childhood and curriculum. Rather than turning to specific school subjects, Trevor explores the curriculum…
Everyone is connected to the cultivation of edible plants, be it as producer or as consumer. We cannot live without plants. Peter Lange shows the importance of school gardens with a humorous and…
The origin and source of the Extra Lesson: anthroposophy and Waldorf pedagogy / The archetypal steps of a child’s development / Extra Lesson in relation to general pedagogical approaches and medical…
Paul Hougham, teaches citizenship, politics and history and is also the class eight teacher at Steiner Academy Hereford in England. This is a rural, single stream school which runs from kindergarten…
Some teachers of mathematics claim that the formula for the quadratic equation is incompatible with modern teaching methods and therefore has to be provided and proven by the teacher. The author…