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…
Through conventional teaching, children often loose their natural interest in mathematics. Prof. Dr. Peter Gallin shows in his research article how dialogic learning can teach the pupils to discover…
Dear colleagues,
The more Waldorf schools you get to know, the more – with all the joy with so many wonderful initiatives – it gets you thinking too: how will the Waldorf movement’s development…
This third and last part of the series “Transitions” focuses on the holistic quality of teaching, particularly in the middle school. In part one Claus-Peter Röh contemplates aspects of the three and…
The observation exercises for the powers of transformation at the transition points of the third and the sixth/seventh year lead from the actual physical encounters to the perception of an individual…
A female stag is a Bambi. The sun rises in the north. A chicken lays an average of three eggs a day. UHT cows give UHT milk.
We might find these statements by teenagers amusing – if they were not…
Day by day the child lives and matures through the interaction between physical growth, the development of soul qualities and sensory impressions. Claus-Peter Röh investigates these interactive…
Lecture given to the General Meeting of the Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen, 16 November 2012, in Stuttgart.
The spiritual dimension of Waldorf education seems in many ways to be a touchy subject.…
This article comes from a new collection of essays entitled Trailing Clouds of Glory: Essays on Human Sexuality and the Education of Youth in Waldorf Schools published by Waldorf Publications…
Sport, movement, exercise and active leisure pursuits are central to our culture and enormous amounts of time, money and creative endeavour are poured into them. But why are so many people drawn to…