…This article makes the case for using digital media as tools in school in order to understand them as a means to an end. Digital media are used creatively to help make ideas visible. Active media work requires a student…
… and teachers are faced with the fact that the children and adolescents they work with handle modern media with nonchalance. Young people move in virtual worlds of which the older generations don't even know…
Technology frees people from certain tasks, but there is always a danger that the corresponding skill might be lost as well, just like a muscle which weakens when it is not used.
Free Play in Brazilian Waldorf Kindergartens
A look at how and why Waldorf education values child-initiated free play in their kindergartens, from the perspective of Brazil.
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…Whenever the consequences of media use are discussed, the discussion usually centres on the effect on the consumer. People focus a lot less on the effect on the producer, particularly on the adolescent producer of any…
We find ourselves living in an extraordinary situation. In many parts of the world, work and private life have changed out of all recognition in the last few days. Many things seem to be uncertain
Children in the early years of formal schooling should work with materials which activate all the senses, from smell to colour to touch. This is deeply engrained in the methods and traditions of
In 2012, around 58 billion text messages were sent in Germany alone (i); globally there were about 7 trillion messages sent and the figure is expected to rise to 9.4 trillion in 2016. (ii) People in
Even though Harlan is busy teaching various subjects, he finds time to host the online Waldorf Mathematics and Science Teachers Forum. In this interview he offers us a glimpse into his life.
Rudolf Steiner never tired of regarding the actual process of education as an artistic process in which the teachers are the artists. How to shape a lesson (subject matter, age of the children,