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
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
So-called Child Study or Child Observation is a central aspect of Steiner Waldorf schools, curative schools and institutions worldwide. Why is it so important to observe children today? How do we
… Overcoming Resistance: Courage for an Independent Spiritual Life. Florian Osswald, head of the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum, goes on an unusual treasure hunt to approach the conference topic.
The international Waldorf movement, with its Middle European roots and traditions, has spread to every culture and religion in the world. What is an appropriate stance for the movement towards
… The following article is based on the lecture by key note speaker Florian Osswald, head of the Pedagogical Section. He speaks of a "new we", an "entrepreneurial risk", which must be based on every…
This is part two of the introduction to a new collection of essays on teaching human sexuality entitled Trailing Clouds of Glory: Essays on Human Sexuality and the Education of Youth in Waldorf
…In the new Midsummer Journal of the Pedagogical Section you'll find summaries of the lectures given at the World Teachers' Conference 2016 on the topic of "Overcoming Resistance" by Claus-Peter Röh, Stefan Sigler,…
Anna Slater is a young teacher at Gamot Cogon School in the Philippines. She describes how her island is hit by typhoon Haiyan during a Parzival Main Lesson Block. The students find parallels between
In his lecture at the First World Conference for Language Teachers, Peter Lutzker describes the differences between teaching to standardized curricula and creative, humanistic alternatives. Taking a