Pure Violet, Fire Mushroom, and a Test of Courage
The teaching of chemistry at Steiner Waldorf Schools is something unique. Swiss Chemistry teacher, Thomas Loosli, introduces this special approach…
Film and Television: Parent – Teacher Collaboration
The question of the consequences of film and television for child development is likely to appear more than once on the agenda of parents' evenings.…
Entering a Dialogue
In February 2014 an Upper School Colloquium took place in Dornach. About 30 participants from nine European countries met to discuss the topic…
Something More Powerful Than Destiny
Anna Slater, High School teacher in the Philippines, answers our editor's questions. She describes life in a tropical school, her personal challenges…
Science and Ecology in the Upper School
Every year, a team around Ulrich Wunderlin from Zurich Atelierschule takes class 11 to the French Atlantic Coast on a practicum in interdisciplinary…
Social-Emotional Education and Waldorf Education
Schools today are asked to strengthen the young people's self so that they are able to emerge from adolescence as self-directed, emotionally stable,…
Parzival and Haiyan
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…
Creativity and Transformation in Language Learning and Teaching
In his lecture at the First World Conference for Language Teachers, Peter Lutzker describes the differences between teaching to standardized curricula…
Creating a Sense of Wonder in Chemistry
Wonder is an experience which blossoms in the soul when one is suddenly surprised and amazed by the attentive consideration of something rare,…