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The Alliance for Public Waldorf Education will host an online event in July.

OASA, the Online Academy for Social Art, is an online hub for accessible webinars that bring people together across Africa and various time zones.

The Australian Newcastle Waldorf school hosts teachers and class ten students from Manyuan Hangzhou Waldorf School in China, supported by the Beijing Depu Cultural Exchange.

International conference and workshop to take place in Kassel from April 12th to the 17th.

In this workshop, we will use theories of the archetypes from analytic psychology to shine a new light on Steiner’s indications for a story-based developmental curriculum. We will take a courageous look at the historical and social contexts for those…

Neurodiversity is a popular word in education right now. Virtually all children are facing challenges which may hinder their learning. Join us to experience things to do with your whole class which may be targeted for individuals and are also very…

Steiner Education Australia launched a podcast series. Steiner Voices will be a forum for some of the varied voices of Steiner school communities and their people around the country, of teachers, parents and students.

The World Association of Puppetry and Storytelling Arts (WAPASA) will holst a conference from July 31st to August 3rd.

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The Pädagogische Forschungsstelle (Pedagogical Research Center) at the Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen (Association of Waldorf Schools Germany) has completely revised its website and now offers a platform that is specially tailored to the needs of…

Elisa Weinkötz,

Elisa Weinkötz is a German teacher in the upper school. She reads everything that has been read at Waldorf schools for decades, from the Song of the Nibelungs to Faust, with her students. She enjoys doing this, but she wonders what else is important…

Anne Brockmann,

Years ago, they were a lecturer and a student. Today, Ulrike Langescheid and Jakob von Verschuer share responsibility in IPEU, an initiative in German-speaking countries to strengthen eurythmy in education. In an interview with our editor, they…

Iru Mun is a professor of music education at Alanus University in Mannheim. In his essay, he regrets the fact that current music pedagogy cultivates excessive form. He appeals for the basic musicality of children and young people to be brought to…

Angelika Lonnemann,

If parents did not attend a Waldorf school themselves as children, they will discover a number of unknown things in their children's everyday school life. A subject called form drawing!

In October last year, a team of visionary designers from the Initiative Zukunft. Machen initiative of the Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen (Association of Waldorf Schools Germany) brought different people together for the eighth time to individually…

Angelika Lonnemann,

Waldorf schools are still nowhere near as diverse as the state schools in their area – both in terms of religion, origin and financial strength of the families as well as the skin color of their students. Dr. Tatjana Pavlov-West called for…

Dealing with far-reaching philosophical questions seems to be a mere luxury for source-based history lessons in the upper school on the way to the final exams. However, the history block of the tenth grade does deal with this – and intends to achieve…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

At the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt/Oder, computer science teacher Sören Leonhardt shows his upper school students how they can rethink technology and the future – beyond formulas and dry programming. In a region where some young people are hopeless…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

Geometric shapes, AI and the creativity of young people and trained musicians – these are the components of a project in Potsdam that has resulted in a unique symphony. Classes six and seven from the Freie Waldorfschule Werder/Havel also helped…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

«Do atoms really exist?» This question makes you pause and think. In an innovative project, a physicist and a chemist open up new paths to understanding atoms for students and teachers. Using modern technology, they immerse themselves in the world of…

We share our earth with all the other people who live on it, and we only have this one. Class teacher Nina Luckner wants to convey this to her students. To do this, she combined four subjects and, among other things, built globes out of balloons and…

Our author Luka Mescher never had any contact with people with disabilities – until he completed a social internship during eleventh grade. Luka deliberately chose a workshop for people with disabilities because he «wanted to experience something…

Angelika Lonnemann,

In the lower and middle school at Waldorf schools, learning takes place in the protected space of the school. Skills are tested, tried out and practiced in the safety of the classroom. In the upper school, from ninth grade onwards, students are sent…

Angelika Lonnemann,

In the Kant anniversary year – but not only then – it is nice to remind ourselves of the questions from which Immanuel Kant developed his philosophy: «What can I know? What should I do? What can I hope for? What is man?» The questions remain…

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Susanne Bregenzer,

Raising one's own children to be peaceful inhabitants of the world – many parents see this as an important task. Is this even possible in the face of our own countless inner demons, and in this violent and torn world to boot? On a Tuesday morning,…

Miriam Margareta Gimm,

These are dangerous times for good soil: more and more land is being built on or is threatened by erosion. In Germany alone, an area the size of 90 soccer fields is sealed every day. Yet soils are the focus of many of the United Nations' explicit…

Renee Herrnkind,

It was ridiculed for a long time, repeatedly defamed as esoteric nonsense and yet became the blueprint for organic farming, which has long been regarded worldwide as a sustainable model for healthy nutrition: the Demeter biodynamic farming method.…

Angelika Lonnemann,

For several years, our family was part of a car pool for Demeter milk. Once a month, we drove to the Birkmeier farm in Pöttmes by car, tapped 40 to 50 liters of milk there and brought the healthy cargo to the Waldorf school, where the other families…

Noor Khatib-Thorn,

«What if I would have been on the other side?» Noor Khatib-Thorn asked herself this question as a little girl in Jerusalem. Today, she is an English teacher at the Intercultural Waldorf School in Mannheim. In her lessons, the woman with Palestinian…

Petra Mühlenbrock,

Why is the class eight play part of the Waldorf curriculum? Our author, a teacher, explains based on the example of Michael Ende's Momo which she performed with her class, which processes are tiggered by such a large stage project and how they enable…

Hiltrud Kamolz,

As one of the oldest crafts in the world, basket weaving is an integral part of the ninth grade curriculum. However, tradition alone is not enough to justify its existence. In her article, our author Hiltrud Kamolz explains how adolescents come into…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

Pupils at a Hamburg Waldorf school immerse themselves in Russian lessons. In doing so, they not only discover a new language, but also valuable lessons about tolerance and respect. Our author explains how learning a language can become a commitment…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

As part of his year project, 17-year-old Waldorf pupil Ilian Rosenbruch launched a weather balloon he had built himself into the stratosphere to explore the secrets of the weather. However, the launch brings more challenges than expected: official…

Jürgen Peters,

What is the state of resilience among teachers at Waldorf schools? This was the subject of a study conducted by Alanus University around ten years ago. Our author Jürgen Peters outlines the results and relates them to the current situation.

Tomáš Zdražil,

Alienation from nature, loneliness and loss of meaning are linked to the threefold human constitution: body, soul and spirit. The consequences of neglected human needs are reflected in the current health crisis as part of the civilisational crisis,…

Angelika Wiehl,

The Moving Classroom is one of the Waldorf school concepts that is attracting increasing attention in school and inclusive education, but is controversial within Waldorf’s own ranks. Children, parents and teachers in lower school are easy to…

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