Lessons

Ausgabe 03/26

The Middle East Conflict and Heartfelt Thinking

Ofer Sagie, a Waldorf teacher from Harduf in Israel, has German and Israeli citizenship and has been traveling around the world for years. At the Balingen Waldorf School, he met with grades ten, eleven, and twelve for discussions. Our author reports on this.

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Window into the Soul of a Culture

Pupils at a Hamburg Waldorf school immerse themselves in Russian lessons. In doing so, they not only discover a new language, but also valuable…
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…
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Rise and fall of a weather balloon

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…
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…
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Teacher resilience

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…
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.
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Nature – Community – Meaning

Alienation from nature, loneliness and loss of meaning are linked to the threefold human constitution: body, soul and spirit. The consequences of…
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,…
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The moving classroom

The Moving Classroom is one of the Waldorf school concepts that is attracting increasing attention in school and inclusive education, but is…
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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The challenge of ChatGPT

Homework and assignments finished in no time at all? Many pupils and some teachers have been using it for quite some time, the ChatGPT software.…
Homework and assignments finished in no time at all? Many pupils and some teachers have been using it for quite some time, the ChatGPT software. Robert Neumann is a lecturer in media education and other subjects at the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart –…
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Arriving in Movement

When children start school, they should have the following skills: attentiveness, impulse control, independence, cooperation skills and a sense of…
When children start school, they should have the following skills: attentiveness, impulse control, independence, cooperation skills and a sense of time. From this finding, the concept of the Moving Classroom emerged in the 1990s, which is also…
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Permanence in Change

Class teacher Hiltrud Kamolz takes great pleasure in creating the seasonal table and incorporates the seasons daily in short narratives at the…
Class teacher Hiltrud Kamolz takes great pleasure in creating the seasonal table and incorporates the seasons daily in short narratives at the beginning of class in the form of a meaningful story. The story can be entirely focused on the seasonal…
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The Image in Education

One of the fundamental features of Waldorf education is the work with images. Language can create images in people that remain powerful and…
One of the fundamental features of Waldorf education is the work with images. Language can create images in people that remain powerful and unforgettable. Christoph Wiechert describes how parents and teachers can use them for successful education.
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Martyn Rawson, Albert Schmelzer,

Building blocks for a diverse, anti-racist Waldorf education

How can anti-racism be anchored in the curriculum of Waldorf education so that pupils are sensitised to exclusion and defamation? In addition to…
How can anti-racism be anchored in the curriculum of Waldorf education so that pupils are sensitised to exclusion and defamation? In addition to generally making empathy part of education, the authors advocate, among other things, addressing racial…
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