Lessons

Ausgabe 05/25

Walking Through Magdeburg for one Night

You don't always have to travel far away to experience something special. It can also be possible in your own neighborhood if you simply change your perspective. Our author spent seven hours walking through her hometown at night with her ninth-grade class – and created some very special experiences along the way.

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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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Information literacy as an educational task

Media education in Waldorf schools ideally begins on the first day of school. For the author thinks that the anthroposophical understanding of the…
Media education in Waldorf schools ideally begins on the first day of school. For the author thinks that the anthroposophical understanding of the human being and media education are not contradictory. In his opinion, age-appropriate teaching that…
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"We would like to have grades so we know where we stand."

Do grade reports really help to find our position?
Do grade reports really help to find our position?
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