In Action

Heidi Käfer
Issue 12/24

Let’s Decolonize Our English Lessons!

Since August 2022, the Pedagogical Research Center has been supervising a research project that aims to make English lessons and reading at Waldorf schools more sensitive to diversity and critical of racism. In an interview with Erziehungskunst, the two project coordinators talk about the need to decolonize school lessons and, not least, our minds.

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Transgression of Boundaries

Almost one hundred years after Rudolf Steiner's death, we can ask ourselves which of his ideas are still alive today – and which may have died. Our…
Almost one hundred years after Rudolf Steiner's death, we can ask ourselves which of his ideas are still alive today – and which may have died. Our author explores this question and focuses in particular on Waldorf education, where ideals derived…
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With Electric Piano in the Hallway

«Please sing for Ms. Pichler at Adelholzstraße 5, third floor. The lady is 84 years old, lost her husband a year ago and is physically ill and…
«Please sing for Ms. Pichler at Adelholzstraße 5, third floor. The lady is 84 years old, lost her husband a year ago and is physically ill and depressed. You will find her at home on Saturday between 11:00 and 12:30!» This was one of the assignments…
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Addressing Suicidal Tendencies to Prevent Suicides

In 2022, 292 children and young people in Germany died as a result of suicide. This is the figure given by the Federal Statistical Office. Author…
In 2022, 292 children and young people in Germany died as a result of suicide. This is the figure given by the Federal Statistical Office. Author Martin Schäuble has written a book on this topic. A young adult novel about a true story. About Paul,…
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Against the Mantra “It Won't Work!”

How an almost blind student and a tenth grade class defied pessimism. Does Waldorf education also work in the dark, i.e. for students who can see…
How an almost blind student and a tenth grade class defied pessimism. Does Waldorf education also work in the dark, i.e. for students who can see nothing or almost nothing? Our author, art teacher and class supervisor at the Freie Waldorfschule…
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Changing Figure Instead of Frightening Figure

In an interview with our editor, long-time class and religion teacher Stefan Grosse explains how he approached the topics of death and dying with…
In an interview with our editor, long-time class and religion teacher Stefan Grosse explains how he approached the topics of death and dying with students in religion lessons and why it is important not to exclude children and young people from the…
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Detachment and Ego Development in the Rubicon

A turning point in the middle of childhood that leads to a deepened sense of self – this is how Rudolf Steiner saw the Rubicon. Our author Axel…
A turning point in the middle of childhood that leads to a deepened sense of self – this is how Rudolf Steiner saw the Rubicon. Our author Axel Föller-Mancini writes about what this special development, which takes place between the ages of nine and…
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It's the Attitude that Matters!

The same applies to democracy: we don't learn by just talking about it, but above all by doing something. Ulrike Sievers and Martyn Rawson talk about…
The same applies to democracy: we don't learn by just talking about it, but above all by doing something. Ulrike Sievers and Martyn Rawson talk about how we can make the important asset of democracy a tangible experience for our students.
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Boredom is a Long Wait

During the school break, our author experienced once again that boredom creates a space in which ideas suddenly flourish. In her article, she reveals…
During the school break, our author experienced once again that boredom creates a space in which ideas suddenly flourish. In her article, she reveals whether it really helps to spin around in circles on the floor, whether boredom causes gray hair to…
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Where the Clocks Tick Differently

A school bell, 45-minute lessons, a fixed class group – that's how school is known. In Windrather Tal in North Rhine-Westphalia, the teachers at the…
A school bell, 45-minute lessons, a fixed class group – that's how school is known. In Windrather Tal in North Rhine-Westphalia, the teachers at the school of the same name deliberately do without such classic features. In an interview with…
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Free Storytelling can be Learned

The two authors have been storytellers for many years and have been passing on their knowledge to interested parties at the Storytelling Academy in…
The two authors have been storytellers for many years and have been passing on their knowledge to interested parties at the Storytelling Academy in Bern and Dornach, Switzerland, since 2010. In this article, they share their experiences, their…
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