In Action

Ausgabe 09/26

Live Broadcast from the Ice

«Learning Responsibility»—that was the title of the project day that the seventh-grade class at the Rudolf Steiner School in Dietzenbach participated in this school year. As part of the event, they joined over 80,000 students from 3,000 classes around the world in the Global Classroom with Luisa Neubauer. Via a live video link, they traveled directly to Antarctica, the last continent on Earth to be discovered. Teacher Maike Denk reports.

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Childhood in Transition

The two authors are assistant professors at Alanus University in Mannheim. In this three-part series, they explore the characteristics of childhood…
The two authors are assistant professors at Alanus University in Mannheim. In this three-part series, they explore the characteristics of childhood today and how Waldorf schools should respond to them. Part 3.
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Educational Partnership in Everyday School Life

Building a sustainable partnership in child-rearing and education is a challenging task—for both schools and parents. Two classroom teachers share…
Building a sustainable partnership in child-rearing and education is a challenging task—for both schools and parents. Two classroom teachers share their experiences.
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Between Wobbly Teeth, the Balance Beam, and Gut Feelings

A child’s readiness for school can be gauged through many small observations: how a child balances, listens, draws, waits, or interacts with others.…
A child’s readiness for school can be gauged through many small observations: how a child balances, listens, draws, waits, or interacts with others. The admissions process at Waldorf schools combines these impressions with conversations about the…
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Form drawing: Lines and Traces to the Self

In Waldorf education, form drawing is more than just an artistic exercise. Through movement, it guides the child toward an experience of order,…
In Waldorf education, form drawing is more than just an artistic exercise. Through movement, it guides the child toward an experience of order, rhythm, and space. Our author is conducting research in Brazil on form drawing in Waldorf classrooms and…
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Childhood in Transition

The two authors are assistant professors at Alanus University in Mannheim. In this three-part series, they explore the characteristics of childhood…
The two authors are assistant professors at Alanus University in Mannheim. In this three-part series, they explore the characteristics of childhood today and how Waldorf schools should respond to them. Part 2.
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Intensity Instead of Fragmentation

Block lessons are considered by many to be a strength of Waldorf schools—but it is usually limited to just a few subjects. Our author reports on the…
Block lessons are considered by many to be a strength of Waldorf schools—but it is usually limited to just a few subjects. Our author reports on the improvements that occur when the block teaching principle becomes a consistent organizational…
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Childhood in Transition

The two authors are assistant professors at Alanus University in Mannheim. In this three-part series, they explore the characteristics of childhood…
The two authors are assistant professors at Alanus University in Mannheim. In this three-part series, they explore the characteristics of childhood today and how Waldorf schools should respond to them. Part 1.
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Between stereotypes and reality

On March 9th, the initiative Enough! Genug! called for a strike. Women around the world were called upon to stop working for a few hours to show: This…
On March 9th, the initiative Enough! Genug! called for a strike. Women around the world were called upon to stop working for a few hours to show: This is what happens when we’re not available. Without women’s contributions, much of our society comes…
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Female Fatigue: On Women's Exhaustion

Our author is an anthroposophical physician. She explores why so many women in midlife feel exhausted and why the causes are often found less in blood…
Our author is an anthroposophical physician. She explores why so many women in midlife feel exhausted and why the causes are often found less in blood tests than in their daily lives. She urges women to seek out spaces for their interests, passions,…
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Why do You Have to Take Your Shoes Off Here?

Bringing lessons from the classroom into real life—that is the goal of the association Reisendlernen (learning while traveling). The initiative is…
Bringing lessons from the classroom into real life—that is the goal of the association Reisendlernen (learning while traveling). The initiative is supported by Zukunft.Machen (shaping the future), a quality initiative of the Bund der Freien…
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