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Heidi Käfer
Ausgabe 03/25

Pädagogische Forschungsstelle to Launch New Website

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 Waldorf teachers, educators and education experts.

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Who is Allowed to Read Which Texts Here?

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…
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…
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Visible Relationships in Space and Time

Years ago, they were a lecturer and a student. Today, Ulrike Langescheid and Jakob von Verschuer share responsibility in IPEU, an initiative in…
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…
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Dissolution and Solidification

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…
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…
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Heidi Käfer

Metamorphosis on the weekend

In October last year, a team of visionary designers from the Initiative Zukunft. Machen initiative of the Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen (Association…
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…
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Learning to be critical of racism

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…
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…
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For a multi-perspective understanding of the world

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…
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…
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Multidimensional history lessons

A hierarchical understanding of culture is often passed on in history lessons at Waldorf schools. The initiative Forum Geschichte (History Forum)…
A hierarchical understanding of culture is often passed on in history lessons at Waldorf schools. The initiative Forum Geschichte (History Forum) wants to change this and bring Waldorf schools into the 21st century with their understanding of culture…
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Heidi Käfer

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…
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…
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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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