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Ausgabe 07-08/26

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, rhythm, and space. Our author is conducting research in Brazil on form drawing in Waldorf classrooms and explores how this practice can be described not only from an educational perspective but also in light of medical and humanities perspectives. The focus is on movement and what it leaves behind: the trace.

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About Love in Recognition

Our author is the director of the Rudolf Steiner Archives in Dornach. Here she explores Rudolf Steiner's concept of love. Steiner understands love as…
Our author is the director of the Rudolf Steiner Archives in Dornach. Here she explores Rudolf Steiner's concept of love. Steiner understands love as a creative force and links it to thinking and cognition. He emphasizes the intuitive nature of…
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Animation Series, Rap Songs and Latent Issues

Education only succeeds through relationships. In other words, relationships are the basis of all education. But how do teachers get into a…
Education only succeeds through relationships. In other words, relationships are the basis of all education. But how do teachers get into a relationship with the children and young people entrusted to them and what does an appropriate relationship…
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Learning an instrument? With the left hand!

In an increasing number of people, the left hand is the dominant hand. Handedness is determined by the dominance of the opposite hemisphere of the…
In an increasing number of people, the left hand is the dominant hand. Handedness is determined by the dominance of the opposite hemisphere of the brain, is innate and cannot be changed through training. However, our world is strongly geared towards…
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Recipe Books and Elderberry Mush

Our author defines day care facilities as living spaces that stimulate the development of children's personalities beyond the classroom. In her…
Our author defines day care facilities as living spaces that stimulate the development of children's personalities beyond the classroom. In her article, she outlines how processes and spaces should be designed to meet children's needs.
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Pädagogische Forschungsstelle to Launch New Website

The Pädagogische Forschungsstelle (Pedagogical Research Center) at the Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen (Association of Waldorf Schools Germany) has…
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…
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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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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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