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Waldorf is a Pretzel

Our author is a mathematics and science teacher at the Freie Waldorfschule Magdeburg. He recently returned to Germany from China and views the Waldorf world with the benevolent gaze of someone who is familiar with different cultures.

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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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More than a Workplace

Our author Luka Mescher never had any contact with people with disabilities – until he completed a social internship during eleventh grade. Luka…
Our author Luka Mescher never had any contact with people with disabilities – until he completed a social internship during eleventh grade. Luka deliberately chose a workshop for people with disabilities because he «wanted to experience something…
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Self-education Based on the World

In the lower and middle school at Waldorf schools, learning takes place in the protected space of the school. Skills are tested, tried out and…
In the lower and middle school at Waldorf schools, learning takes place in the protected space of the school. Skills are tested, tried out and practiced in the safety of the classroom. In the upper school, from ninth grade onwards, students are sent…
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Waldorf education and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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