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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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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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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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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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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