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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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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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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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