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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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Waldorf without Steiner?

Waldorf schools have long since arrived at the centre of society – even though Waldorf education has been the subject of criticism, especially since…
Waldorf schools have long since arrived at the centre of society – even though Waldorf education has been the subject of criticism, especially since the coronavirus crisis. The accusation: mumbo-jumbo and indoctrination. That this does not…
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Hello, my name is Leana.

Waldorf student Leana was born a biological boy 18 years ago, but has felt like a girl for as long as she can remember. Here, our author tells about…
Waldorf student Leana was born a biological boy 18 years ago, but has felt like a girl for as long as she can remember. Here, our author tells about her experiences as a trans person and calls for support from the school.
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Gender sensitivity at school

This article is actually superfluous. It would perhaps only take one paragraph to deal with the topic of gender-sensitive schools: «Teachers should…
This article is actually superfluous. It would perhaps only take one paragraph to deal with the topic of gender-sensitive schools: «Teachers should accept our chosen personal pronouns and make individual arrangements with the pupils for everyday life…
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Waldorf education Yesterday's future – Part 3: Forgetting as a responsibility

How can Waldorf education fulfil its central task for the future and become an open gateway for pupils in our uncertain present and future? In the…
How can Waldorf education fulfil its central task for the future and become an open gateway for pupils in our uncertain present and future? In the last part of a three-part series, Walter Riethmüller argues in favour of a critical revision of the…
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Waldorf education. Yesterday's future – (II): The beauty of revolution

How can Waldorf education fulfil its central task for the future and become an open gateway for pupils in our uncertain present and future? In the…
How can Waldorf education fulfil its central task for the future and become an open gateway for pupils in our uncertain present and future? In the second part of a three-part series, Walter Riethmüller argues in favour of re-reading Rudolf Steiner's…
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Waldorf education. Yesterday's future – (I): Nietzsche's lion

How can Waldorf education fulfil its central task for the future and become an open gateway for pupils in our uncertain present and future? This…
How can Waldorf education fulfil its central task for the future and become an open gateway for pupils in our uncertain present and future? This three-part series by Walter Riethmüller deals with an educational provision for circumstances not yet…
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Rethinking and Redesigning Waldorf curricula

The Waldorf curriculum is not a piece of museum art, preserved and curated, but an ongoing process. In the UK, a database was therefore created into…
The Waldorf curriculum is not a piece of museum art, preserved and curated, but an ongoing process. In the UK, a database was therefore created into which, on the one hand, elements of the Waldorf curriculum including their academic justification…
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Communication – The Basis for Non-Violence

Successful communication is unlikely, social scientist Niklas Luhmann once said. However, it is urgently necessary for non-violent coexistence. School…
Successful communication is unlikely, social scientist Niklas Luhmann once said. However, it is urgently necessary for non-violent coexistence. School social worker Susann Wartmann shares her critical observations and thoughts on communication in…
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Mindful Institutions

Sexual violence in schools must not be covered up; it requires education, a safeguarding concept and good communication. Kirsten Heberer, an expert in…
Sexual violence in schools must not be covered up; it requires education, a safeguarding concept and good communication. Kirsten Heberer, an expert in violence prevention, sexual abuse and discrimination, explains how schools can become mindful and…
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Platzhalter
By Editorial Staff, April 2023,

A brief history of Erziehungskunst

In October 1927 the bimonthly Zur Pädagogik Rudolf Steiners is published for the first time as the organ of the Verein für ein freies Schulwesen…
In October 1927 the bimonthly Zur Pädagogik Rudolf Steiners is published for the first time as the organ of the Verein für ein freies Schulwesen (Association for Free Schools) in Stuttgart. The editor-in-chief is Dr Caroline von Heydebrand, an…
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