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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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Waldorf Education in the Context of Social Inequality

One in five children in Germany grows up in poverty. This means that children and young people are disproportionately affected by poverty compared to…
One in five children in Germany grows up in poverty. This means that children and young people are disproportionately affected by poverty compared to other age groups in society. This is accompanied by restrictions on educational pathways and…
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Far from the Ideal of the Workers' School

Across Germany, the proportion of people with a migration background is around 30 percent. In Waldorf schools, however, this figure is only around…
Across Germany, the proportion of people with a migration background is around 30 percent. In Waldorf schools, however, this figure is only around four percent. Erziehungskunst spoke to Susanne Piwecki and Christiane Adam about how this could be…
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Platzhalter

Universal spirit or dilettante

Steiner, the know-it-all: this is how it may appear from today's perspective. But first you should see that he actually — quite the opposite — started…
Steiner, the know-it-all: this is how it may appear from today's perspective. But first you should see that he actually — quite the opposite — started out extremely narrow and focused: his early works, from Truth and Science to The Philosophy of…
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Waldorf Schools Ask the World – An Idea in Tima and Space

A more than one hundred year old impulse with modern and innovative ideas - that is Waldorf education today. What began in 1919 with the first school…
A more than one hundred year old impulse with modern and innovative ideas - that is Waldorf education today. What began in 1919 with the first school in Stuttgart is now evident worldwide in new initiatives, ideas and concepts. There are many…
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Stockmar – A synthesis of color and wax for 100 years

Our author went in search of the people who not only supply Waldorf institutions with wax blocks, chalk, modeling wax and watercolours. His path led…
Our author went in search of the people who not only supply Waldorf institutions with wax blocks, chalk, modeling wax and watercolours. His path led him to the Stockmar company in Kaltenkirchen, around 40 kilometers north of Hamburg.
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What does Education Mean Today?

What do didactics, pedagogy and schools have to achieve today when artificial intelligence is able to take over most of the cognitive aspects? Our…
What do didactics, pedagogy and schools have to achieve today when artificial intelligence is able to take over most of the cognitive aspects? Our author looks at the history of Western education and the essential value of being touched.
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What does Waldorf Education Want to do Differently?

Some characteristics of Waldorf schools are generally known: for example, that craftsmanship and art play a major role; that grades are not awarded or…
Some characteristics of Waldorf schools are generally known: for example, that craftsmanship and art play a major role; that grades are not awarded or are only awarded late; that the children are taught by the same class teacher for many years; that…
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Media Competence with Muddy Hands

Former Waldorf teacher and media educator Edwin Hübner has written a book about ChatGPT. In an interview with our editor Anne Brockmann, he calls AI a…
Former Waldorf teacher and media educator Edwin Hübner has written a book about ChatGPT. In an interview with our editor Anne Brockmann, he calls AI a potential source of freedom, explains why it is important to be able to stand in awe before a tree…
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About False Images, No-gos and Oases in Waldorf Schools

Managing Director Christian Boettger and Board Member Stefan Grosse believe that the campaign is good and important, but that it alone will not be…
Managing Director Christian Boettger and Board Member Stefan Grosse believe that the campaign is good and important, but that it alone will not be enough to secure the future of Waldorf schools. They say: «If you want to be well received on the…
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Anthroposophy Questioned

Rudolf Steiner's writings are not easy to read, partly because around one hundred years have passed since their publication. Nevertheless, they are…
Rudolf Steiner's writings are not easy to read, partly because around one hundred years have passed since their publication. Nevertheless, they are full of fascinating, but also challenging thoughts. In his small book Nachgefragt Anthroposophie,…
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