International

Ausgabe 09/23

Experiencing is Being – Moving is Becoming

In April 2023 the World Teachers’ Conference took place at the Goetheanum, in Switzerland. Usually it happens every four years, but due to international Covid restrictions this was the first such event since 2016.

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Networking across Europe of Steiner Waldorf Parents

Parents and teachers from the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents met for several days in Italy this spring. For the first time since the…
Parents and teachers from the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents met for several days in Italy this spring. For the first time since the pandemic, an exchange about cooperation, communication and media education beyond video calls could take…
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"I have found my path!": Luong Phan from Vietnam

Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
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"Becoming a class teacher? The idea gives me a lift!": Marelle Tann from Estonia

Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
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A White World in a Brown Country: Esteban Casati from Argentina

Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
Sven Saar was at the World Teachers’ Conference 2023 as a correspondent of Erziehungskunst and met inspiring Waldorf teachers from all over the world.
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Survival. Waldorf in Ukraine

Class plays in the air-raid shelter, main lessons interrupted by sirens. Ukrainian Waldorf teacher Olena Mezentseva describes the situation of…
Class plays in the air-raid shelter, main lessons interrupted by sirens. Ukrainian Waldorf teacher Olena Mezentseva describes the situation of Ukrainian Waldorf institutions in a country where war is raging.
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A place of learning in the Tuscan hills

Eight years ago, the author came to Santa Maria di Ferrano in Tuscany for the first time and fell so in love with the place that she has been…
Eight years ago, the author came to Santa Maria di Ferrano in Tuscany for the first time and fell so in love with the place that she has been returning there ever since. Waldorf schools use the Romanesque church and the old farmhouse for final-year…
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Heidi Käfer

Resilience on the Edge of the City

As the train slowly moves away from São Paulo's city centre, grey prefabricated buildings with colourful flashing Christmas lights and full washing…
As the train slowly moves away from São Paulo's city centre, grey prefabricated buildings with colourful flashing Christmas lights and full washing lines in front of unfinished brick buildings pass by me. I only have a vague picture of the place…
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Waldorf Education in the Jungle

Samira Fürmetz reports about her internship at a Thai jungle school. When everything that is usually part of the idea of school is missing, what do…
Samira Fürmetz reports about her internship at a Thai jungle school. When everything that is usually part of the idea of school is missing, what do you do? And is it then still “school”?
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How School can Contribute to More Humanity

INASTE Congress back in Vienna after a long break.
INASTE Congress back in Vienna after a long break.
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Polar opposites without attraction. Waldorf education and the Austrian mentality

As a concerned mother and journalist, Bettina Huber analytically describes how Waldorf education and Austria fit together. In Austria, there is still…
As a concerned mother and journalist, Bettina Huber analytically describes how Waldorf education and Austria fit together. In Austria, there is still a mindset, going back to the imperial and royal monarchy, that bows to authority – accordingly,…
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