14 lectures, Stuttgart, August 21-September 5, 1919 (CW 294)
How do Waldorf teachers put their educational ideals into practice in
the classroom? How does a teacher connect geography and art and language
in a way that enlivens the souls of children? What does a child's
respect for the teacher mean for later life? These are only a few
practical aspects of this initial course for Waldorf teachers.
During an intensive two weeks, Rudolf Steiner gave three simultaneous
educational courses to those who would be the first teachers of the
original Waldorf school. One course provided the foundational ideas
behind Waldorf education (The Foundations of Human Experience);
another provided a forum for questions and lively discussions on
specific issues in the classroom (Discussions with Teachers). In this
course, Steiner takes the middle-path by integrating theory and
practice.
Here, Steiner spoke of new ways to teach reading, writing, geography,
geometry, language, and much more. His approach is tailored to the
spiritual and physical needs of the children themselves, not to an
arbitrary curriculum based solely on external results.
At a time when public education is in a state of crisis, this book
describes how children around the world are being guided into adulthood
with a fuller sense of themselves and with a creative approach to life
and the world around them.
German source: Erziehungskunst. Methodisch-Didaktisches (GA 294).
