Discussions With Teachers: Foundations of Waldorf Education (Foundations of Waldorf Education, 3)

15 discussions with teachers of the Stuttgart Waldorf School, Aug. 21 - Sept. 6, 1919; 3 lectures on the curriculum, Sept. 6, 1919 (CW 295) In spiritual science we divide the human being into I-being, astral body, etheric body, and physical body. In an ideal human being, the harmony predestined by the cosmic plan would naturally predominate among these four human principles. But in reality, this is not so with any individual. Thus, it can be seen that the human being, when given over to the physical plane, is not yet really complete; education and teaching, however, should serve to make the human being complete. One of the four elements rules in each child, and education and teaching must harmonize these four principles. Rudolf Steiner For two weeks, prior to the opening of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Rudolf Steiner intensively prepared the individuals he had chosen to become the first Waldorf teachers. At 9:00 a.m. each day, he gave the course now translated as Foundations of Human Experience; at 11:00 a.m., Practical Advice to Teachers; and then, after lunch, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., he held the informal "discussions" published in this book. The tone is spontaneous and relaxed. Steiner does not prescribe specific methods but introduces topics and situations, offering guidelines and allocating practical assignments that are taken up and discussed in the next session. The discussions are filled with insights and suggestions in many different areas of teachinghistory, geography, botany, zoology, form drawing, mathematics, and more. Speech exercises are included. This edition also includes, for the first time in English, three important lectures on the curriculum, given the day just before the school opened. These fifteen discussions constitute an essential part of the basic training material for Waldorf teachers. Discussions with Teachers is a translation from German of Erziehungskunst. Seminarbesprechungen und Lehrplanvortrge (vol. 295 in the Bibliographical Survey, published by Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach, Switzerland, 1961).

For two weeks, prior to the opening of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Rudolf Steiner intensively prepared the individuals he had chosen to become the first Waldorf teachers. At 9:00 a.m. he gave the course now translated as Foundations of Human Experience; at 11:00 a.m., Practical Advice to Teachers; and then, after lunch, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., he held the informal "discussions" published in this book.The tone is spontaneous and relaxed. Steiner does not prescribe specific methods but introduces topics and situations, giving guidelines and allocating practical assignments that are taken up and discussed in the next session. In this way, the discussions are filled with insights and indications in many different areas of teaching - history, geography, botany, zoology, form drawing, mathematics. Speech exercises are included. This edition also includes, for the first time in English, three very important lectures on the curriculum given on the day before the school opened. These fifteen discussions constitute an essential part of the basic training material for Waldorf teachers.

For two weeks, prior to the opening of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Rudolf Steiner intensively prepared the individuals he had chosen to become the first Waldorf teachers. At 9:00 a.m. he gave the course now translated as Foundations of Human Experience; at 11:00 a.m., Practical Advice to Teachers; and then, after lunch, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., he held the informal discussions published in this book. The tone is spontaneous and relaxed. Steiner does not prescribe specific methods but introduces topics and situations, giving guidelines and allocating practical assignments that are taken up and discussed in the next session. In this way, the discussions are filled with insights and indications in many different areas of teaching - history, geography, botany, zoology, form drawing, mathematics. Speech exercises are included. This edition also includes, for the first time in English, three very important lectures on the curriculum given on the day before the school opened. These fifteen discussions constitute an essential part of the basic training material for Waldorf teachers DISCUSSIONS WITH TEACHERS......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Introduction by Graig Giddens......Page 10 1 - August 21, 1919......Page 14 2 - August 22......Page 28 3 - August 24......Page 40 4 - August 25......Page 48 5 - August 26......Page 59 6 - August 27......Page 70 7 - August 28......Page 82 8 - August 29......Page 100 9 - August 30......Page 115 10 - September 1......Page 127 11 - September 2......Page 136 12 - September 3......Page 148 13 - September 4......Page 152 14 - September 5......Page 159 15 - September 6......Page 172 Closing Words......Page 181 1st Lecture on the Curriculum......Page 184 2nd Lecture on the Curriculum......Page 195 3rd Lecture on the Curriculum......Page 203 Appendix......Page 206 Further Reading......Page 210 The Foundations of Waldorf Education......Page 213 Index......Page 217 Foundations of Waldorf Education DISCUSSIONS WITH TEACHERS 1 Contents 6 Introduction by Graig Giddens 10 1 - August 21, 1919 14 2 - August 22 28 3 - August 24 40 4 - August 25 48 5 - August 26 59 6 - August 27 70 7 - August 28 82 8 - August 29 100 9 - August 30 115 10 - September 1 127 11 - September 2 136 12 - September 3 148 13 - September 4 152 14 - September 5 159 15 - September 6 172 Closing Words 181 1st Lecture on the Curriculum 184 2nd Lecture on the Curriculum 195 3rd Lecture on the Curriculum 203 Appendix 206 Further Reading 210 The Foundations of Waldorf Education 213 Index 217 Anthroposophic,Press