The Renewal of Education: Lectures Delivered in Basel, Switzerland, April 20-May 16, 1920 (Foundations of Waldorf Education, 9) (Foundations of Waldorf Education, 9)

14 lectures, Basel, April 20-May 16, 1920 (CW 301) Following a lecture of November 27, 1919 requested by the Basel Department of Education, sixty members of the audience invited Rudolf Steiner to return and deliver a complete lecture course on his approach to education. These lectures are the result. Rudolf Steiner begins by outlining the gradual development of the child with the help of spiritual forces and enlightened educational practices, which form the basis for Steiner's approach to education. He describes the problems that modern educators face and provides practical solutions. Steiner explains the effects of morality on real freedom and how the development of a child's will leads to a free, flexible ability to think. He describes the life-long effects that teachers have on children through the ways they teach in the early grades. The subjects of these lectures cover a broad range, from the threefold nature of the human being to the teacher's responsibility toward their students' future; from arts such as music and eurythmy to the problems involved in training teachers; from zoology and botany to language, geography, and history. Like many of Steiner's lectures to public audiences, these are accessible and practical and provide a real overview to his ideas for renewing modern education. C O N T E N T S : Foreword by Eugene Schwartz 1. Spiritual Science and Modern Education 2. Three Aspects of the Human Being 3. Understanding the Human A Foundation for Education 4. The Teacher as Sculptor of the Human soul 5. Some Remarks about Curriculum 6. Teaching Eurythmy, Music, Drawing, and Language 7. The Problem of Teacher Training 8. Teaching Zoology and Botany to Children Nine through Twelve 9. Dialect and Standard Language 10. Synthesis and Analysis in Human Nature and Education 11. Rhythm in Education 12. Teaching History and Geography 13. Childrens Play 14. Further Perspectives and Answers to Questions Appendices Notes Index This book is a translation of tge German edition, Die Erneuerung der pdagogisch-didaktischen Kunst durch Geisteswissenschaft , Rudolf SteinerNachlassverwaltung, 1977. RENEWAL OF EDUCATION......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Foreword by Eugene Schwartz......Page 8 1. Spiritual Science and Modern Education......Page 18 Discussion......Page 34 2. Three Aspects of the Human Being......Page 38 3. Understanding the Human Being......Page 54 4. The Teacher As Sculptor of the Human Soul......Page 69 Discussion......Page 83 5. Remarks about Curriculum......Page 86 6. Teaching Eurythmy, Music, Drawing, and Language......Page 100 Discussion......Page 116 7. The Problem of Teacher Training......Page 122 8. Teaching Zoology and Botany to Children 9 - 12......Page 135 9. Dialect and Standard Language......Page 151 10. Synthesis and Analysis in Human Nature & Education......Page 168 11. Rhythm in Education......Page 183 12. Teaching History and Geography......Page 199 13. Children's Play......Page 216 14. Further Perspectives & Answers to Questions......Page 231 Appendix 1. Introduction to a Eurythmy Performance......Page 246 Appendix 2. Introduction to a Eurythmy Performance......Page 252 Notes......Page 258 Index......Page 266 Foundations of Waldorf Education......Page 280 Rudolf Steiner's Lectures & Writings on Education......Page 282 About the Author......Page 285 Spiritual science and modern pedagogy The renewal of public education Three aspects of the human being Understanding of the human being : a foundation for pedagogy The teacher as sculptor of the future human soul Some remarks about the curriculum Education as a problem of teacher training Teaching zoology and botany to children nine through twelve years old Dialect and standard language Synthesis and analysis in human nature and education Rhythm in education Teaching history and geography Children's play Further perspectives and answers to questions Appendix Introduction to a eurythmy performance. Part one Introduction to eurythmy performance. Part two.