GA 304

Education and Teaching Methods on an Anthroposophical Foundation

Erziehungs- und Unterrichtsmethoden auf anthroposophischer Grundlage

Nine public lectures in 1921 and 1922 in various cities.

This is the first of two previously untranslated volumes of Steiner's public lectures on Waldorf education. Readers familiar with Steiner's lectures for teachers will discover here how Steiner presented his ideas to the general public with surprising directness.

Teaching, Steiner says, should be artistic, creative, and improvisational―not dogmatic. Nonetheless, he is clear that “the great battle” has to do with the spiritual nature of children. He discusses themes such as understanding the role of health and illness in education, as well as the three major phases in child development: imitation, authority, and freedom.

Also included are also two lectures Rudolf Steiner gave in England on Shakespeare and new ideals in education.

Contents (selection)

Anthroposophical spiritual science and the great questions of civilisation of the present / Questions of education, teaching and practical life / The pedagogical significance of the knowledge of the healthy and sick human being / The pedagogical basis of the Waldorf school / The drama with reference to education / Shakespeare and the new ideals

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy 1. CW 304. SteinerBooks 1995. ISBN 978-0880103879 google

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Erziehungs- und Unterrichtsmethoden auf anthroposophischer Grundlage, GA 304 (1979), ISBN 3-7274-3040-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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