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Mediante el empleo de cuentos, mitos y la experiencia personal de la educacion Waldorf, Torin Finser describe la forma en la que tanto maestros como padres afrontan problemas cotidianos como el agotamiento, los conflictos interpersonales y las trampas de la rutina.   Lo mas importante es que el autor hace hincapie en que una comunidad educativa debe llegar a un acuerdo con las numerosas dimensiones ocultas de cada individuo. Muestra como se pueden cultivar y alimentar estos aspectos poco entendidos de la mente con el fin de mantener viva la escuela y la educacion.   Renovacion escolar no ofrece formulas ni soluciones chapuceras. En su lugar, anima a una nueva manera de pensar acerca de la educacion y el crecimiento personal (para los ninos y los adultos que se preocupan por ellos).   \"...si se me pudiese conceder un deseo en nombre de la renovacion escolar, pediria una mejora significativa en la calidad del sueno de padres y maestros. Ningun otro cambio tiene un potencial mas beneficioso que el de eliminar el estado de agotamiento cronico que se produce a final de semana en la mayoria de escuelas\".   CONTENIDOS   Agradecimientos   1. INTRODUCCION Vidrieras de colores La taza de corazon de Ewen   2. LA HISTORIA DE SARAH Un dia en la vida Tres anos despues Mientras tanto, vuelta a la escuela No tener adonde ir   3. ES UN ACTO DE EQUILIBRIO Dos companeros de viaje Otro companero La chispa de la vida Tecnologia y fe Equilibrio   4. MIRARSE AL ESPEJO Los tres pelos de oro del Diablo El martir Cambio personal Necesito ser querido   5. HERRAMIENTAS PARA EL VIAJE INTERIOR Recuerde cuando Leer el destino Aprender de nuevo a rezar El sueno   6. RELACIONARSE ENTRE SI Los paisajes del alma Estar solo o acompanado Mentorizacion y evaluacion   7. EL APRENDIZAJE DE HABILIDADES DE GRUPO Etapas del desarrollo del grupo La separacion y el regreso Enmarcar Afirmar decisiones   8. LIDERAZGO Y COMUNIDAD Noches de padres Facilitacion Liderazgo La nueva comunidad   Notas\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782607405,"sku":"9781621480556","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"9781621480631","title":"A Second Classroom","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does a healthy, successful school look like? Is it all about measurable outcomes, test scores, and pass\/fail grades set by the government? Can learning be quantified in short-term measurements or does real learning take years to manifest in a career or biography. All seem to agree that a healthy school is also a community and that community depends on the quality of relationships - chiefly the relationships among students, teachers, and parents.  This book features a comprehensive examination of the parent - teacher relationship in all its dimensions, from parent evenings and conferences to communication, conflict, and the life-cycle of parent involvement in their school. In between the chapters on practical advice are sections that consider the issues from a deeper, spiritual dimension. This book is intended to stimulate conversation, self-reflection, and relational practices that awaken community life in and around our schools. ________________________________________  \"The world of parent - teacher relations has grown more complex over the years and at its worst can feel like a minefield. Torin de-mines and demystifies the experience with information, insights, stories, and warmth, creating a safe passage for teachers and parents.\"  - Joan Almon, Waldorf educator and cofounder of Alliance for Childhood  \"Readers of my books will appreciate Torin's approach to parent - teacher relations. He looks at the key issues through various lenses and gives both practical and spiritual advice to all who seek to build healthy relationships around our school-age children. I highly recommend this new book!\"  - Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul  \"What Torin has so sensitively crafted here will give you greater simplicity and spaciousness in school community life. I highly recommend this book to all parents and teachers, but especially to those connected to Waldorf schools.\"  - Kim John Payne, M.Ed., author of Simplicity Parenting and Beyond Winning  \"This book is a call for parents and teachers to work more effectively together on behalf of our children. Torin uses a variety of approaches to stimulate conversation and help us strengthen the communities around our schools. I highly recommend this provocative book!\" - David Sobel, author of Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782640173,"sku":"9781621480631","price":57.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621480631.jpg?v=1782626058"},{"product_id":"9781621481836","title":"The Child as a Sense Organ","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe initial period of childhood is essentially about adapting to and incarnating on Earth and establishing a provisional balance between the \"spiritual\" and the \"physical,\" between the prenatal cosmic and the earthly factors. During this time, according to Rudolf Steiner, \"all the forces of a child's organization emanate from the neurosensory system. . . . By bringing respiration into harmony with neurosensory activity, we draw the spirit-soul element into the child's physical life.\"    Peter Selg investigates how children's early experience of the world begins as an undifferentiated sensory relationship to their phenomenological environment. This aspect of a child's incarnation leads to leaning through imitation and to the process of recognizing \"the Other\" as a separate entity with which to interact.    In this cogent work, Peter Selg describes the early stages of childhood from the perspectives of conventional scientific and spiritual-scientific-- anthropological and anthroposophic--research with the purpose of encouraging a new educational attitude in working with young children. In his numerous references to early childhood development, this was Rudolf Steiner's most important and urgent purpose.            CHAPTERS    1. The Incarnation Process in the First Seven Years 2. The Imitation Process: \"Like an Eye that Touches\" 3. The \"Other\" as Active Opposite Counterpart 4. Education: The Challenge and the Approach  Appendix: Imitation and Life before Birth           \"Steiner directed attention to the special character of the senses in childhood, particularly in the first few years of life. Through their senses, children are fully exposed to (and to some extent at the mercy of) objects and people around them.... In many of his lectures, especially those dealing with education and developmental physiology, Rudolf Steiner emphasized that the anthropology of early childhood must not only recognize the child as a 'comprehensive' or 'universal' sense organ, but must also give that recognition top priority in any consideration of what is involved in the child's life and experiences. 'Children are completely like sense organs in how they take in the contents of their surroundings'\" (from chapter 2).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782705709,"sku":"9781621481836","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621481836.jpg?v=1782626060"},{"product_id":"9781621482260","title":"With Stars in Their Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book readers will find not only a heart-filled rendering of the gentle ways young children have been traditionally raised and educated, but also cutting edge research that supports these practices. With love as the foundation, and through the neural tapestry created by joyful movement, music, art, stories, and play, we feed and bathe the brain of the young child. These deep connections with life are woven together during childhood to become the wholeness we call \"I.\"   Each chapter offers ideas for bringing this new science and these time-honored ways into the home and classroom. Parents, educators, and everyone who has ever loved and cared for a child will find research, humor, wisdom, and a new paradigm that marries ageless wisdom with the new science of the human brain and heart.   CONTENTS:    How to Use This Book   PART ONE   Introduction: The Science of Connection 1. Gentle Ways and Hard Science for the Early Years 2. The Love Connection 3. The Nature Connection 4. The Spiritual Connection   PART TWO   Introduction: The Science of Childhood 5. Exploring Self and the World through the Senses 6. Making Sense of Self and the World through Movement 7. Art and Stories: Tools to Imagine the Self 8. Creative Play: The Art and Practice of Becoming Oneself   Conclusion Appendix Notes Color Images\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782738477,"sku":"9781621482260","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621482260.jpg?v=1782626063"},{"product_id":"9781621482307","title":"Parables","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One could say that a parable contains a larger lesson in a bite-sized portion. Using other words, a parable is a simple short story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.... The word parable can be traced back to Middle English and Old French origins as parabole and to the ecclesiastical Latin sense of parabola, meaning \"discourse, allegory, or comparison.\"... Parables use comparison, allegory, imagery, analogy, or a short story to convey a larger meaning.\" (from the book)   Torin Finser writes that parables involve \"looking down\" (or out) to find an often-overlooked object, and then \"looking up\" to the eternal truth that can be brought down to children. How can we do both? Can we teach our children to see not only what is on the desks before them, but also what surrounds them in nature and in circles above them in the starry heavens and beyond? Parables may help us!           CONTENTS:    Preface  What is a Parable?  Why Parables?  Objective and Subjective  Parables and Nature  Some Examples  Forming a Parable  In Praise of Science  Another Way  The Unknown  Parables and Time  Parables through the Season  Parables and Self-development of the Teacher  Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782771245,"sku":"9781621482307","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621482307.jpg?v=1782626064"},{"product_id":"9781621482444","title":"The False Door Between Life and Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a school community loses a child, parent, or teacher, the experience can be devastating to the whole community. Few things in life can prepare anyone for such a tragedy. Teachers and parents often struggle with how to speak with the children and may have important questions, such as:    What is the best way to work with grief?  What happens after death?  How can we stay connected?    Working through shock, grief, and even depression is a necessary step in life following a death in one's community.   Torin Finser--long-serving faculty member of the Waldorf Teacher Edu-cation Program at Antioch University New England--presents stories, fairy tales, personal anecdotes, and even the Egyptian Book of the Dead to help children and adults deal with loss through spiritual insights into the meaning of death and suggestions for how a school community can build resilience by coming together after the loss of a colleague or fellow student.   The False Door between Life and Death is an indispensible resource to prepare teachers and par-ents who are likely to face a death at some time in their community.   CONTENTS:    Preface: The False Door   Personal Experiences of Death When a Child Dies Talking with Children about Death One Day at a Time Children and Grief Spiritual Perspectives on Death The Legend of Baldur The Golden Casket More Stories that Help Children with Loss Adolescent Boys and Death The Open Door (by Karine Munk Finser) How to Stay Connected Conclusion   Appendices    Verses for the Dead; Mistletoe \"The Juniper Tree\" by the Grimm brothers \"The Odor of Chrysanthemums\" by D. H. 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With brisk and insightful essays—written by a man clearly working in the midst of his subject matter—he moves through seven core themes of youth education—growth, method, curriculum, terms, principles, governance, and administration—and ends with a hopeful look at the future.Employing pithy observations, bold myth-busting insights into key terms (what they mean and do not mean, including “math gnomes”), child development, and much more, How the Future Can Save Us is an engaging and exciting read for both new and experienced teachers, parents and caregivers, and any student of education. It offers a fresh, hopeful, unconventional, and reinvigorating take on Waldorf education—where it comes from, what it means today, and how it still holds promise for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782869549,"sku":"9781621482543","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621482543.jpg?v=1782626069"},{"product_id":"9781621483694","title":"Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e9 lectures, various cities, February 23, 1921-September 16, 1922 (CW 304)  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.  German source: Erziehungs- und Unterrichtsmethoden auf Anthroposophischer Grundlage (GA 304).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782935085,"sku":"9781621483694","price":65.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621483694.jpg?v=1782626071"},{"product_id":"9781621483700","title":"Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e12 lectures, various cities, November 19, 1922-August 30, 1924 (CW 304a)   The Waldorf school movement was gaining increasing recognition by the time these public lectures on Waldorf education took place. In this collection, as in the previous volume, Rudolf Steiner is outspoken about the spiritual nature of human beings and the world--including the spiritual nature of Waldorf education.   Original German source: Anthroposophische Menschenkunde und P?dagogik  (GA 304a).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414782967853,"sku":"9781621483700","price":58.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621483700.jpg?v=1782626072"},{"product_id":"9781621483755","title":"Listening to Our Teachers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book (first published as \u003cem\u003eSilence Is Complicity\u003c\/em\u003e) began life at an Antioch University Waldorf program for educators to introduce students to action research, a philosophy and methodology for transformative change through the process of taking action and doing research. This revised and expanded edition focuses on research and the inner life, indigenous research methods, and much more--all to empower teachers and support their enthusiasm for learning and developing new curricula. Teacher research goes beyond personal understanding to a level of documented inquiry that holds up to public scrutiny while also challenging misguided funding, tests, and legislation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeachers today are caught between \"best practices\" as recognized by dedicated educators and the arrogance of standardization imposed regardless of the students unique capacities. Good teaching is interactive--watching and observing the children leads to innovative lesson plans and creative group activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeachers must have a chance to research, share their findings, and advocate for change. The author makes the case that the time is right for educational renewal: \"Research is not just about out-comes and school reform. This is an opportunity for awakening, for inner development. In this regard, there are truly no limits to knowledge--no boundaries around personal growth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a revised, expanded, and updated edition of \u003cem\u003eSilence Is Complicity: A call to let teachers improve our schools through action research--not NCLB, \u003c\/em\u003epublished in 2007 by SteinerBooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414783000621,"sku":"9781621483755","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781621483755.jpg?v=1782626075"},{"product_id":"9781782501213","title":"Language Teaching in Steiner-Waldorf Schools 2\/e","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book for teachers provides a solid basis for the teaching of modern languages in Steiner-Waldorf Schools. It discusses extensively Rudolf Steiner's view of the nature of language in relation to child development and also of the practical classroom questions of curriculum and teaching method. This book will appeal not only to modern language teachers but to anyone interested in the ideas underlying Steiner-Waldorf education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLORIS BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414802628653,"sku":"9781782501213","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781782501213.jpg?v=1782626875"},{"product_id":"9781782505686","title":"Fun with Maths Puzzles, Games and More","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAn inspirational and easy-to-use resource book for teachers who want to add interest and engagement to maths lessons. Part of the acclaimed Making Maths Meaningful series. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe puzzles, games and activities in this book are designed to challenge students with new ways of applying core maths skills. Created by experienced maths teachers, with a focus on problem solving rather than solving problems, teachers will find activities to supplement all main maths topics -- from addition and subtraction to algebra and logic puzzles. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDiscover the perfect puzzle to inspire your class with this clear and easy-to-use resource. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFun with Maths Puzzles, Games and More includes: \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e-- Puzzles -- categorised by age group and with full solutions \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e-- Games -- engage the whole class or small groups with maths games that pupils will want to play again and again \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e-- Maths magic tricks -- delight younger pupils and challenge older ones to figure out how they work \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e-- Class activities -- practical exercises to bring maths into the real world \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a useful tool for Steiner-Waldorf teachers of Classes 4-12.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FLORIS BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414808363053,"sku":"9781782505686","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781782505686.jpg?v=1782627146"},{"product_id":"9781782507147","title":"Physical Education and Movement in Waldorf Schools","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Waldorf school curriculum was developed to nurture the healthy development of the child, not only in mind but in body and spirit as well. Physical education and movement form an integral part of this holistic approach, encouraging children to be active not just for the sake of activity, but in order to experience themselves through meaningful movement and to form a stronger connection with the world around them.        This indispensable book for teachers -- the most comprehensive of its kind available in English -- provides a wealth of practical insights on teaching physical education and movement in Waldorf Schools. It includes:        -- Practical suggestions for games and exercises to teach a range of activities such as athletics, archery, climbing, gymnastics, dance, swimming and sailing.    -- Over thirty sample lessons providing inspiration and quick, easy reference for activities for Classes 1-12.    -- Exercises designed to suit different developmental stages: from simple, storytelling games for young children to more complex, demanding exercises for older pupils.    -- Essays from teachers with decades of experience, exploring the value of physical education in Waldorf schools and how its emphasis on individual progress and co-operation over competition helps build pupils' confidence and self-belief.    -- Suggestions of which Bothmer Movement exercises are best suited for different classes, based on an awareness of the laws of movement that underpin each age group.     -- Practical advice on how teachers can adapt content covered in other subjects to create a more unified learning experience for pupils -- for example, organising their own Olympic Games to complement teaching about ancient Greece in history lessons.    -- 250 inspiring colour photographs illustrating a variety of activities.        This is an invaluable resource that provides both a wealth of practical ideas and a thoughtful consideration of physical education and movement that will give Steiner-Waldorf teachers confidence in preparing and delivering lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLORIS BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414810296365,"sku":"9781782507147","price":68.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781782507147.jpg?v=1782627245"},{"product_id":"9781782508137","title":"The Connected Family Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can simple activities help us connect more fully with our children and live more happily together? What types of games will encourage children to be kind to others? How can crafting and outdoor play build respect for the natural world? The Connected Family Handbook offers empowering advice and practical activities to answer these questions and many more.       Experienced parenting coach and popular author Lou Harvey-Zahra and successful parenting blogger Danielle Harbison have created a unique and inspiring book for carers of toddlers to ten year olds. Each of the ten chapters tackles an important theme for families -- Home, Kindness, Mealtimes, Move, Warmth, Teamwork, Adventure, Nature, Wonder and Celebration -- and suggests ways to nurture these qualities in children. Every chapter is illustrated with beautiful photographs and includes easy crafts and fun recipes to create with children, stories and verses to share, as well as tips on creative discipline, positive play and establishing family rhythms and routines.      Engage with NATURE by crafting toys from sticks, nurture WONDER by sharing a story about toadstools and fairy folk, encourage KINDNESS by creating a toy medical kit and make MEALTIMES fun with frozen fruit pizza. All of Lou and Danielle's ideas and advice come from a background of holistic child development, and celebrate values including eco-friendly living, connected family life, healthy and fun food choices and the importance of imaginative play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLORIS BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414812459053,"sku":"9781782508137","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781782508137.jpg?v=1782627358"},{"product_id":"9781855841185","title":"Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eRudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of modern times, contributed much to the regeneration of culture. In addition to his philosophical teachings, he provided ideas for the development of many practical activities including education -- both general and special -- agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, religion, and the arts. Today there are thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and many other organizations based on his ideas.Steiner's original contribution to human knowledge was based on his ability to conduct spiritual research, the investigation of metaphysical dimensions of existence. With his scientific and philosophical training, he brought a new systematic discipline to the field, allowing for conscious methods and comprehensive results. A natural seer from childhood, he cultivated his spiritual vision to a high degree, enabling him to speak with authority on previously veiled mysteries of life.Topics include: a social basis for education; the spirit of the Waldorf school; educational methods based on anthroposophy; children at play; teaching through the insights of spiritual science; adolescents after the fourteenth year; science, art, religion, and morality; the spiritual basis of education; the role of caring in education; the roots of education and the kingdom of childhood; address at a parents' evening; and education within the broader social context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892150829,"sku":"9781855841185","price":33.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855841185.jpg?v=1782630753"},{"product_id":"9781855841727","title":"An Introduction to Steiner Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eRudolf Steiner's educational system -- long established and respected on the European continent -- is gradually spreading around the world. Its radical principles, based on a view of the human being as composed of body, soul, and spirit, allows for a truly holistic and balanced education that nourishes the whole child. The author explains, in a clear and lively style, many aspects of Steiner's educational theories, especially the three stages of child development and how the Waldorf curriculum provides a healthy understanding, nurturing, and support for these phases. Edmunds discusses the role of the class teacher, the ''main lesson,'' the four temperaments, attitudes toward discipline, competition, and examinations. His answers are based on the author's many years of rich and varied experience as an educator of both children and adults. This is an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of Steiner\/Waldorf education, whether for teachers or anyone who would like to know more about Steiner's ideas. It is especially useful for parents who are looking for a holistic education for their children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892281901,"sku":"9781855841727","price":33.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855841727.jpg?v=1782630757"},{"product_id":"9781855841871","title":"Study of Man 2\/e","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough these lectures were given to teachers as preparatory material, they are by no means concerned only with education. Study of Man is Steiner's most succinct presentation of his human-centred spiritual psychology, accessible to anyone interested in the riddles of human existence. His approach is unique in that it takes account not only of influences working into humanity from the past, but also of future states of consciousness and being.  Reprinted here in the original 'classic' Harwood\/Fox translation, the lectures were delivered in 1919 to the teachers of the Waldorf school in Stuttgart, the first to be founded on the work of Rudolf Steiner. Over the years, since the exponential growth of Steiner education around the world, this volume has become the basic study text for teachers in Steiner schools. But as well as providing a grounding for the work of educators, Study of Man will be of keen interest to parents, counsellors, psychologists, and students of Steiner's philosophy. For the latter, this volume provides a fundamental picture of the human being according to the anthroposophical understanding of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892314669,"sku":"9781855841871","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855841871.jpg?v=1782630757"},{"product_id":"9781855842007","title":"Steiner Education and Social Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs the philosophy by which we choose to educate our children responsible, at least partially, for the attitudes and general tone of our societies? A recent Unicef report on wealthy countries ranked the United States and the United Kingdom at the bottom of a table that measured quality of life for young people across a wide range of headings, including poverty, health, drugs, friendships and happiness. Experts observed that the nations that performed best in the survey have created 'child-friendly' societies in which, for example, young people are not pressured to achieve academically until their teens. In contrast, the culture of the USA and UK is geared towards economic success, with education as a means of sifting - through increasing testing - the high-achievers who will produce the goods...Brien Masters - an educationalist for over 50 years - argues that education has a central role to play 'in bringing into human lives those qualities that can take us forward to a progressive future'. He proposes that Rudolf Steiner's educational approach, as put into practice mainly in the Waldorf schools across the world, is well equipped to enable this.  In ''Steiner Education and Social Issues'', via a series of short, engaging chapters, and based on his broad personal experience of teaching and teacher-training, Masters tackles a wide range of modern social issues, including everything from drugs and nutrition to boredom, the influence of TV, and multiethnic societies. This is a wise and informative guide for parents, teachers and anybody interested in the future development of our culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892347437,"sku":"9781855842007","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855842007.jpg?v=1782630760"},{"product_id":"9781855842069","title":"Educating Children Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eVague and general phrases...cannot provide the basis for a genuine art of education, which depends on real knowledge of the human being. It is not that such phrases are wrong, but that they are as useless as saying that all parts of a machine must be made to work together harmoniously. To make a machine work you have to apply real, detailed knowledge, not phrases and truisms. For the art of education likewise, what is important is specific insight into the way the human being is constituted, and how each aspect develops. In his earliest and most succinct statement regarding education, Rudolf Steiner describes the stages of childhood development and explains why it is important to introduce aspects of the curriculum at specific times. He relates developmental steps in children to the births of the non-physical aspects of the human being: the etheric body that accompanies the change of teeth, the astral body that becomes apparent at puberty, and the birth of the I that heralds the individuals maturation to adulthood. Without this knowledge, says Steiner, well-meaning but misguided educational theory and practise can cause harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892445741,"sku":"9781855842069","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855842069.jpg?v=1782630760"},{"product_id":"9781855842151","title":"Under the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An uplifting philosophy on childhood and life, and an absolute treasure trove of information for anyone who believes nature and childhood are perfect companions. Sally Schweizer manages to combine magic with common sense in this wonderful book, which is authentic from cover to cover. What she writes with such lively enthusiasm, she has also lived.' - Sally Jenkinson, author of The Genius of Play  We are always hearing how our children's cultural landscape is plagued by inactivity, obesity, violent computer games and obsessive TV-viewing. But it doesn't have to be like that. Sally Schweizer presents a world of possibilities for children in urban or rural areas, throwing open the doors to the great experience of life in the open air. Packed with anecdotes, games and practical activities, Under the Sky is a vibrant resource for parents, teachers and carers.  So what can you do outside? Well, how about singing, whittling sticks, chatting, climbing, digging and making dens? You can build, run, watch small creatures, count tree rings, listen to stories, perform puppet plays, learn woodwork, or investigate the many forms of bark.  In the outdoors you can enjoy quiet conversations or make a big noise, be alone or be with others. And that's just for starters...Under the Sky is an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to cultivate children's play and imagination. It features ideas for planning expeditions and adventures, for toys and equipment, and activities for all four seasons and all four elements! It includes plans, tips and advice on child-friendly outdoor design, materials, surfaces, seating, gardening, pets, wildlife - even campfires, picnics and train journeys...Under the Sky also contains a chapter showing how educators can work towards formal �Early Years� government goals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892478509,"sku":"9781855842151","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855842151.jpg?v=1782630763"},{"product_id":"9781855843875","title":"The Way of a Child","description":"\u003cp\u003ePressured by exams and premature academic demands, surrounded by screens and technology, children today face huge challenges. Childhood itself, it could be said, is facing a crisis. Are children in danger of losing their natural imaginative faculties, which are the source of all creative activity in later life? As a society, are we in danger of losing childhood altogether?  First published in 1940, Harwood's little book has become a classic introduction to the perennial themes of child development and growth, as well as the basic principles of Steiner\/Waldorf education. Harwood (1898-1975) was one of the founding members of the first Steiner school in the English-speaking world, and worked for many years as a teacher. His sensitive awareness and respect for the innate wisdom of childhood shine through his words. Despite the passing of time, the archetypal principles he addresses, as well as the sympathetic picture of childhood he paints, remain highly relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414892511277,"sku":"9781855843875","price":33.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781855843875.jpg?v=1782630764"},{"product_id":"9781902636214","title":"Practising Destiny","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore and more people are beginning to realize that education needs to continue throughout life. As individuals and collectively, we face the choice of either staying as we are, or striving constantly to develop. Over decades of seminars and training work, Coenraad van Houten has developed three paths of learning for adults, each involving its own distinct method: Vocational Learning, Destiny Learning and Spiritual Research Learning. Although quite separate, the three paths are closely linked, with each building on the previous one. This book depicts the sevenfold path of Destiny Learning. It is a path that leads through working in groups to a practical knowledge of karma. In addition, the seven professional fields of the adult educator are developed and described as an aid to self-training.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414894116909,"sku":"9781902636214","price":51.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781902636214.jpg?v=1782630812"},{"product_id":"9781906999445","title":"The Story of Emerson College","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Emerson was really a working together - a sum total of all the life's paths, the working of karma and the fulfilling of pre-birth impulses and intentions of so many people, both staff and students. Every person who came to Emerson in some way touched it and changed it. Each year had its own biography. It was never an institution to which people came and passed through without leaving any mark on it.' - Michael Spence  What was it about Emerson College that played such an important part in the lives of so many young people? Having joined the college early in its genesis, Michael Spence served as a key decision maker, administrator and teacher for more than a quarter of a century. In this first biography of Emerson, he gives a vivid picture of how the college came to be such a special place. But this is not a dry history of an organisation: it is brought to life with vibrant descriptions of many people, including the college's founders Francis and Elizabeth Edmunds and John Davy, but also students, teachers, cooks, gardeners, accountants, administrators, and many others.  Michael Spence studies the anthroposophical spiritual basis that formed the bedrock of the college.  As he states: 'It was the recognition of the reality of the spirit, which informed all aspects of the college life and organisation, that made it such a unique place to which so many people came. Did they find at Emerson an expression of something which, in their descent from spiritual worlds into this life between birth and death they had already sensed, of the social and spiritual life of humanity that was striving to come into being?'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414896574509,"sku":"9781906999445","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781906999445.jpg?v=1782630903"},{"product_id":"9781907359156","title":"Therapeutic Storytelling","description":"\u003cp\u003eSusan Perrow passionately believes that 'stories know the way'. Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, she has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children's challenging behaviour and difficult situations. She offers a tried and tested method for creating a unique story for a child.This treasury of 101 new healing stories address a range of issues – from unruly behaviour to grieving, anxiety, lack of confidence, bullying, teasing, nightmares, intolerance, inappropriate talk, toileting, bedwetting and much more. The stories also have the potential for nurturing positive values.This resource will help you:    Create your own therapeutic stories, using handy tips, exercises and methods such as Susan's 'metaphor, journey and resolution framework'    Find suitable behaviour stories for children aged 3-10 years using different categories for easy reference    Explore the use of healing stories for global and national challenging situations    Develop your storytelling skills using useful tips and anecdotes    Draw on modern and traditional wisdom tales from around the world\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HAWTHORN PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414896836653,"sku":"9781907359156","price":57.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781907359156.jpg?v=1782630911"},{"product_id":"9780880101271","title":"Teaching as a Lively Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author, an experienced Waldorf teacher and eurythmist, radiates her enthusiasm and sense for beauty as she takes us through the various stages of development of the child. She shows us that \"ripeness is all,\" that nothing can be taught to the child until it is ready to receive it or knowledge will sprout prematurely and wither early. This book will help us approach the child with sensitivity and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414916169773,"sku":"9780880101271","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880101271.jpg?v=1782631279"},{"product_id":"9780880101998","title":"The Motherly and Fatherly Roles in Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author begins with a study of the parental elements as they manifest in the life of the protagonist of the medieval tale Parzival. The fourth chapter takes up such topics as the preexistent spiritual being of the child in relation to the two roles. The fifth chapter treats conflicts between the motherly and fatherly roles in school. Chapter six explores the two roles in relation to the Waldorf school curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926393389,"sku":"9780880101998","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880101998.jpg?v=1782631573"},{"product_id":"9780880102797","title":"Encountering the Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is between the ages of nine and ten that children begin to experience themselves as \"I\" for the first time--as separate individuals, different from their parents and peers and essentially alone. This inner experience is sometimes precipitated by the child's first encounter with death and the first notion that earthly life is fragile and temporary.  In this insightful book, Koepke offers the reader a lucid, accessible description of the outer signs and symptoms of this significant turning point in every child's life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926491693,"sku":"9780880102797","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880102797.jpg?v=1782631579"},{"product_id":"9780880103572","title":"On the Threshold of Adolescence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of how Suzanne, a young teacher at a Waldorf school, copes with the changes her class is going through at the transition from childhood to adolescence. The problems she and the parents of her students must face are familiar to all parents of teens: drug use, smoking, apathy, rebelliousness, moodiness, to name only a few. We accompany Suzanne in her sincere struggle to help her students as she talks to other faculty members and to help parents and then adapts her teaching to the students' changed needs. Suzanne learns much from an older mentor, whose advice and guidance are based on Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, and so do we. The anthroposophical perspective gives adolescence a new, more meaningful face. Understanding it as part of our destiny and our development toward individuality will help us guide our young people as they take the first uncertain steps on the road to independence. Hermann Koepke, a Swiss Waldorf teacher of many years experience, is well known in Europe. He is also the author of Encountering the Self: Transformation and Destiny in the Ninth Year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926524461,"sku":"9780880103572","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880103572.jpg?v=1782631579"},{"product_id":"9780880103893","title":"School as a Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a lively, colorful, and absorbing account of a class teacher's journey with his class, from first grade through the eighth grade in a Waldorf school.  Straightforward and humorous, School as a Journey provides an excellent introduction to the daily activities of a Waldorf school classroom. Torin Finser--who is now Director of Waldorf Teacher Training at Antioch New England Graduate School--wrote this book especially for parents, prospective parents, and educators who are new to Waldorf education.  Filled with pedagogical gems, tips, and resources, School as a Journey will also prove an invaluable resource for those who are currently Waldorf class teachers. For those who wish to delve more deeply into this revolutionary form of education, the author has also included extensive documentation, with references to the works of Rudolf Steiner and of others experienced in Waldorf education.  Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926557229,"sku":"9780880103893","price":43.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880103893.jpg?v=1782631582"},{"product_id":"9780880103923","title":"The Foundations of Human Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpening address, Stuttgart, August 20, 191914 lectures, Stuttgart, August 21-September 5, 1919 (CW 293)2 lectures, Berlin, March 15 and 17, 1917 (CW 66) \"Although we can physically see children only after their birth, we need to be aware that birth is also a continuation. We do not want to look only at what the human being experiences after death, that is, at the spiritual continuation of the physical. We want to be aware that physical existence is a continuation of what higher beings have done without our assistance. Our form of educating can have the correct attitude only when we are aware that our work with young people is a continuation of what higher beings have done before birth.\" --Rudolf Steiner This course on education contains some of the most remarkable and significant lectures ever given by Rudolf Steiner. Because these lectures were given to teachers, however, they have suffered the misconception that they are useful only to teachers. Any teacher who wants to teach in a way that encompasses the whole child certainly needs a functional understanding of what Steiner presents here, but these lectures will also greatly benefit parents, psychologists, counselors, or anyone else involved with child development. Steiner gives his most concise and detailed account of human nature in these lectures, which are absolutely essential for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Steiners spiritual science. Those who are willing to work through this work will discover here a new, powerful, convincing, and profoundly phenomenological \"anthropology\" of human spiritual psychology. In these lectures, Steiner laid out for the first time the principles that form the basis for renewing the art of teaching. The Foundations of Human Experience is the most important text for studying and understanding the human developmental and psychological basis for Waldorf education. READ BOBBY MATHERNES REVIEW OF THIS BOOK Translated from the German editions: Allgemeine Menschenkunde als Grundlage der Padagogik (GA 239); appendix from Geist und Stoff. Leben und Tod (GA 66). An older translation of CW 239 was titled Study of Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926589997,"sku":"9780880103923","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880103923.jpg?v=1782631585"},{"product_id":"9780880103947","title":"The Spirit of the Waldorf School","description":"\u003cp\u003e6 lectures and an essay, 1919-1920 (CW 297) World War I destroyed the structures, values, and self-confidence that created the seeming greatness of the nineteenth century. In its place stood ruins and the shards of a civilization. In response to this, Emil Molt--the director of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Factory and a student of Rudolf Steiner--decided to establish a school to educate people who could create a new culture. Thus, the Waldorf school movement was begun. Rudolf Steiner agreed to act as the school's consultant, and his insights guided the school in accomplishing this ambitious task. The goal of this education was that, through living inner work guided by the insights of Rudolf Steiner, the teachers would develop in the children such power of thought, depth of feeling, and strength of will that they would emerge from their school years as full members of the human community, able to meet and transform the world. These lectures occurred around the opening of the first Waldorf school. They serve as an excellent, inspiring introduction to Waldorf education as a whole. Here Steiner outlines--with freshness, immediacy, and excitement--the goals and intentions of a new form of education and speaks to parents of prospective students. He explains the school's guiding principles and describes how parents must participate, with understanding and interest, in the awakening of their children's creative forces so that a healthier society can come about. Contents: * Introduction by Robert Lathe and Nancy Whittaker * The Intent of the Waldorf School * The Spirit of the Waldorf School * A Lecture for Prospective Parents * Supersensible Knowledge and Social Pedagogical Life * The Social Pedagogical Significance of Spiritual Science * Spiritual Science and Pedagogy * The Pedagogical Objective of the Waldorf School in StuttgartAn essay by Rudolf Steiner from the Journal The Social Future  German sources: Die Waldorfschule und ihr Geist (GA 297); \"Die padagogische Zielsetzung der Waldorfschule in Stuttgart,\" from Soziale Zukunft,  Feb. 1920 (GA 24).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926655533,"sku":"9780880103947","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880103947.jpg?v=1782631585"},{"product_id":"9780880104029","title":"The Kingdom of Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese seven intimate, aphoristic talks were presented to a small group on Steiner's final visit to England. Because they were given to \"pioneers\" dedicated to opening a new Waldorf school, these talks are often considered one of the best introductions to Waldorf education.  Steiner shows the necessity for teachers to work on themselves first, in order to transform their own inherent gifts. He explains the need to use humor to keep their teaching lively and imaginative. Above all, he stresses the tremendous importance of doing everything in the knowledge that children are citizens of both the spiritual and the earthly worlds. And, throughout these lectures, he continually returns to the practical value of Waldorf education.  These talks are filled with practical illustrations and revolve around certain themes--the need for observation in teachers; the dangers of stressing the intellect too early; children's need for teaching that is concrete and pictorial; the education of children's souls through wonder and reverence; the importance of first presenting the \"whole,\" then the parts, to the children's imagination. Here is one of the best introductions to Waldorf education, straight from the man who started it all.  German source: Die Kunst des Erziehens aus dem Erfassen der Menschenwesenhiet (GA 311).  SYNOPSIS OF THE LECTURES  * LECTURE 1:  The need for a new art of education. The whole of life must be considered. Process of incarnation as a stupendous task of the spirit. Fundamental changes at seven and fourteen. At seven, the forming of the \"new body\" out of the \"model body\" inherited at birth. After birth, the bodily milk as sole nourishment. The teacher's task to give \"soul milk\" at the change of teeth and \"spiritual milk\" at puberty. * LECTURE 2:  In first epoch of life child is wholly sense organ. Nature of child's environment and conduct of surrounding adults of paramount importance. Detailed observation of children and its significance. In second epoch, seven to fourteen, fantasy and imagination as life blood of all education, e.g., in teaching of writing and reading, based on free creative activity of each teacher. The child as integral part of the environment until nine. Teaching about nature must be based on this. The \"higher truths\" in fairy tales and myths. How the teacher can guide the child through the critical moment of the ninth year. * LECTURE 3:  How to teach about plants and animals (seven to fourteen). Plants must always be considered, not as specimens, but growing in the soil. The plant belongs to the earth. This is the true picture and gives the child an inward joy. Animals must be spoken of always in connection with humans. All animal qualities and physical characteristics are to be found, in some form, in the human being. Humans as synthesis of the whole animal kingdom. Minerals should not be introduced until twelfth year. History should first be presented in living, imaginative pictures, through legends, myths, and stories. Only at eleven or twelve should any teaching be based on cause and effect, which is foreign to the young child's nature. Some thoughts on punishment, with examples. * LECTURE 4:  Development of imaginative qualities in the teacher. The story of the violet and the blue sky. Children's questions. Discipline dependent on the right mood of soul. The teacher's own preparation for this. Seating of children according to temperament. Retelling of stories. Importance of imaginative stories that can be recalled in later school life. Drawing of diagrams, from ninth year. Completion and metamorphosis of simple figures, to give children feeling of form and symmetry. Concentration exercises to awaken an active thinking as basis of wisdom for later life. Simple color exercises. A Waldorf school timetable. The \"main lesson.\" * LECTURE 5:  All teaching matter must be intimately connected with life. In counting, each different number should be connected with the child or what the child sees in the environment. Counting and stepping in rhythm. The body counts. The head looks on. Counting with fingers and toes is good (also writing with the feet). The ONE is the whole. Other numbers proceed from it. Building with bricks is against the child's nature, whose impulse is to proceed from whole to parts, as in medieval thinking. Contrast atomic theory. In real life we have first a basket of apples, a purse of coins. In teaching addition, proceed from the whole. In subtraction, start with minuend and remainder; in multiplication, with product and one factor. Theorem of Pythagoras (eleven-twelve years). Details given of a clear, visual proof, based on practical thinking. This will arouse fresh wonder every time. * LECTURE 6:  In first seven years etheric body is an inward sculptor. After seven, child has impulse to model and to paint. Teacher must learn anatomy by modeling the organs. Teaching of physiology (nine to twelve years) should be based on modeling. Between seven and fourteen astral body gradually draws into physical body, carrying the breathing by way of nerves, as playing on a lyre. Importance of singing. Child's experience of well being like that of cows chewing the cud. Instrumental music from beginning of school life, wind or strings. Teaching of languages; up to nine through imitation, then beginnings of grammar, as little translation as possible. Vowels are expression of feeling, consonants are imitation of external processes. Each language expresses a different conception. Compare head, Kopf, testa. The parts of speech in relation to the life after death. If language is rightly taught, out of feeling, eurythmy will develop naturally, expressing inner and outer experiences in ordered movements--\"visible speech.\" Finding relationship to space in gymnastics. * LECTURE 7:  Between seven and fourteen soul qualities are paramount. Beginnings of science teaching from twelfth year only, and connected with real phenomena of life. The problem of fatigue. Wrong conceptions of psychologists. The rhythmic system, predominant in second period, never tires. Rhythm and fantasy. Composition. Sums from real life, not abstractions. Einstein's theory. The kindergarten--imitation of life. Teachers' meetings, the heart of the school. Every child to be in the right class for its age. Importance of some knowledge of trades, e.g., shoemaking, handwork, and embroidery. Children's reports-- characterization, but no grading. Contact with the parents. * QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:  The close relationship of Multiplication and Division. How to deal with both together. Transition from the concrete to the abstract in Arithmetic. Not before the ninth year. Healthiness of English weights and measures as related to real life. Decimal system as an intellectual abstraction. * Drawing. Lines have no reality in drawing and painting, only boundaries. How to teach children to draw a tree in shading, speaking only of light and color. (Illustration). Line drawing belongs only to geometry. * Gymnastics and Sport. Sport is of no educational value, but necessary as belonging to English life. Gymnastics should be taught by demonstration. * Religious Instruction. Religion lessons in the Waldorf school given by Catholic priest and Protestant pastor. \"Free\" religion lessons provided for the other children. Plan of such teaching described, of which the fundamental aim is an understanding of Christianity. The Sunday services. * Modern Language Lessons. Choice of languages must be guided by the demands of English life. These can be introduced at an early age. Direct method in language teaching.  * Closing words by Dr. Steiner on the seriousness of this first attempt to found a school in England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926688301,"sku":"9780880104029","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104029.jpg?v=1782631586"},{"product_id":"9780880104050","title":"Education for Adolescents","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these eight talks on education for adolescent-aged young people, Steiner addressed the teachers of the first Waldorf school two years after it was first opened. A high school was needed, and Steiner wanted to provide a foundation for study and a guide for teachers already familiar with his approach to the human being, child development, and education based on spiritual science. Steiner's education affirms the being of every child within the world of spirit. This approach works within the context of the child's gradual entry into earthly life, aided by spiritual forces, and children's need for an education that cooperates with those forces. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414926950445,"sku":"9780880104081","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104081.jpg?v=1782631591"},{"product_id":"9780880104104","title":"The Child's Changing Consciousness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese lectures are ideal for anyone first approaching Waldorf education. Using language that any teacher or parent can understand, Steiner goes into the essentials of his educational philosophy, providing many examples and anecdotes to convey his meaning. Against the background of the developing child, he allows the curriculum and the method of teaching to emerge as the commonsense conclusion of practical experience.  Foundations of Waldorf Education (vol. 16)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927048749,"sku":"9780880104104","price":57.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104104.jpg?v=1782631592"},{"product_id":"9780880104111","title":"Education as a Force for Social Change 3\/e","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese dazzling, radical lectures were given one month before the opening of the first Waldorf School--following two years of intense preoccupation with the social situation in Germany as World War I ended and society sought to rebuild itself.  Well aware of the dangerous tendencies present in modern culture that undermine a true social life--such as psychic torpor and boredom, universal mechanization, and a growing cynicism--Steiner recognized that any solution must address not only economic and legal issues but also that of a free spiritual life.  Steiner also saw the need to properly nurture in children the virtues of imitation, reverence, and love at the appropriate stages of development in order to create mature adults who are inwardly prepared to fulfill the demands of a truly healthy society--adults who are able to assume the responsibilities of freedom, equality, and brotherhood.  Relating these themes to an understanding of the human as a threefold being of thought, feeling, and volition, and against the background of historical forces at work in human consciousness, Steiner lays the ground for a profound revolution in the ways we think about education. Also included here are three lectures on the social basis of education, a lecture to public school teachers, and a lecture to the workers of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Company, after which they asked him to form a school for their children.  German sources: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage (GA 296); lectures 4, 5, and 6, the \"Volkspadagogik\" lectures in Geisteswissenschaftliche Behandlung sozialer und padagogischer Fragen (GA 192); lectures 2 and 11, Neugestaltung des sozialen Organismus (GA 330-331).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927081517,"sku":"9780880104111","price":58.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104111.jpg?v=1782631594"},{"product_id":"9780880104128","title":"The Essentials of Education 4\/e","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese five talks were given during an educational conference in 1924. They are the last public lectures given by Rudolf Steiner in Germany. According to one member of his audience, \"Seventeen hundred people listened to him; the prolonged applause from this great crowd at the end of every lecture was deeply moving, while at the end of the last lecture the applause became an ovation that seemed as if it would never end.\" This kind of adoration was the result not only of who Steiner was as an individual but of what he accomplished as well. People had already begun to realize the potential and the promise for the future that Waldorf education held out to the children of the world. The Essentials of Education, together with its companion book, The Roots of Education, present a remarkable synthesis of what Waldorf education is and what it can become. The Waldorf \"experiment\" had matured for five years since 1919, when Steiner helped to establish the first Waldorf school. He had guided that school from its beginning, observing very closely all that happened.As a result, he was able to distill and present the essentials of Waldorf education with elegance as well as with the urgency he felt for the coming times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927114285,"sku":"9780880104128","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104128.jpg?v=1782631598"},{"product_id":"9780880104142","title":"Education of the Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1884, while tutoring a boy with special needs, Steiner began a lifelong interest in applying spiritual knowledge to the practical aspects of life. Steiner originally published the essay at the core of this book in 1907. It represents his earliest ideas on education, in which he lays out the soul spiritual processes of human development, describing the need to understand how the being of a child develops through successive \"births,\" beginning with the physical body's entry into earthly life, and culminating in the emergence of the I-being with adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927147053,"sku":"9780880104142","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104142.jpg?v=1782631597"},{"product_id":"9780880104159","title":"The Roots of Education 3\/e","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese five lectures on Waldorf education were given as a course during Easter week in Bern in 1924. Although they were delivered more than seventy years ago, they are remarkably contemporary. Every word still resonates with passion and dedication to the human adventure. \"We must develop an art of education that can lead us out of the social chaos into which we have fallen during the last few years and decades...there is no escaping this chaos unless we can find a way to bring spirituality into human souls through education, so that human beings may find a way to progress and to further the evolution of civilization out of the spirit itself.\" When he gave these lectures, Rudolf Steiner had only eleven months left to live. The first Waldorf School had been founded five years before and the intervening period had seen Steiner active in every aspect of school life. Now, in a sense, it was time to bring the ripe fruit of this work before the public. Together with its companion course The Essentials of Education (given three days before), The Roots of Education provides a stimulating synthesis of the Waldorf approach.Teachers, parents, and anyone interested in education will find here the fundamental characteristics of the process of a new art of education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927212589,"sku":"9780880104159","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104159.jpg?v=1782631598"},{"product_id":"9780880104333","title":"Rudolf Steiner in the Waldorf School","description":"\u003cp\u003eLectures and addresses, 1919-1924 (CW 298) This book contains all of the more-or-less informal talks given by Steiner in the Stuttgart school from 1919 to 1924. Included are speeches given by him at various school assemblies, parents' evenings, and other meetings. Steiner spoke here with spontaneity, warmth, and enthusiasm.  Readers will find a unique glimpse of the real Steiner and how he viewed the school and the educational philosophy he brought into being. German source: Rudolf Steiner in der Waldorfschule, Vortage und Ansprachen, Stuttgart, 1919-1924 (GA 298).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927278125,"sku":"9780880104333","price":63.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104333.jpg?v=1782631600"},{"product_id":"9780880104395","title":"Education in Search of the Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eReal education will always seek to strengthen what is best in the human soul: its longing for the experience of spiritual truth that brings into the self an objective appreciation of the noble aspects of its own nature, together with a subjective sense of real affinity with the rest of humanity, the earth planet as a whole, and the great cosmos above and beyond.  The premise of this book is that a human being is a being of body, soul, and spirit, whose core is \"eternal spirit,\" from which center one should strive to live. From this perspective, the aim of true education is to help our children activate this deepest center in themselves. For this, living, intuitive thinking must be brought to life in a new way. The organ for such thinking is the heart, where will and feeling join in uniting self and world, morality and truth, love and action.  This book is in three parts. The first poses the problem; the second describes the Waldorf approach as a solution; and the third deals with questions of special interest to parents and educators alike, such as authority, discipline, and freedom; the nature of \"genius\"; and the question of cultural pluralism. The first edition of this book was titled \"The Experience of Knowledge\" in response to a clear call for experience in education. Certainly, if the sole purpose of education is to acquire information, learning becomes dry, abstract, and deadening. To have meaningful consequence in a person's life, \"coming to know\" must become an experience. Too often, however, such experience is understood simply as doing - field trips, class projects, and so on. But \"doing,\" if unconnected to the whole person, is just activity. To become true experience, it must speak out of, and toward, a student's secret center: the spirit. Hence, the author affirms that authentic education is always in search of the spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927310893,"sku":"9780880104395","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104395.jpg?v=1782631603"},{"product_id":"9780880104456","title":"Youth Longs to Know","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of essays John Fentress Gardner illuminates many challenging aspects of modern life that concern him-and concern most of us, as well. From poverty and environmental degradation to sexuality, parental discipline, and the pressures of modern life; from the further paths of knowledge to war and peace-he reveals how all these faces of life speak, and he points clearly to what they themselves ask for. In this sense, he looks directly to the future, not as a prophet, or even guide, but as one filled with wonder and hope.  He looks often to Emerson; to Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher and seer; and to others. But the weight of his regard falls upon the future, particularly upon the bearers of the future: today's youth. Gardner has been a teacher of youth for many years in the Waldorf private school system. He has a deep feeling for young people-not only for their masks and attitudes of the moment, but also for their deep (generally unconscious) longings, and for what happens when these are thwarted, as they often are. In one of the most impressive essays of this book, Gardner makes it startlingly clear that peace is not a true goal or attainment if it is viewed in opposition to war and conflict. For in this opposition, conflict remains. It is the third - transcending and holding the tension between conflict and quiescent peace - in which the redeeming force is found. In climbing through the heart into the Heart of hearts, is found the spiritual, true secret of Peace. There, the longing to know finds answers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927343661,"sku":"9780880104456","price":57.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104456.jpg?v=1782631604"},{"product_id":"9780880104517","title":"Rhythms of Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003eWaldorf education, an established and growing independent school movement, continues to be shaped and inspired by Rudolf Steiners numerous lectures on education. In Rhythms of Learning, key lectures on children and education have been thoughtfully chosen from the vast amount of material by Steiner and presented in a context that makes them approachable and accessible. In his many discussions and lectures, Steiner shared his vision of an education that considers the spirit, soul, and physiology in children as they grow. Roberto Trostli, an experienced Waldorf teacher, has selected the works that best illustrate the fundamentals of this unique approach. In each chapter, Trostli explains Steiners concepts and describes how they work in the contemporary Waldorf classroom. We learn how the teacher-child relationship and the Waldorf school curriculum changes as the students progress from kindergarten through high-school. This book will serve as an excellent resource for parents who want to understand how their child is learning. Parents will be better prepared to discuss their childs education with teachers, and teachers will find it a valuable reference source and communication tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927376429,"sku":"9780880104517","price":80.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104517.jpg?v=1782631604"},{"product_id":"9780880104555","title":"Renewal of Education 2\/e","description":"\u003cp\u003e14 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. This book is a translation of tge German edition, Die Erneuerung der padagogisch-didaktischen Kunst durch Geisteswissenschaft, Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung, 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927409197,"sku":"9780880104555","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104555.jpg?v=1782631606"},{"product_id":"9780880104586","title":"Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Waldorf school movement has its roots in the chaotic period following World War I. Struggling to create the first school, Rudolf Steiner worked on every detail-lesson plans, religious education, school hours, course resources, administration, finance, and child study. Guiding the faculty, Steiner moved toward his goal of creating a vehicle for social transformation. These two volumes span 1919 to 1924 and cover, meeting by meeting, the development of the first Waldorf school. Participating in a work in progress, Steiner deals with an amazing array of problems, frustrations, successes, and failures. His sleeves rolled up and his sight on a vision that he made a reality, Steiner lays the foundations of Waldorf education. This detailed look behind the scenes will interest not only teachers, but also parents, students, and anyone who wants to know how a successful worldwide school movement arose. 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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. 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Through the use of fairy tales, myths, and the personal experience of Waldorf education, Torin Finser describes how both teachers and parents can come to grips with common problems such as burnout, interpersonal conflicts, and the traps of routine. Most important, the author stresses that an educational community must come to terms with the many unseen dimensions of each individual. He shows how these little-understood aspects of the mind can be cultivated and nourished to keep the school and education alive.School Renewal does not offer formulas and slapdash solutions. Rather, it encourages a whole new way of thinking about education and personal growth - for children and for the adults who care about them...\".if one wish could be granted me on behalf of school renewal, I would ask for significant improvement in the quality of sleep afforded to parents and teachers. No other change has the potential to do more good than simply eliminating the state of chronic exhaustion found by the end of the week in most schools.\"Torin Finser understands what it's like to deeply care about the education of our children. His message will be a healing balm for those open to his wise and practical counsel. I want to rush out and buy a copy of this book for every teacher and parent I know.\" --Eric Utne, founder of Utne Reader\"Extremely accessible, down to earth, and full of very important insights. I highly recommend this book.\" --Dave Alsop, Chairman, Association of Waldorf Schools of North America \"Splendid ...not just teachers, but parents, students, and just plain stressed-out citizens would benefit from the wisdom, information, and insight Finser offers.\" --Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Magical Child and Evolution's End \"Wise guidance for those of us who want to be good stewards of our children and the schools that serve them.\" -- Parker J. Palmer, author of The Courage to Teach and Let Your Life Speak \"An exciting and refreshing book for parents and teachers ...in his clear and concise writing, Torin has shown us how to bring common sense back to our schools. \" --Jim Grant, Executive Director, Staff Development for Educators\"For Finser, school renewal is about self-development ...the suggestions offered here contribute to new ways of thinking about education and personal growth. Highly recommended for school administrators, teachers, community groups, and parents.\" --Library Journal\"Shows that a healthy school community is one that is able to recognize and work with the problems that can mar even the most liberal and creative educational systems: burnout, stress, and interpersonal conflict.\" --NAPRA Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINER BOOKS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927507501,"sku":"9780880104937","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880104937.jpg?v=1782631610"},{"product_id":"9780880105118","title":"Modern Art of Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fine introduction to Waldorf education, written out of a series of lectures given in 1924, Steiner provides one of the most comprehensive introductions to his pedagogical philosophy, psychology, and practice. Steiner begins by describing the union of science, art, religion and morality, which was the aim of all his work and underlies his concept of education. Against this background, many of the lectures describe a new developmental psychology. On this basis, having established how children's consciousness develops, Steiner discusses how different subjects should be presented so that individuals can grow and flourish inwardly. Only if the child absorbs the right subject in the right way at the right time can the inner freedom so necessary for life in the modern world become second nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414927540269,"sku":"9780880105118","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9780880105118.jpg?v=1782631612"},{"product_id":"9780880105132","title":"The Spiritual Ground of Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e9 lectures, Oxford, England, August 16-29, 1922 (CW 305)   These lectures follow from those presented in Soul Economy. Given during a conference on spiritual values in education and life and attended by many prominent people of the time, Steiner's Oxford lectures present the principles of Waldorf education at the highest cultural level.   The Manchester Guardian reported: \"Dr. Steiner's lectures...brought to us in a very vivid way an ideal of humanity in education. He spoke to us about teachers who, freely and unitedly, unrestricted by external prescription, develop their educational methods exclusively out of a thorough knowledge of human nature. He spoke to us about a kind of knowledge needed by the teacher, a knowledge of the being of man and the world, which is at the same time scientific and also penetrates into the most intimate inner life, which is intuitive and artistic.\"   These lectures form one of the best introductions to Waldorf education.   CONTENTS:    Introduction by Christopher Bamford   1. The Spiritual Ground of Education 2. The Perception of Soul and Spirit 3. The Spiritual Ground of Physical Education 4. The Art of Educating Young Children 5. The Art of Educating Older Boys and Girls 6. Teachers As Artists in Education 7. The Organization of the Waldorf School 8. 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