It is perhaps helpful to be reminded of the reasons Rudolf Steiner started the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, a 100 years ago. Emil Molt a director of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette factory asked Rudolf Steiner to co-found a new school for the children of employees of the factory. The first school started on the 7th of September 1919 with 12 founding teachers and was based on Steiner's philosophy known as Anthroposophy. He believed that children should be educated holistically with a head, heart and hands approach and education should be non-denominational, accessible to all, regardless of wealth, religion, creed and nationality.
The theme for the forthcoming workshops ' transitioning from adolescence to adulthood' therefore, is quite relevant to the renewal of Waldorf Education in India, in so far that it addresses a crucial period of life, which shapes the destiny of every human being, in more ways than is commonly understood. Dr Tim Dunn and Dr Lakshmi Prasanna will guide the participants through two 5 day workshops, one in Hyderabad and the other in Mumbai, for teachers, parents and educators in the community, to connect the Waldorf curriculum with the development of the human being, during these periods of life.
The structure of the workshops will depend on the needs of the enrolling participants and may cover main lessons in life sciences, math, physical sciences and/or humanities and will be related to the development of the child from pre-puberty to young adults. As an example, if Waldorf math from grades 6-12 is chosen, main lessons in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, stereometry, descriptive geometry, trigonometry, projective geometry and calculus could be presented in one of the 2 programs, in the context of the changing consciousness and physical development of the child. Furthermore, if math were to be one of the subjects chosen by the participants', geometry and numbers will be worked with an in a spatial, artistic and experiential manner, by facilitators drawn out the participants to include movement, singing and art, during two sessions in the morning and afternoon.
We hope many of you who are looking to renew and/or further develop Waldorf upper primary /high school pedagogy from personal and individual experience, would like to join these programs, in Hyderabad and Mumbai.
The theme for the forthcoming workshops ' transitioning from adolescence to adulthood' therefore, is quite relevant to the renewal of Waldorf Education in India, in so far that it addresses a crucial period of life, which shapes the destiny of every human being, in more ways than is commonly understood. Dr Tim Dunn and Dr Lakshmi Prasanna will guide the participants through two 5 day workshops, one in Hyderabad and the other in Mumbai, for teachers, parents and educators in the community, to connect the Waldorf curriculum with the development of the human being, during these periods of life.
The structure of the workshops will depend on the needs of the enrolling participants and may cover main lessons in life sciences, math, physical sciences and/or humanities and will be related to the development of the child from pre-puberty to young adults. As an example, if Waldorf math from grades 6-12 is chosen, main lessons in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, stereometry, descriptive geometry, trigonometry, projective geometry and calculus could be presented in one of the 2 programs, in the context of the changing consciousness and physical development of the child. Furthermore, if math were to be one of the subjects chosen by the participants', geometry and numbers will be worked with an in a spatial, artistic and experiential manner, by facilitators drawn out the participants to include movement, singing and art, during two sessions in the morning and afternoon.
We hope many of you who are looking to renew and/or further develop Waldorf upper primary /high school pedagogy from personal and individual experience, would like to join these programs, in Hyderabad and Mumbai.
