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Toddlers to tweens: relearning how to play

January 25, 2012

Brown became interested in play as a young clinical psychiatrist when he was researching, somewhat incongruously, mass murderers. Although he concluded that many factors contributed to the psychosis of his subjects, Brown noticed that a common denominator was that none had participated in standard play behavior as children, such as interacting positively with parents or engaging in games with other children. As he continued his career, he took "play histories" of patients, eventually recording 6,000. He saw a direct correlation between play behavior and happiness, from childhood into adulthood. More »

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Eurythmy Flashmob on the St. Stephansplatz in Vienna

January 23, 2012

The exhibition "Rudolf Steiner: Alchemy of the Everyday" in Vienna organized a flashmob on the St. Stephansplatz in Vienna to coincide with the opening of the exhibition, which itself coincided with the sesquicentennial celebration of Rudolf Steiner's birthday. The flashmob was a brilliant success and was enjoyed by all...as you can see. More »

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"Here Is the New South Africa" - The McGregor Waldorf School

January 23, 2012

The story of the water bearer gives a picture of what the McGregor Waldorf School and College are all about. Flaws come in many different seizes and shapes but as teachers we learn to recognize them in our children and in ourselves. We plant seeds every single day and water them carefully so that one day the inner beauty, the innate qualities, the specific gifts of any and all of our students can flower. Because of them being the way they are and will be their families, their communities, their country and the world are and will be a better place. More »

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Physicists Seek to Lose the Lecture as Teaching Tool

January 22, 2012

The lecture is one of the oldest forms of education there is. "Before printing someone would read the books to everybody who would copy them down," says Joe Redish, a physics professor at the University of Maryland. But lecturing has never been an effective teaching technique and now that information is everywhere, some say it's a waste of time. Indeed, physicists have the data to prove it. When Eric Mazur began teaching physics at Harvard, he started out teaching the same way he had been taught. "I sort of projected my own experience, my own vision of learning and teaching — which is what my instructors had done to me. So I lectured," he says. More »

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What is a Steiner School? A video for the Steiner Schools Fellowship by Saskia Anley McCallum

January 16, 2012

The editor Simon Fildes writes, "Both my daughters go to the Moray Steiner School in Forres, Morayshire Scotland, so obviously I was pleased to have the opportunity to help put the record straight about what these independent schools are about. If you care about the future of our planet, if you think that the current way of educating our children is crazy, and that the society we should be aiming to build should be based on a holistic view of humanity, the environment and the planet then watch this." More »