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Conveying an Interest in the World - Children Should Receive Two Things from Their Parents: Roots and Wings

January 30, 2012

Anyone who wants to find their bearings in the future must first learn to trust their own experiences, their own senses and thoughts, and their own heart. They require people around them who work creatively, places in which they can develop trust in people, test out their own powers and share them with other children. Where the journey takes us is determined by ourselves as freely acting people. In 1992 the slogan “Think globally, act locally” emerged from Rio de Janeiro, encapsulating in a down-to-earth way how a global culture of responsibility can arise. But as simple as this slogan sounds, as difficult it is to put into practice: without living thinking, an interest in the world and resolve, nothing will come of it. That is why it is one of the central educational tasks of the present time to develop these three capacities on every continent, in every culture. More »

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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 »