Discussion With Teachers

For two weeks prior to the opening of the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart, Rudolf Steiner intensively prepared the teachers who would become the first Waldorf teachers. At 9 a.m. he gave thc course now newly published as Foundations of Human Experience, at 11:00 a.m., Practical Advice to Teachers, and then, after lunch, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., he held the informal discussions published here. The tone is spontaneous and relaxed. Steiner does not prescribe specific methods but rather discusses various topics and situations, giving guidelines as to how to think about these. Then practical assignments are given, which are taken up and discussed at the next session. The discussions are filled with insights and indications in many areas of teaching -- history, geography, botany, zoology, form drawing, and mathematics are all touched upon. Also included are speech exercises and, for the first time in English, three very important lectures on the curriculum. From the Foundations of Waldorf Education series.Steiner, Rudolf is the author of 'Discussion With Teachers' with ISBN 9780854404049 and ISBN 085440404X.