Given during a conference on spiritual values in education and life attended by many prominent people of the time, Rudolf Steiner’s "Oxford lectures" present the principles of Waldorf education at the highest cultural level. The Manchester Guardian reported at the time: "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." Long out of print, these lectures are among the best and most accessible introductions to Waldorf education and what it means for modern culture.
Author(s): R Steiner
Publisher: Anthroposophic Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 164
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
1. The Spiritual Ground of Education......Page 12
2. The Perception of Soul and Spirit......Page 26
3. The Spiritual Ground of Physical Education......Page 39
4. The Art of Educating Young Children......Page 54
5. The Art of Educating Older Boys and Girls......Page 69
6. Teachers As Artists in Education......Page 85
7. The Organization of the Waldorf School......Page 99
8. Moral Teaching & Eurythmy in the Waldorf School......Page 116
9. Teachers in the Waldorf School......Page 132
Index......Page 152
