Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy 2: 12 public talks, 1923-1924 (GA 218b, 304a)

by Rudolf Steiner, René M. Querido

Overview

12 lectures, various cities, November 19, 1922-August 30, 1924 (CW 304a)

The Waldorf school movement was gaining increasing recognition by the time these public lectures on Waldorf education took place. In this collection, as in the previous volume, Rudolf Steiner is outspoken about the spiritual nature of human beings and the world--including the spiritual nature of Waldorf education.

Original German source: Anthroposophische Menschenkunde und Pädagogik (GA 304a).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880109888
Publisher:	Steiner
Publication date:	10/01/1995
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	244
File size:	560 KB

About the Author

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was born in the small
village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he
grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became
a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known
especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the
beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early
philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into
psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual
teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner
came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his
philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's
multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in
medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf
education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic
agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama,
speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General
Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world.
He died in Dornach, Switzerland.
René M. Querido, LLD, was a seminal figure in Waldorf education for a half century. He was educated in Holland, Belgium, France, and England and studied mathematics and physics at London University. Mr. Querido lectured throughout the world on historical and educational topics and was director of Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks, California). He was also Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America.

Table of Contents

T O P I C S: 

• Education and teaching
  
• The art of teaching and understanding the human being
  
• Education and art
  
• Education and the moral life
  
• Eurythmy performance
  
• Why rducation is based on Anthroposophy
  
• Waldorf pedagogy
  
• Anthroposophy and education
  
• Moral and physical Education
  
• and more...