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How to Restore Diversity and Inclusivity to the Waldorf Curriculum

May 16, 2022

There is no need to add diversity and inclusivity to the Waldorf curriculum—they just need to be restored. Diversity and inclusivity have been there all along in Steiner’s original storytelling curriculum. Over the last 100 years, they have been obscured by the parallel Waldorf curriculum, or the traditions that have grown up over the last 100 years. Teachers interested in creating a more diverse and inclusive curriculum are invited to consider Rudolf Steiner’s original storytelling indications. Not only would the original storytelling curriculum restore diversity and inclusivity, but it would also enable teachers to work with economy in teaching. This article shows how. More »

Cararocka

May 10, 2022

Recently a kindergartener asked a question that stopped me. “There’s no such thing as a villain, right?” We are standing under the oak in front of our school amidst the swirl of afternoon pickup, his freckled face gazing upwards. He is squinting, his mouth slightly open. And he is worried. Hearing worry about such a question in a four year old is haunting. “No,” I respond, trying to sound calm and light. “There are no villains. Not really. There are confused people and those who are less confused.” More »

The Stars Once Spoke to the Human Being

May 3, 2022

How beautiful are these words! The “once” reminds us of “once upon a time.” That puts us into mythic time, which happened then and is happening now—it flows always. The twinkling stars once spoke to my grandmother, to my mother, and now to me. I can listen at any time. The stars are always there, comforting, embracing. Thus begins a verse from Rudolf Steiner. The verse continues “…they are silent now”—ouch! Why? “It is world destiny that they are silent now.” That’s the focus of this article, for parents and Waldorf teachers who care about children – what that star silence means for human beings growing up in the “now,” and what it means for caretakers. More »

The Experience of Thinking: Plato to Buber by John B. Thomson

March 21, 2022

This book is not a history of philosophy from Plato to Buber. It is rather a personal journey and an attempt to show the different ways of thinking that philosophers have adopted in building their world-views. For some, the starting place is the mind with reasoning and introspection. For others, observations in the world of sense impressions provide the point of departure. Both activities are usually present but in different proportions. ~ John B. Thomson More »

X'ntigone: Reworking of the Greek Classic Tragedy Has Parallels with Covid Pandemic: Waldorf graduate reinterprets Sophocles

March 14, 2022

The virus has ravaged Thebes. Millions are dead and the economy has tanked. Vaccinations have been administered and the Festival of Liberty is imminent. Sound familiar? Prime Cut Productions have collaborated with the MAC theatre to bring the Greek classic Antigone into the zeitgeist of our world today. X'ntigone takes the timeless, universal themes of the Sophocles tragedy and views them through the lens of contemporary society. X'ntigone (pronounced Zan-tig-on-e) is the niece of the ancient leader Creon. Change is about to happen, but X'ntigone is quarantined and she and her uncle have unfinished business to thrash out before the celebrations can commence. Exploring what happens when old world order meets a radical new world vision, in this drama political expediency meets the voice of a generation who want to tear down the power structures that have ill-served a crumbling state. More »

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