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NEWSLETTER
                                                                                       

September 2025


Dear colleagues and friends of
the Pedagogical Section
,


Here with the stormy atmosphere of autumn and the start of the school year in the north, there with the spring flowers opening in the south you receive an issue of the newsletter on the subject of teacher education.

One of the important event announcements also deals with the subject of teaching and learning. A good teacher is someone who learns a great deal.

With this in mind, warm regards from the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum

Philipp Reubke

Who will awaken Sleeping Beauty with a kiss?


The foundation of Waldorf Steiner schools is, above all, enthusiasm for Waldorf education. But how can this enthusiasm be awakened, especially in times of teacher shortages?

Reflections on the role of Waldorf teacher education
by Philipp Reubke


Teaching in times of change


Since Rudolf Steiners death 100 years ago, the world and with it the living conditions of us humans have changed dramatically.
This has prompted the Section for the Performing Arts (SRMK) to devote its latest newsletter to the topic of «Teaching in Times of Change» – in the hope of stimulating discussions among colleagues.

What are we doing for children and young people today in the post-corona era? And do we need a new approach to teaching now?

With three specific questions on this topic, the SRMK has called on people to share their experiences from their own work:
«What long-term changes am I seeing in children, young people and students? How am I trying to respond to the current changes in all areas of life through my teaching? What concerns arise for my work with children, young people or students in the near or distant future?»

With thanks to SRMK director Stefan Hasler and eurythmy teacher Helga Daniel.


You can find the inspiring newsletter in English and
the newsletter in German
here.


International Teacher Education Forum
(ITEF)


An invitation to collaborate from Jon MacAlice

you find here.

«Rudolf Steiner as a Student and a Teacher»


The conference of the General Anthroposophical Section (27th and 28th September 2025) attempts to take a further look at his life and work in the 100th year since his death – from the perspective of lifelong learning.

Rudolf Steiner not only taught in a wide variety of contexts and professional groups, in both exoteric and esoteric terms, but he continued to read, study, and learn himself until the end of his life, following new publications in the fields of science, literature, art, and religion with the utmost attention.


A conference of particular interest to educators, with Constanza Kaliks and Peter Selg.

More here


«Support for Children with Learning Difficulties»


Who hasn't had challenging educational relationships, children and young people for whom everything you have learned as an educator leads to absolutely no progress in learning? Children whose behavior leads us to self-doubt and sleepless nights? Students about whom we're quick to make judgments, which only hides the fact that we basically don't understand them?

In rare moments of happiness, we sometimes realize that behind what we experience as «difficult» there is sometimes a personality with special talents. In discussions with colleagues, it became clear to the preparatory group that the title could have been worded differently. Instead of learning difficulties, one could speak of diversified learning requirements or «deviating learning requirements,» recognizing that our methodological diversity may not correspond to the particularities of the child.

Not only specialists in the field of special education are invited, but all teachers and educators. Contributors include Joep Eijkenboom, Kris Boshell, Laura Pellico, Fenella Blakay, and Philipp Reubke.

More events


24 September 2025:
ITEF meeting Europe-America-Africa

10 - 26 October 2025:
Faust on the Goetheanum stage


Goetheanum Pädagogische Sektion, Rüttiweg 45, 4143 Dornach, Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 706 43 15

paed.sektion@goetheanum.ch


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