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The Roots of Education (Foundations of Waldorf Education, 19)
The Roots of Education - Foundations of Waldorf Education, 19 Author:Rudolf Steiner These five lectures on Waldorf education were given as a course during Easter week, 1924, in Bern. Although his words were spoken more than three quarters of a century ago, they are remarkably contemporary. Every word resonates today with passion and dedication to the human adventure. "We must develop an art of education that can lead us out of... more » the social chaos into which we have fallen during the last few years and decades.... There is no escaping this chaos unless we can find a way to bring spirituality into human souls through education, so that human beings may find a way to progress and to further the evolution of civilization out of the spirit itself" (Rudolf Steiner). Steiner had only eleven months left in this world when he gave these lectures. The first Waldorf school had been established five years earlier, and the intervening period had witnessed Steiner's tireless activity in every area of the school's life. Now, in a sense, it was time to bring the ripe fruit of this work to the public. Together with its companion course The Essentials of Education (given three days earlier), this book provides a stimulating synthesis of the Waldorf approach to education. Teachers, parents, and anyone interested in education will discover the fundamental characteristics of a new art of education.« less