Spirits of Fire An Evolutionary Overview of a Steiner High School EDUCATION TOWARDS FREEDOM “Freedom of the will is experienced when there is a balance between physical and spiritual tendencies, when the upward force of levity works counter to the downward pull of gravity – when the angel holds the devil in check. If man […]
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A Steiner High School: Sexism in Education
STEINER SKITTLES SEXISM A remarkable educational innovation occurred in a new school in Stuttgart, Germany in 1919 – and went almost unnoticed, remaining so to a large extent even today – especially in Australia. This was the removal of any and all sexual biases in the schooling of children and adolescents, from 7 to 18 […]
A Steiner High School: What is the Future of the Steiner High School?
THE FUTURE FOR STEINER HIGH SCHOOLS? There are three kinds of high schools, those that belong to the past, with its antiquated and discredited period teaching, competition, exams and streaming. The second is eminently suited to the present, the kind described in this book. But for those whose vision leaps ahead into the future, there […]
A Steiner High School: The Curriculum
WHAT ABOUT THE CURRICULUM? Students like to be tested, inherent in this is a challenge – one even tests oneself constantly through life. If the test is against one’s previous performance, then it is a useful and valid procedure. However the more competitive against (not the word) other people the test is, the less justified. […]
A Steiner High School: College and Jobs After High School
CAN THEY GO TO UNIVERSITY – OR GET A JOB EVEN? Steiner high schools place great emphasis on equal opportunity for its students. School study should be an end in itself, not merely a means to an end. In some systems, lower-ability students are often denied soul-rich instruction in the classics or the sciences – […]
A Steiner High School: The Structure of a Steiner High School
HOW SHOULD STEINER HIGH SCHOOLS BE STRUCTURED? The ideal secondary school should be single-stream, Class 8 to 12, with a maximum of thirty students per class, a total of say 125. On this ‘village’ scale, the integrity of the individual can be protected in both the social and academic areas. There should be no arbitrary […]