The Developing Child (eBook)

The Developing Child: Sense and Nonsense in Education This experienced Waldorf teacher allows us to enter his classroom and gain insights that serve as valuable guides for both parents and educators. Aeppli also presents a challenge to teachers: penetrate the subject, grasp its essence, transform it artistically, and present it to the children in a way that fits their evolving inner orientation. This fresh approach is not just another theory about good education. Aeppli writes out of practical experience with the intention of sending young adults into the world who can stand on their own two feet and accept responsibility for their own actions. Previously published as Rudolf Steiner Education and the Developing Child. C O N T E N T S: Translator’s Preface by Angelika V. Ritscher-Hill Preface to the First Edition Sense and Nonsense in Education Teaching Writing “Local History” in the First and Second Grades The Legitimate Path of Teaching Unscheduled Classroom Events Transforming the Subject Matter Teaching Botany and Zoology Teaching Grammar Teaching History The Main Lesson Block The Life and Soul Metamorphoses of the Human Being and their Impact on Education Endnotes Bibliography About the Author Willi Aeppli (1894–1972) was a master Waldorf teacher in the Rudolf Steiner School in Basel, Switzerland. He is remembered as an excellent teacher who used his observations and daily experience to enrich his classroom teaching. He also led many informal courses on the art of education for teachers and prospective teachers throughout his long career as an educator.