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Added: 5th December 2011
News that the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework has been officially recognised as an alternative curriculum.
Added: 19th September 2011
An update from the 'Sea Heart School' in Talamanca, Costa Rica.
Added: 20th May 2011
A Study prepared for the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture) June 2009, it's aim was to show the contribution of culture and art to economic and societal development and Waldorf Education was given particular credit (for the credit that Waldorf Education was given please see pages 103 / 104 of the pdf available to download) or view the excerpt taken from the original.
Added: 19th May 2011
For citizens’ freedom of choice and diversity of lifestyle in Europe to the attention of the President of the European Commission submitted by European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy / ELIANT
Added: 28th April 2011
A report on the 'Sea Heart School' in Talamanca, Costa Rica, looks at Waldorf education in Costa Rica and the school itself.
Added: 4th March 2011
150 years since the birth of Rudolf Steiner, this 'ePaper' looks at the many areas of Steiner's life and legacy.
Added: 4th March 2011
An email sent from Thomas Proctor, principal, Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School, regarding the recent earthquake in New Zealand.
Added: 4th March 2011
News item about Middle East Waldorf schools from waldorfteachers.com - 'In Shfar'am, a lower Galilee city of over 30,000 Muslim, Christian and Druze Arab inhabitants, the first Arab Waldorf school, El Zeitoun, The Olive Tree, came into being because of Lana Nasrallah and other like-minded parents, who believed that an education for their children which embodies universal human values could become a unifying force in a society torn by a century of bloodshed and mistrust...'
Added: 4th March 2011
Review in the Times Higher Education of 'Childhood, Well-Being and a Therapeutic Ethos' (edited by Richard House and Del Loewenthal) with a contribution from Christopher Clouder.
Added: 8th February 2011
The third international Alliance for Childhood conference 'Childhood in Balance' was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 13-16 October 2010.
The conference was attended by participants and speakers from 17 different countries and held in the light, well-appointed City Centre directly in the heart of beautiful Budapest.
Added: 4th January 2011
Social and Emotional Education. An international analysis. Fundación Marcelino Botín Report 2008 with an introduction by Christopher Clouder.
Added: 21st October 2010
"Why Waldorf works has more to do with how the brain develops and functions optimally than Rudolf Steiner ever could have known..."
By Dr. Regalena Melrose.
Added: 7th September 2010
At the end of June 2010 we concluded the fifth year of activities in the joint Arab Jewish kindergarten "Ein Bustan". This may seem like a significant period of time, but in many ways it seems like our project is still in its infancy....
Added: 6th September 2010
An article by Dr Sebastian Suggate, July 2010 where he challenges the orthodoxy that as far as young children learning to read 'the earlier the better'.
Added: 15th July 2010
Ensino off-line - Evento da Aliança pela Infância em parceria com GiSP?.
Available to Download now.
Added: March 30th 2010
'Childhood in Balance', Budapest, Hungary.
Supported by ECSWE, Alliance for Childhood, Hungarian Federation and the Marcelino Botin Foundation. View further information and register online (opens in a pop-up window).
The Conegliano Conference Programme is available to download now in both English and Italian. The document includes an introducation to the conference and a timetable of events.
N.B. Conference has now finished.
Download and read this article titled "Overcoming Racism through Anthroposophy" published by the Anthroposophical Society in America, the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America and the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education.
"Steiner schools: learning - it is a wonder." by William Little
Download and read "What is the religious element in school?".
Waldorf One World Day Newsletter 2009-2010. Available to Download now.
General report EU Stakeholders Forum 2009 Word Document. Available to Download now.
Key Messages from the stakeholders 2009 Word Document. Available to Download now.
New website for Foreign Language teachers to connect with each other, share materials and activities and ask questions. It's free and there are more than 300 members (Foreign Language teachers) from all over the world.
ROBOTIC CHILDREN - Article in THE ECOLOGIST. Available to Download now.
International Steiner Waldorf Parents Network (ISWPN). ISWPN is a forum for the mutual support of parents through the exchange of ideas and experiences concerning Steiner Waldorf education.
Working group on Quality of Childhood in the European Parliament. Brussels, ECSWE together with the Austrian MEP Karin Resetarits, has founded a working group on Quality of Childhood in the European Parliament. This group has been meeting every 2 months to discuss issues related to its remit, starting on the 5th of December 2006 with the Toxic Childhood Syndrome that has been so prominent in the UK media of late. Two University representatives from Spain and the Netherlans and six other NGOs from Denmark, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium have joined ECSWE to support this initiative on a new platform called the Alliance for Childhood - European Network Group.
On June 29 2006, representatives of various European anthroposophic associations and organisations founded ELIANT (European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy), an Alliance with the aim of establishing legal safeguards for anthroposophic cultural initiatives. The Alliance is seeking joint representation of its interests in Brussels via a petition campaign.
1,000,000 signatures are necessary. Please, support ELIANT with your signature!
The Institute for Social Threefolding is an initiative of the Movement for Social Threefolding Germany e.V. It tries to make Rudolf Steiners point of view about general social questions visible within the new media.
Waldorf Researchers and Educators Network (WREN) is online! May 2007.
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ECSWE Newsletter 30 (December 2011) includes:
"First international European Waldorf Diploma conference at Emerson College"
"Saying it With Song and Dance - An International Music and Movement Week at the Ringwood Waldorf School"
"Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework Recognised"
Available to download now.
The Conference will be held with the collaboration of the UNESCO Chair of Education at the Centro Universitario La Salle in Madrid.
News that the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework has been officially recognised as an alternative curriculum.
ECSWE Newsletter 29 (November 2011) includes: "Science, Maths and Creativity – Reflections from Vienna"
Available to download now.
ECSWE Newsletter 28 (September 2011) includes: "WOW-Day 2011 - The Europe wide WOW-Day 2011 is almost here. It will take place on the 29 September and almost 150 schools in 18 countries have already applied..."
Available to download now.
ECSWE Newsletter 27 (May 2011) includes: "EDUCATION AND HEALTH - Can educational practices foster physical, psychological and social health?" & "WOW-Day - Shaping the world we would like to live in."
Available to download now.
For citizens’ freedom of choice and diversity of lifestyle in Europe
A report on the 'Sea Heart School' in Talamanca, Costa Rica, looks at Waldorf education in Costa Rica and the school itself.
Available to download now.
"Our standard of living in Australia is one of the highest in the world according to the UN Human Development Index, including our ranking in education..."
Available to download now.
ECSWE Newsletter 26 (March 2011) includes: "Freedom and Active Citizenship - ECSWE Conference in Järna, Sweden 14 January 2011"; "Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2011 - Volume 2"; "WOW Day" & "ELIANT"
Available to download now.
150 years since the birth of Rudolf Steiner, this 'ePaper' looks at the many areas of Steiner's life and legacy.
News item about Middle East Waldorf schools from waldorfteachers.com - 'Shalaam Shalom: Teaching children in the Middle East pathways to peace'.
Review in the Times Higher Education of 'Childhood, Well-Being and a Therapeutic Ethos'
This publication consists of talks given by a range of experts to The Quality of Childhood Working Group in the European Parliament. For more information and downloads click here.
Day-by-day account of the third international Alliance for Childhood conference 'Childhood in Balance' held in Budapest, Hungary, from 13-16 October 2010.".
Available to download now.
Social and Emotional Education. An international analysis - Fundación Marcelino Botín Report 2008 with an introduction by Christopher Clouder.
"Why Waldorf works has more to do with how the brain develops and functions optimally than Rudolf Steiner ever could have known..."
By Dr. Regalena Melrose.
An article by Dr Sebastian Suggate, July 2010 where he challenges the orthodoxy that as far as young children learning to read 'the earlier the better'.
Download and read this article titled "Overcoming Racism through Anthroposophy" published by the Anthroposophical Society in America, the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America and the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education.
Waldorf One World Day Newsletter 2009-2010. Available to Download now.
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