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ECSWE Newsletter 30

December 2011

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• "First international European Waldorf Diploma conference at Emerson College"
  The European Waldorf Diploma (EWD) aims to be an accredited and internationally recognised qualification for Steiner Waldorf schools in Europe. The project has been in progress for approximately three years and will enter a pilot phase for some selected subjects from January 2012...
• "Saying it With Song and Dance - An International Music and Movement Week at the Ringwood Waldorf School"
  Nearly 60 pupils and teachers from five countries gathered at the Ringwood Waldorf School in Hampshire, to take part in a workshop of art, music and movement, funded by the EU Comenius programme...
• "Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework Recognised"
  News that the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework has been officially recognised as an alternative curriculum...

ECSWE Newsletter 29

November 2011

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• "Science, Maths and Creativity – Reflections from Vienna"
  Science and Maths, best practices in creative teaching - phenomenological and symptomological methodology for better results'. University of Vienna, September 2011. In the impressive surroundings of Vienna University conference delegate were invited to consider the place of creativity in the teaching of mathematics and science...

ECSWE Newsletter 28

September 2011

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• "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 and so we thought you would like to see just how important the time and work you put into this project is valued by so many people across the world. It’s not too late for your school to get involved – please see the website below for more details...

ECSWE Newsletter 27

May 2011

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• "EDUCATION AND HEALTH - Can educational practices foster physical, psychological and social health?"
  During this Conference we explored the pedagogical evolution necessary to respond to the change in the physical and mental well-being of children. Parents and teachers are increasingly becoming confronted with the symptoms of stress in children and the recent OECD report ‘Improving Health and Social Cohesion through Education’ underlines the necessity to address important issues such as health and engaging with social and civil society...
• "WOW-Day - Shaping the world we would like to live in."
  The idea of a higher profile WOW-Day campaign was born three years ago during a school visit in Germany. A high school student asked me why the WOW-Day could not be a common day for all instead of isolated schools doing isolated activities. Soon it became a big project and started to achieve results and motivate more and more schools....

ECSWE Newsletter 26

March 2011

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• "Freedom and Active Citizenship - ECSWE Conference in Järna, Sweden 14 January 2011"
  Is freedom a liability for the modern world? If we sacrificed our claim to freedom and left the running of things to 'those in the know', wouldn't life be so much simpler?
• "Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2011 - Volume 2"
  ECSWE and the Alliance for Childhood European Network Group have just launched a second volume of the book 'Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2011'.
• "WOW Day"
  We will be celebrating 150 years since the birth of Rudolf Steiner on 1 October 2011. In recognition of this...
• "ELIANT"
  Many thanks to all of you who responded to our appeals to sign the ELIANT petition – the good news is that just before Christmas ELIANT reached their goal of One Million EU signatures.We will be celebrating 150 years since the birth of Rudolf Steiner on 1 October 2011. In recognition of this...

ECSWE Newsletter 25

February 2011

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• "Report from the 3rd international Alliance for Childhood conference 'Childhood in Balance' held in Budapest, Hungary 13-16 October 2010"
  Following a speech by the Mayor Zoltán the Conference was opened by Christopher Clouder who spoke of the value of the diversity of the cultures assembled and the strength it gives to our individual and universal efforts...

ECSWE Newsletter 24

November 2010

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• "SOCIAL INCLUSION BY INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION"
  Many Steiner Waldorf schools have actively worked on the question of how to build bridges to different social groups and make the impulse of SW pedagogy fruitful in the wider society. The School Circus is an excellent example of how to overcome social barriers and discrimination...

ECSWE Newsletter 23

August 2010

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• "Multilingualism"
  Steiner Waldorf schools have been committed to their pupils learning foreign languages since the founding of the first Waldorf School in 1919. The Astoria Waldorf school, based in Germany began by teaching English and French to their pupils from Class 1 onwards. Since then experiencing several living languages and thus understanding diverse cultures has been at the core of Steiner Waldorf education...

ECSWE Newsletter 22

June 2010

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• "Che cosa nutre i nostri bambini? What nourishes children?"
  In the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, the theme of nourishment is addressed by the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education in an international conference in Conegliano, Italy. The aim is to bring attention to bear on the importance of nourishment in early childhood, not only physical, but also mental and emotional nourishment and their implications for the future well being of the individual and of society...

ECSWE Newsletter 21

April 2010

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• Assessment of key competences: Commission seminar in Brussels:
  In his opening remarks, Adam Pokorny, head of the unit in DG Education and Culture responsible for school education and Comenius, pointed to a revolution in European policy making. Previously, anything to do with education except the Comenius programme was taboo in the Commission....

ECSWE Newsletter 20

March 2010

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• Migration & Mobility: EU-Conference at Brussels.
  At the end of October last year the European Commission held a conference on; "Migration & Mobility: Challenges and opportunities for EU education systems...
• ELIANT NEWS
  One of the provisions within newly ratified Lisbon treaty is that one million European citizens from a "significant number" of countries will be able to ask the European Commission to put forward new draft laws in areas where it has competences...

ECSWE Newsletter 19

February 2010

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• "2010 - EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. ECSWE Declaration: Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 04.02.2010
• "Steiner Waldorf Accolade in European Report into Creativity. In late 2008 we were ontacted by KEA, a Brussels-based strategic consultancy working on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture).

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