Seminar two of the CRSE at Taruna

Seminar Two: 

• Refreshing and building on Steiner’s picture of the human being as studied in Seminar One.

• Particular focus on the Lower School child, 7-14 years. The development of feeling and imagination.

• Significant developmental milestones: the nine year old, the twelve year old.

• The art of pedagogy. The main lesson, the arts-based curriculum, the teacher as an artist.

• From fairytale to history, teaching through story-telling, the power of narrative.

• Exploring a curriculum responsive to changes in the child’s developing consciousness

• The literacy journey; from a rich oral culture to writing then reading; the place of digital technology.

• A window into the development of science and mathematics in the Lower School years.

• Working with temperaments; the child’s and the teacher’s.

• The child study; deepening observation.

• The teacher’s journey; taking myself on, the pedagogical law.

• Visit to Taikura Rudolf Steiner School in Hastings.

Activities include a selection of:

Morning Circle activities, games, movement, singing, eurythmy, te reo Māori, painting, drawing, form drawing, geometry, modelling, crafts, storytelling, speech, poetry, drama, observation exercises.