Certificate in Rudolf Steiner High School Education: a one year part-time course
This is not an accredited course, and is not eligible for VET Fee Help.
Awakening young people to their destiny
The course is aimed at existing teachers or teachers in training who wish to deepen their understanding of Waldorf/Steiner education in the High School. From the nature of the developing adolescent to the needs of the inner work of the teacher, the course allows participants to investigate and discuss a variety of aspects pertinent to secondary education.
The focus of the course is on deepening our understanding of how the education meets and supports the emerging individuality of a teenager. This work is centred around a vision of the ‘divine individual’ within every developing young person. Secondary school finds its meaning in helping students to create their own path into the great disciplines of humanity: philosophy, science, geography, history, language, literature, mathematics, music, physical culture and art. Students’ interest in these areas of human striving is awakened through the enthusiasm of the Secondary School Teacher.
Young people are the bearers of unique impulses which must be allowed to flourish for the benefit of the world. Part of our task is to provide the means through which they can develop their skill and knowledge with veneration in both the arts and sciences. With this experience they are able to partake, contribute and truly live within our rich culture in this current epoch of world evolution.
Through lectures, discussions, demonstrations and activities, the richness of a Steiner High School will be investigated and characterised.
The four terms each have a separate focus, though their content have some overlap. Term one focuses on the Nature of the Human Being; term two on Pedagogical Issues; term three looks at Specific Subject Areas, and term four focuses on the personal and ongoing Spiritual Development of the Teacher. Each session is preceded by an artistic activity, which may include singing, Eurythmy, speech, painting or sculpture.
Curriculum Outline
Term One:
Introduction to Steiner Education emphasising Rudolf Steiner's description of the psychology and spirituality of the human being.
Text: Rudolf Steiner's Study of Man (Foundations of Human Experience chapters supplied)
Term Two:
Developing pedagogical insights appropriate to adolescence.
The threefold social order and education; the College of Teachers; Observation and Child Studies; Curricula Overview.
Text: various (supplied)
Term Three:
The necessity of matching our curriculum and teaching practice with the unfolding inner life and developing maturity of the students is looked at with reference to the individual subject matter. The requirements of the particular subjects will be addressed in this term.
Text: Stockmeyer's Rudolf Steiner's Curriculum for Waldorf Schools (highly recommended)
Term Four:
The teacher requires constant nourishment for personal development and a rich life of inspiration. Sources which will nourish our vitality are considered in this term.
Texts (both required):
Rudolf Steiner Knowledge of the Higher Worlds
Rudolf Steiner Philosophy of Freedom
For more details about this course please contact us: office@steinerseminar.com
