Der Rundbrief der Pädagogischen Sektion am Goetheanum Johanni 2016/The Journal of the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum Midsummer 2016 [antikvár]

Foreword Foreword Dear Colleagues, The title page of this edition bears a picture taken in the Great Hall during the 10th world teachers' and educators' conference. Over 800 colleagues from 46 different countries spanning all the continents came to Dornach either to contribute or participate. Whole groups of colleagues of between 7 and 12 people came to Switzerland from Australia, Denmark, India, Italy and Holland. Holland was the most highly represented country with 98 colleagues. We look back with joy and gratitude at this international conference. It was a week of encountering one another, of exchange, of learning, of looking towards the future, of facing up together to the realities of our time, and of art. Each evening we witnessed art being brought to the stage by different groups, and on three of those evenings we watched pupils perform on the stage. These evenings left deep impressions! That all this was possible is largely thanks to all those who accepted our request to participate and to the donors who donated both large and smaller sums of money for our work. We would like to thank you once again very, very warmly for these gifts. They also enabled us to help conference participants with travel costs, discounted conference passes and much more. Thank you all very much indeed! This edition of the journal focuses on the lectures given at the recent conference. All the morning speakers have now edited their contributions in writing. They are published in English and in German. The lecture by Michal BenShalom from Harduf is currently only In- translated by Steffi Cook eluded in the English section, but the German translation will follow in the Michaelmas edition. We also bring you an obituary, in the German section, of our colleague Lothar Steinmann who worked for many years as a colleague of the Pedagogical Section and at the Seminar for Waldorf Education in Berlin. He died suddenly on June 1st in Berlin. The English version will be published in the next edition. The International Forum, formerly the Hague Circle, met in the South of France in May. The class teacher concept and our Upper School pedagogy are current topics for thorough study. We reviewed the document "Essential Features of Steiner Waldorf Pedagogy", and the latest version is available on the homepage of the Pedagogical Section. In order to keep colleagues worldwide up to date with the work of this group we plan to publish a report of our meeting in the Michaelmas edition. May we use this opportunity to thank all our readers and friends of the Pedagogical Section for supporting our activities, and for your commitment to a deepening of our understanding of the pedagogy founded by Rudolf Steiner. We wish you strength and joy in equal measure for your work with the young people in early years centres, kindergartens and schools all over the world! Your Pedagogical Section Pedagogical Section, Journal No. 57 3