Der Rundbrief der Pädagogischen Sektion Weihnachten am Goetheanum 2015/The Journal of the Pedagogical Section of Goetheanum Christmas 2015 [antikvár]

Foreword Foreword Dear Colleagues, registration forms for our next, our 10th World Teachers' Conference (WTC), are now arriving on our desks. We are delighted with your interest in this conference which bears the title: Overcoming Resistance: Courage for an Independent Spiritual Life You should by now have received all the relevant posters or flyers. More information is available on our website www.paedagogik-goetheanum.eh Two more articles preparing us for the conference are included in this edition of the journal. Florian Osswald has gone for a treasure hunt in his contribution, and TomasZdrazil traces the courage we need for our work. Do we place our complete trust in the spiritual world and allow ourselves to be provided with the courage we need to work on this basis? Are we brave enough to work on a variety of tasks but also take up the challenge of something new? Do we approach our practical work in the classroom with enough courage? Are we able to rely on our pedagogy and take steps to explore it further and transform it with courage, or are we easily intimated by external influences? The schools in North America are free to teach their curriculum without interference from the state while on the other hand not receiving any financial support from public funding. Our colleagues in America approach their tasks with a great deal of trust and commitment. Melanie Reiser of the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America (AWSNA) gives us an update on the school movement there. During an extended visit to the USA in November, the International Forum (formerly the Hague Circle) gained many impressions in the schools. You will find several reports in this journal of those visits, of the schools, the classrooms, of meetings with pupils and of conversations with colleagues and parents. Regula Nilo from Sweden, Tracey Sayn Wittgenstein Piraccini from Australia, Ellen Fjeld K0ttker from Norway and James Pewtherer from the USA offer us an insight into all of these aspects. Nana Goebel and Robert Thomas also share their impressions and in addition give a short report of the meeting of the International Forum in Orange County, south of Los Angeles (California). They refer to the topics with which we are currently involved. We will continue our work with these at our next meeting in May 2016. We are very grateful to have had this opportunity in North America. We were privileged to experience a great multitude of things and at the same time to feel so very much at home in the Waldorf or Rudolf Steiner Schools. We would like to say a warm thank you once again to all those who contributed to this experience!!! Thank you to all our readers for all your support for our work in the Pedagogical Section. From our hearts we wish you a blessed and peaceful Christmas season and a good start to the New Year! The Pedagogical Section