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Arithmetic for Teachers: Conferences and Seminars with Zoological Considerations - Online Book
Resource Type: Online Book
Author: Dr. Karl Konig
A compilation of material on the Arithmetic curriculum for Waldorf teachers and teachers working with special needs children. From the introductory lecture by Hans Christoph Valentien, "How does arithmetic work upon the child? One
of the first things we are meant to learn as Waldorf teachers is the
following: In every subject we bring to our classes we must distinguish
between ‘conventional’ knowledge on the one hand, and on the other
hand knowledge which is based on the understanding of man’s being,
spiritual and physical. Conventional knowledge as Rudolf Steiner
broadly defines it, is founded upon human convention, for example,
reading and writing. Our alphabet is a convention. Conventional knowledge works only upon the head-nature of man, whereas
knowledge of man, of his spiritual nature, links us to the spiritual world...In all education that is handled rationally these three
impulses—the spiritual in the artistic, the half spiritual-half
physical in arithmetic, the physical in reading and writing—can
be combined with each other, and it is just thereby that the
harmonizing of man is called forth.
Can you already see the mediating role arithmetic can play if it is
handled rightly? Everything artistic works upon the will-nature and
involves the whole being of man. The conventional works on his head nature
only..." Conferences 1 and 2 include Seminars and Discussion on the theme. Please click the pdf link below to download the book, 118 pages.
Publisher: Research Institute for Waldorf Education
Date Published: 2009
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