Post by Mo on Feb 24, 2004 22:45:53 GMT 10
Angel and anyone else that is interested this gives a description of how a steiner school curriculum differs from the public school system.
The view of the growing child is at the very heart of Steiner education and requires the teacher to meet the ever-evolving individual child at every new stage. For this reason, the same teacher endeavours to accompany the children from Class 1 to Class 6.
A unique feature of the curriculum is the Main Lesson which makes up the first two hours of each school day. For a period of three to four weeks a single subject is studied and children develop a deep and lasting involvement with the topic. All Main Lessons develop literacy and numeracy skills and some are selected for their historic, academic and psychological influence.
The children are taught through the arts. Drama, storytelling, literature, painting, music, crafts, movement and speechwork carry the learning of all subjects. Stories are told everyday. They inspire, instruct and lead the children into deep learning.
In Class 1 the alphabet is introduced in an imaginative and visual manner and this gently progresses to writing. Reading is then introduced and it is a natural and easy step. Folk and fairy tales, fables, legends and Old Testament stories are the basis of literacy studies. By Class 3 mathematical processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are ready to be applied in the Time, and Weights and Measurements main lessons.
Hope that is not too boring for you.
The view of the growing child is at the very heart of Steiner education and requires the teacher to meet the ever-evolving individual child at every new stage. For this reason, the same teacher endeavours to accompany the children from Class 1 to Class 6.
A unique feature of the curriculum is the Main Lesson which makes up the first two hours of each school day. For a period of three to four weeks a single subject is studied and children develop a deep and lasting involvement with the topic. All Main Lessons develop literacy and numeracy skills and some are selected for their historic, academic and psychological influence.
The children are taught through the arts. Drama, storytelling, literature, painting, music, crafts, movement and speechwork carry the learning of all subjects. Stories are told everyday. They inspire, instruct and lead the children into deep learning.
In Class 1 the alphabet is introduced in an imaginative and visual manner and this gently progresses to writing. Reading is then introduced and it is a natural and easy step. Folk and fairy tales, fables, legends and Old Testament stories are the basis of literacy studies. By Class 3 mathematical processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are ready to be applied in the Time, and Weights and Measurements main lessons.
Hope that is not too boring for you.