Essential Conferences for Summer, 2007
Articles: -Handwork and Intellectual Development -----ADHD: A Challenge of Our Time -The Cry for Myth -Freedom of Choice or Freedom From Choice? -Computers in Education -Helping Your Child's Teacher Communicate
Grade Five
Lectures on Audio CD
Images on CD-ROM
| 212: Phases of Life From Age 7 to 14 In these important years, the respiratory and circulatory systems come into balance, and the etheric and physical bodies strive for harmony. As the power of memory and the feeling for beauty develop, the child is increasingly open to the powers of education, and dreaminess slowly gives way to more awakened perception. $17.50 |
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108: Working with Difficult Children The challenges of “classroom management” grow more daunting each year. The pervasive influence of the media, the lack of rhythm and structure at home, and the dizzying speed of modern life all contribute to making today’s children more nervous, insecure and needy than ever. In this lecture Eugene views “difficult children” as mirrors of our difficult times, from whom teachers and parents have much to learn. $17.50 |
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| 206: The Waldorf Home Companion, Grades Five and Six Topics covered include: The study of History and the harmonization of the child; the karma of the teacher, parents, and children; natural science and laboratory science; lawfulness and individuality. $17.50 |
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109: ADHD: A Challenge of Our
Time
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is believed to affect anywhere from 10% to 30% of American schoolchildren. Eugene Schwartz has worked directly with ADHD children and has served as a consultant to Waldorf school teachers, public school teachers and child psychologists struggling with this contemporary challenge. He surveys the prevalent mainstream schools of thought concerning ADHD, and explores the means by which Waldorf methods can help. $17.50
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116: History in the
Waldorf School, a CD-ROM
Illustrated with many pages from student main lesson books, this CD-ROM provides a comprehensive survey of the history classes taught in the Waldorf school from grades five through eight. Eugene’s commentary places the study of history in the broader context of the Lower School curriculum. Requires MS PowerPoint 97 or later to view. $17.50
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200:
Science in the Waldorf School: Grades 4 – 8 is a
“virtual student exhibition” which embodies the full range of science
teaching in the elementary school years. Over 230 pages from main lesson
books, accompanied by thousands of words of explanation and commentary by
Eugene Schwartz, appear in vivid color on 170 PowerPoint “slides.” These
slides may be viewed on an individual computer screen, or, like photographic
slides, they may be projected on a screen to be viewed by an audience.
$17.50
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118: Harry Potter,
Millennial Child
Its astonishing popularity with adults and children alike has made Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter series a powerful twenty-first century phenomenon. According to this lecture, Harry Potter reflects the innermost longings of youngsters who have been called "magical children," "indigo children," or "millennial children," and whose presence is of the utmost importance in our time. For many parents, the novels pose worrisome questions: At what age should my child read these books? Are they merely "escapist" literature? We will look at the myths and archetypes that underlie Harry's character and explore what Harry Potter can teach us about today's child. $17.50
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119: Religion in the Waldorf School Jewish, Buddhist and Sufi families are inextricably linked with Waldorf schools in North America, argues Eugene Schwartz, and yet the Christian orientation of Waldorf education creates a tension that underlies the American Waldorf movement. Can we better understand this bond, and thereby effect a "creative tension" that may serve as a model for an increasingly pluralistic worldwide Waldorf school culture? $17.50
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