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Essential Conferences for Summer, 2008
NEW: Discover Waldorf Education, an introductory video on YouTube.
NEW: To view Grade Six Geometry, another YouTube video, click here.
Reading and Writing, The Waldorf Approach - click here to view this 20-minute
Eurythmy - Making Movement Human - view excerpts
Watch a Google Video of Eugene Schwartz's Introduction to Waldorf given in Izmir, Turkey, May 2006
Watch a Google Video of an excerpt from Eugene's lecture No Childhood Left Behind
NEW: Blinking, Feeling, & Willing
NEW: High Stakes Testing & Waldorf Schools
Beyond Cognition - Children and Television
Do the Festivals Have a Future?
Assuming Nothing: Nature vs. Nurture
Handwork and Intellectual Development
Freedom of Choice or Freedom From Choice?
Helping Your Child's Teacher Communicate
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New CDs by Eugene Schwartz Use the PayPal buttons to pay for these CDs by credit card, or download our Order Form to pay by check or money order.
FOR HOME SCHOOL AND WALDORF SCHOOL PARENTS
103: Millennial Children To understand today's children, Eugene Schwartz contends, we must understand the millennial rhythms of reincarnation described by Rudolf Steiner, and also recognize the significance of the assumption of "personal karma" that occurs around age twelve and a half. In this rich lecture, Eugene also discusses the "Three A's" that signal the approach of a new kind of child: ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, and Adoption. Eugene relates these phenomena to the needs and gifts of millennial children, and provides helpful advice to parents, teachers, and caregivers. $17.50 Click on the "Start" arrow and hear the entire Millennial Children lecture
101: No Childhood Left Behind At some point in her child's life (or at many points!) every Waldorf parent has to answer the question posed by an in-law, sibling, or a neighbor: "Just what is Waldorf education?" In this lecture, Eugene Schwartz presents an in-depth and comprehensive answer to that perennial question. Here are to be found modern perspectives on the developmental picture that underlies Waldorf education, on the psychological premises that permeate the social life of the school, and on the intellectual rigor that informs the complex curriculum. If you can only purchase one lecture on Waldorf education, this is the one! $17.50
116: Freedom of Choice, or Freedom from Choice? Do twenty-first century children need parents who are more permissive, or parents who bring more authority? Eugene Schwartz gives some surprising answers to this and a number of other parenting questions. Eugene looks at the child's threefold path of learning and outlines a threefold path of discipline that evolves along with the child's changing consciousness. The essential differences between the Waldorf classroom and the home are also illuminated with understanding and humor. $17.50
125: Unfolding the Soul, Igniting the Spirit in Waldorf Education In this opening lecture to the 2006 "Essential Grades 3/4/5 Conference" Eugene lays out the teacher's task with clarity and depth. He examines the often misunderstood difference between "soul" and "spirit" and points to the methods by which Waldorf education awakens both aspects of the child -- at the right time, and in the appropriate way. $17.50 104: Letting Stories Teach This lecture, given to an audience of home schooling parents, Waldorf parents, and Waldorf teachers, delineates the powerful way in which stories work upon children. Eugene shares the genesis and development of several of his own "pedagogical" and therapeutic stories and gives insights into the way in which the "stories that live in the world" can be coaxed out of nature and even man-made objects. This lecture is a wonderful accompaniment to Eugene's book of tales, Why the Setting Sun Turns Red. $17.50 127: From the Hurried Child to the Worried Child: Does School Have to be Stressful? Although the maxim “Leave No Child Behind” evokes images of schools slowing down to allow every student to catch up, the reality of today’s educational systems is quite the opposite. Every child in the typical school is being compelled to speed up, to accelerate his or her ability to learn and above all to perform well on an expanding battery of high-stakes tests. It is no surprise that increasing numbers of children are succumbing to stress-related ailments, learning disabilities, and behavioral syndromes. Waldorf educator Eugene Schwartz contends that schooling does not have be so stressful. In tonight’s lecture he will show how the Waldorf approach proves that children learn best when education is suffused with rhythm and joy. Read a newspaper interview with Eugene $17.50 122: Fresh Air in District 6 Located in northern Manhattan, District 6 is one of New York’s most beleaguered school districts. Eugene Schwartz was invited to speak to an audience of African-American and Hispanic public school teachers about Waldorf education, and he agreed on the condition that he would have complete freedom to speak about the spirit of Waldorf pedagogy as well as its practice. The result, in the words of an audience member, were like “a breath of fresh air in District 6.” $17.50 124: Between Asperger and ADHD: Finding the Balance Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) continues to lead the list of most-commonly diagnosed behavioral difficulties among American children, Eugene believes that that will soon change. In this lecture he points to the less-well-known challenge of Asperger Syndrome and predicts that within a decade this newer syndrome will displace ADHD as the diagnosis of choice. What does this change signify? Are these “problems” really problems? This lecture provides an insightful view into the needs of all of today’s children. $17.50 126: Meeting the Middle School Challenge Asked by AWSNA to follow up on the concerns he had expressed ten years ago in his lecture The Sixth Grade Crisis, Eugene Schwartz presents a cogent critique of Waldorf practice in the twenty-first century. Eugene discusses the overemphasis on “brain-bound” research in the Waldorf movement and the slavish emphasis on “credit points” and “requirements” in the teacher training institutes. As an antidote to homework and tests, Eugene provides some stimulating insights into the teacher’s karma with her students and parents, and suggests soul-filled approach to the middle school years. $17.50
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