The Science Says It All in Waldorf Education! December 13 2024
A more-than-perfect gift!
Waldorf Publications is proud to announce two new books by author Michael Holdrege. These books cover the life science curriculum in a Waldorf High School. The ninth and tenth grade life science curriculum is described in From Mechanism to Organism, Enlivening the Study of the Human Organism. The eleventh and twelfth grade life science curriculum is explained in Holdrege’s second book, Embryology, Genetics, and Ecology, Windows into the Dynamics Nature of Living Organisms.
The sciences in Waldorf Education are treated very differently than in more mainstream education. There are many more elements in the approach to education in Waldorf schools than in standard schools, making the sciences more thoroughly comprehended. These two books will lead readers through the deeper thought behind the Waldorf way of instructing the young on this important subject — life sciences.
Teachers in Waldorf schools are interested in instilling in their students a sense of wonder in all topics. A reverence for the world and for all life is a mood of soul that teachers would wish all youngsters might have. This inner sense of respect for all of life holds a secret for the future success of all sciences—and all knowledge. To grow a reverent interest in the living world around us beyond possession, exploitation, and manipulation is the most important goal in this approach to science learning; experience-based knowledge in Waldorf education. To begin with reverence for every human life leads to an understanding of the miracle of all living things, their intrconnectedness. This sense of respect, reverence, and care changes everything.
From Mechanism to Organism and Embryology, Genetics, and Ecology are superb books to discover the deeper wisdom of the Waldorf approach to science. Well written, beautifully illustrated, clear, and grounded in decades of Michael Holdrege’s fine Waldorf teaching, these books are for anyone interested the compelling and layered comprehension in leading the young to ponder, realize, and live in consciousness of the power of life, the connectedness of all living things, and the glory of life on earth!