Education in Search of the Spirit: Essays on American EducationSteinerBooks, 1996 - Всего страниц: 236 Real education will always seek to strengthen what is best in the human soul: its longing for the experience of spiritual truth that brings into the self an objective appreciation of the noble aspects of its own nature, together with a subjective sense of real affinity with the rest of humanity, the earth planet as a whole, and the great cosmos above and beyond. The premise of this book is that a human being is a being of body, soul, and spirit, whose core is "eternal spirit," from which center one should strive to live. From this perspective, the aim of true education is to help our children activate this deepest center in themselves. For this, living, intuitive thinking must be brought to life in a new way. The organ for such thinking is the heart, where will and feeling join in uniting self and world, morality and truth, love and action. This book is in three parts. The first poses the problem; the second describes the Waldorf approach as a solution; and the third deals with questions of special interest to parents and educators alike, such as authority, discipline, and freedom; the nature of "genius"; and the question of cultural pluralism. The first edition of this book was titled "The Experience of Knowledge" in response to a clear call for experience in education. Certainly, if the sole purpose of education is to acquire information, learning becomes dry, abstract, and deadening. To have meaningful consequence in a person's life, "coming to know" must become an experience. Too often, however, such experience is understood simply as doing -- field trips, class projects, and so on. But "doing," if unconnected to the whole person, is just activity. To become true experience, it must speak out of, and toward, a student's secret center: the spirit. Hence, the author affirms that authentic education is always in search of the spirit. |
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... human being ; it sought to replace death by life . At that time , it had become clear to me , however , that much ... human heart , quickening it to " heartfelt " experience ? Mere observa- tions and thoughts do not suffice , even when ...
... human response that lies between the kind of know- ing related to the brain and the kind of doing that stirs the ab- domen , as it were , and activates the limbs . This third kind of power lives centrally , indeed , in the heart . We ...
... human nature , but in the nature of Nature itself , in the great universe within which we live . How can this be done ? Discussion leading to clear indications of method will of course be needed , especially if so - called Wal- dorf ...
... human soul's longing for peace and happiness . These become attainable , however , only when inquiry and commitment start from and engage the whole person . This process calls for the kind of ex- pectant trust that makes evident in ...
... human be- ings , we refer to this fusion of wide - awake consciousness and ac- tive will into a single point when the word I is used . It is the basis of our freedom to choose and to control our behavior . It is the basis for moral ...
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