Literature
 

I.04 (bilingual) Centres and Peripheries – External Perspectives on One’s Own: Literature in Migration Societies
Susanne Kempe-Fenton, Guy Tourlamain, Rita Schumacher | Saturday – Thursday, 8 – 9.30 am
New poetic interpretations of literary works from the perspective of other languages and literatures
The further development of poetic language by authors of migrant background
The search for themes, motifs and images that unite humanity in films and literary works of world literature

II.14 (bilingual) Creative Writing, Storytelling and Story Listening
Ulrike Sievers | Saturday – Wednesday, 11.30 – 1 pm, Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
The world is full of stories waiting to be discovered, told and written down.
We will experiment with different impulses, listening and storytelling practices.
Everybody is welcome to discover the artist within themselves.
Course language English for general activities – individual exercises can be done in different mother tongues.

II.15 (bilingual) Drama
Stella Ottewill | Saturday – Wednesday, 11.30 – 1 pm, Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
In this course we will take a practical, experiential approach to working with drama, through games, exercises and scenes.

III.26 Hamlet & the Class 12 Student
Stella Ottewill | Saturday – Wednesday, 2.45 – 4.15 pm
In this course we will use Shakespeare’s Hamlet to consider
The evolution of consciousness from Odysseus to Parzival to Hamlet
How Hamlet reflects the inner experience of our students
Approaches to working with text in Class 12

History

I.05 Historical Overview to the Present and Beyond
Ágnes Balassa, Markus Osterrieder | Saturday – Thursday, 8 – 9.30 am
Markus Osterrieder will give an introduction to basic themes of world history in the 20th century: Nationalism and Internationalism; the Quest for Cultural Identity; Revolutions and Emancipations; Geopolitics (Geography and Economic Imperialism); the Rise of the Machine and of Artificial IntelligenceThe seminar will offer an example of the pedagogical approach to class 12 History lessons presented by Agnes Balassa just as well as time and space for discussions on questions related to history teaching in class 12.
We will focus on how to deliver topics of the present and the 20th century, and their connection to the past by triggering inspiring questions and awakening the activity of the pupils. We will lift the veil on what can be done for the overview of History and for studying the future.
The course will present different learning methods (projects, individual, group, etc.).
This course is suggested not only for history teachers but to anyone who is willing to apply these skills and techniques in their lessons or who simply is interested in a social science approach to class 12.

IV.34 (bilingual) The Approach of Global Questions and the Curriculum in Waldorf Schools –History in Multiperspective
Ágnes Balassa, Markus Osterrieder, Martyn Rawson, M. Michael Zech | Saturday – Wednesday, 4.45 – 6.15 pm
The course aims at training, deepening and refreshing the knowledge of History Teachers which can be useful in grade 12 just as well as in other upper school grades, also for other subject teachers interested in History.
There will be presentations and discussions on topics connected to the outcomes of the history project that has been running over the past two years in Germany (with some international work in China, Taiwan, South Africa, Canada and the US), and which has brought forth new perspectives on the history curriculum across all the grades.
Examples of questions that will be touched upon:
- How to address the Eurocentrism of the traditional Waldorf curriculum?
- How to balance local, national history with world history and overcome nationalist tendencies?
- How to deal with the question of Steiner’s cultural epochs in history teaching?
- How and when to deal with 20th and 21st century history in the curriculum?
- Clarify what is meant by symptomatic approach.
- Establish international research on Waldorf history teaching.