108: Working with Dificult Children
There are growing numbers of "difficult children" in all schools, and Waldorf schools are no exception. This lecture explores just what it is that makes a child difficult to teach or to manage, and contends that a classroom problem usually carries the seeds of its own solution. Eugene also explores the teacher's role in this dynamic.
111: The Inner Path of the Teacher
Rudolf Steiner was unequivocal concerning the teacher's responsibility towards his or her own inner life as the sine qua non of a healthy classroom. As the Waldorf movement spreads, however, the relationship of many teachers to the anthroposophical path of inner development has diminished. Can this trend be reversed? This lecture suggests some ways in which Steiner's path can be traversed.
126: Meeting the Middle School Challenge
Mainstream school districts are finding it harder than ever to hire teachers who wish to teach "middle school" or "junior high" students. Twelve now seems to be the new eighteen, and pre-teens struggle with emotional and behavioral difficulties once seen only in the upper high school years. Eugene looks at the way in which Waldorf schools are meeting this challenge, and finds that they are not always up to task, either. What will it take to work with young people at this destiny-laden age?




