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Author : Steiner Rudolf
Title : Human values in education
Year : 1924

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Introduction. Christopher Bamford. Although each of Rudolf Steiner’s courses of lectures on what has come to be known as Waldorf education has its own special quality and value, certain seminal courses shine out with a unique light. Human Values in Education (originally entitled “The pedagogical value of knowledge of the human being and the cultural value of pedagogy”) is certainly one of these. It was held in July1924, which was the last glorious year of Steiner’s active life—he died in 1925. The context was a summer teachers’ conference, set in an unusual part of Holland among wooded hills. Participants were united not only by lectures, but also by meals, excursions, and almost continuous discussion and conversation. Thus they created what Günther Wachsmuth described as an “a splendid mood of intensive community.” Two months later, Steiner would give his last lecture, the so-called “final address” (September 28, 1924). It is not only sentiment that makes Steiner’s last active year remarkable. The year began with the founding of the General Anthroposophical Society with Steiner at its head (January 1, 1924). ...