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Distance Studies
Certificate in Foundations
of Rudolf Steiner Education
This Part Time Distance Education Course is primarily designed to provide teachers with the philosophical basis necessary to support teaching in a Rudolf Steiner school. It provides an understanding of the basis of the Steiner educational curriculum together with a rich program of inner development based on artistic practice and observation.
It is open to all who are interested in working in Steiner education. Graduates of the Certificate in Foundations of Rudolf Steiner Education will have the beginnings of the professional standing necessary to sustain the quality of teaching expected by Steiner Schools. Modules are written in a weekly format and while providing a broad understanding there is an emphasis on experience and application through artistic exercises, observation, readings, research tasks with journal entries and essays. All modules have assessment.
Experienced Tutors are available by phone or email for student contact.
Qualification and Pathway:
Participants who have completed the course successfully will receive a Certificate in Foundations of Rudolf Steiner Education from Sydney Rudolf Steiner College. This Certificate will be important for those who are seeking employment in Steiner Schools. Intensives held at Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in January each year in curriculum and methodology for particular primary classes are recommended as a co-study.
Delivery:
Delivery is based on a combination of independent study with tutor/mentor support. Residentials are a feature of the course and provide an opportunity to share, question, support and learn from one other with direct contact with tutors. There will be 5 Residentials in the Course to be held in the school holidays. Residential programs will be a mix of lectures, workshops and artistic experiences.
Residentials are possible within schools with groups of teachers undertaking the course.
Course Duration: 550 Indicative hours over 2 years. Average weekly hours: 4.5
Time Schedule of the Course:
The module Introduction to Anthroposophy is a Prerequisite study for further modules.The seven philosophical modules and the five artistic modules are spread, with reasonably flexible delivery, over the 2 years. Study of the course can be spread over 3 years with discussion and approval by the College. Residentials normally occur in April, October, January, April and October over the 2 year course.
Overview of the Program:
Introduction to Anthroposophy:The four-fold nature of the human being, the human capacities of thinking, feeling and willing, sympathy and antipathy, and the growth and development of the human being.
Life Phases: Phases of development of child and adult, soul types and life crises as a pathway towards growth.
Introduction to Steiner Education OR Introduction to Early Childhood Steiner Education:
The Introduction to Steiner Education module will deepen the understanding of the human being encountered in the Introduction to Anthroposophy module and make connections between the curriculum and the methodology in Steiner schools with Rudolf Steiner's indications of child development, particularly in the 7 - 14 year age group. The teacher and the teacher's relationship to the child and the parents are studied, along with the Temperaments and how we can use this knowledge to educate in a health–giving manner.
Alternatively,students can choose to study the Introduction to Early Childhood Steiner Education module. This module is designed to give the student understanding of child development and care based on Rudolf Steiner's insights, particularly in the 0 - 7 year age group. Areas of study include: Working with imitation and example, supporting children's play, child observation and child study, nurturing the senses and providing creative experiences in the realm of story-telling, movement and the arts.
RPL with completion of this Distance course and this module is possible for the Certificate Course in Rudolf Steiner Early Childhood Education dependent on individual circumstances and merit, to be decided by the College.
Social Forms:
This module enables the students to understand the structuring of society in relation to social evolution from ancient cultures to elite globalization. It introduces Rudolf Steiner's views on current social issues and examines the concept of a tripartite ordering of society; the economy, culture and rights and how it appears in modern society.
Goethean Science:
Students examine through exploration of the principle ideas of Goethean science and through careful observation of natural and cultural phenomena – how this science is central to the development of anthroposophical spiritual science and Rudolf Steiner education. This module aims to develop a general understanding of the historical and philosophical background of Goethean science and its significance as 'a meeting of science and art'. Areas of study: Delicate Empiricism and Phenomenology; Delicate Empiricism and Phenomenology; Metamorphosis, Polarity & Intensification; The Archetypal Plant, Animal and Human Being;
Inner Development:
This is an introduction to the Anthroposophical path of inner development and the module compare this path with other spiritual teachings. It also explores the nature of the fundamental soul forces of thinking, feeling and willing and endeavours to enable students to find insights and perspectives for meeting the practical and personal demands and crises of life and work. Students work with the rhythm of observation and reflection leading from percept to concept.
Evolution of Human Consciousness:
In this module we ask the questions: What is the world and how do we describe it? What is our relationship to the world and how have we been shaped by it?
We ask these questions in a cultural and historical context and in relation to Rudolf Steiner's worldview on evolution. Students explore the rich life-story of the humanity, from the folk stories of the ancient tribes of the Middle East through to the multi-media phenomena of our post-modern global society, which is a fascinating and endless journey. Roman sandals, medieval Courtly Love poems, military diaries, the philosophers of the Enlightenment, Hollywood movies - all have their place in the world-book of our collective story.
The module also provides the foundation for teaching history in the Steiner/ Waldorf curriculum and includes some indications for teaching methodology.
Visual and Performing Arts: as a means to the development of both a rich inner life and a flexibility in imaginative processes leading to a balance in the life of feeling, thinking and willing together with the development of the artistic skills necessary for classroom teaching.
Painting and Drawing: Goethe and Steiner's colour theories; Shaded drawing; Form polarities arising from elements and ethers; Working with darkness and light; Principles of line, dynamic and transition.
Sculpture and Architecture:Practical experiences in observation and modelling; Metamorphosis of form and creative expression through clay.
Music:Elements of music: melody, harmony, rhythm, beat; Writing, reading, singing, listening and playing music.
Eurythmy: Movement as a creative medium for individual expression and for the expression of universal laws.
Speech and Drama: Working with language as a creative and formative force.
Experience of the visual and performing arts is an essential component of the course and occurs in the Residentials.
Course Fees and Enrolment:
Please download the enrolment application form below, print, complete and send to the College with the $200 non-refundable enrolment fee to secure a place. For assistance, or bank details for direct deposit, please contact the College on (02) 9261 4001.
Course Costs: 2 year program $3,600 includes tuition at Residentials. Individual modules $300.
Enrolment Fee: $200.00 non-refundable.
Payment Options available.
Enrolment by December 1 - Late fee may be applicable.
Coordinator: Linda St.Clair
Interstate Residentials
NSW - Mittagong
Location: Harmony Village17 Beresford St Willow Vale, NSW
Year 2 Date: January 18th - 20th, 2010
Year 1 Date: April 7th - 10th, 2010
Year 2 Date: October 5th - 9th, 2010
NT - Nightcliff
Location: Milkwood Steiner School3 Cecil Cook Ave, Marrara, NT
Year 1 Date: June 22nd - 25th, 2010
SA - Adelaide
Location: The Rooms96 Halifax St, Adelaide, SA
Year 1 Date: April 6th - 8th, 2010
Year 1 Date: September 28 - Oct 1, 2010
Enrolment Form
