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Curriculum studies
are approached in two complementary ways. In the first year there is a comprehensive study of child development in relation to the curriculum appropriate to it, in all its physiological, psychological and spiritual manifestations. In the second year each subject of the curriculum is surveyed as it develops from the elementary stages onwards, the emphasis being on anthroposophical background, resource material, teaching methods and classroom organisation and management. The study of Rudolf Steiner's educational lectures continues throughout both years.
Preparatory reading may be recommended at interview. Parallel reading during the course is also
required, together with regular assignments. These, in addition to the 720 contact hours, call for the kind of commitment that is in any case an essential requisite for teaching.
During the long Saturdays (0900/1 800hrs), there are three short breaks for social exchange in the supportive atmosphere of
Rudolf Steiner House. Wholefood snacks and meals are available. This gives time, too, to browse in the book shop or visit the library for borrowing resource material.
Schools with Upper School teaching vacancies usually require graduates in their respective subjects. Similarly, a good
general academic background is assumed for those intending to teach in the Lower School.
In both cases, this enables all curriculum sessions to concentrate on what is specifically 'Waldorf' in teaching. Hence the
student is prepared for a creative teaching career rather than being drilled in how to deliver a blueprint type curriculum.
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