Social Education » masterpiece http://www.forumjuizes.org Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:53:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Waldorf Education – A 21St Century Masterpiece http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-21st-century-masterpiece http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-21st-century-masterpiece#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:11:38 +0000 Admin http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-21st-century-masterpiece The first Waldorf school was initiated in 1919 by the Austrian spiritual scientist, Rudolf Steiner.   Today there are over a thousand schools in over sixty countries around the globe.   From Wikipedia: “The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination in learning, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component.   Studies of the education describe its overarching goal as providing young people the basis on which to develop into free, moral and integrated individuals, and to help every child fulfill his or her unique destiny. ” If a creative soul wanted to originate a system of education that developed the potential of its students in an optimal way, that person would base the model on a deep understanding of the human being.   Such an understanding would have to entail the whole human being, especially the deeper, spiritual aspects.   That is why our current, mainstream forms of education fail so miserably  – we live in a materialistic age, and most of the people in charge of education have little knowledge of the more substantial aspects of humanity. Because the Waldorf system is, in a sense, a deep pool to enter, in terms of coming to understand it, several points need to be considered.   Some of the main aspects are presented below. Considerations Regarding Waldorf Education: Waldorf Education strives to focus holistically, that is, to develop all three functions of the human soul  – thinking, feeling and willing  – on an equal basis.   Thus, in addition to academic training, art, music, and drama are presented (the feeling arena), as well as the doing of things  – fine motor activity such as handwork, and agility/coordination exercises (the willing arena). By comprehending the long term social/spiritual evolution of humanity, Steiner was able to re-capitulate that development in his educational vision, and to align it in such a way as to match the particular age of a child directly with the curriculum.   Steiner fine-tuned this so that the body of story content presented to any given age resonates with the consciousness of the child, as it changes and advances through the grades.   Norse myths, for example, meet the specific nature of the child’s consciousness in Grade Four in an abiding way. The stories reside in the main lesson material in a core manner. They are the heart of the lessons, from which the various subjects are integrated and counter-woven. The Waldorf teacher strives to present content from the whole to the parts.   As much as possible, reductionist approaches are avoided, and holism prevails. Of utmost importance is avoiding over-taxing the natural unfolding of the child’s etheric constitution.   Overly intellectual activity in a child before age 9, and especially before age 7  – such as reading, with it’s excessive mental demand (coding, de-coding, culturally contrived mental gymnastics)  – not only can damage the child’s health in subsequent years, due to excessive drain on the constitution-forming etheric forces, but proves to be of no long term value (see next point).   The debilitating effects of such practices are experienced in eyesight, constitutional energetics, the immune system, and later on in life, a variety of hardening effects (sclerotic conditions, hardening of arteries, etc. ).   To view the whole article visit the Insight21 site.

]]> http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-21st-century-masterpiece/feed 0 Waldorf Education – a Social Masterpiece http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-social-masterpiece http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-social-masterpiece#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:37:15 +0000 Admin http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-social-masterpiece The first Waldorf school was initiated in 1919 by the Austrian spiritual scientist, Rudolf Steiner.  Today there are over a thousand schools in over sixty countries around the globe. 

From Wikipedia:

“The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination in learning, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component.  Studies of the education describe its overarching goal as providing young people the basis on which to develop into free, moral and integrated individuals, and to help every child fulfill his or her unique destiny.”

If a creative soul wanted to originate a system of education that developed the potential of its students in an optimal way, that person would base the model on a deep understanding of the human being.  Such an understanding would have to entail the whole human being, especially the deeper, spiritual aspects.  That is why our current, mainstream forms of education fail so miserably  – we live in a materialistic age, and most of the people in charge of education have little knowledge of the more substantial aspects of humanity.

Because the Waldorf system is, in a sense, a deep pool to enter, in terms of coming to understand it, several points need to be considered.  Some of the main aspects are presented below.

Considerations Regarding Waldorf Education:

                    

Waldorf Education strives to focus holistically, that is, to develop all three functions of the human soul  – thinking, feeling and willing  – on an equal basis.  Thus, in addition to academic training, art, music, and drama are presented (the feeling arena), as well as the doing of things  – fine motor activity such as handwork, and agility/coordination exercises (the willing arena).

By comprehending the long term social/spiritual evolution of humanity, Steiner was able to re-capitulate that development in his educational vision, and to align it in such a way as to match the particular age of a child directly with the curriculum.  Steiner fine-tuned this so that the body of story content presented to any given age resonates with the consciousness of the child, as it changes and advances through the grades.  Norse myths, for example, meet the specific nature of the child’s consciousness in Grade Four in an abiding way.

The stories reside in the main lesson material in a core manner. They are the heart of the lessons, from which the various subjects are integrated and counter-woven.

The Waldorf teacher strives to present content from the whole to the parts.  As much as possible, reductionist approaches are avoided, and holism prevails.

Of utmost importance is avoiding over-taxing the natural unfolding of the child’s etheric constitution.  Overly intellectual activity in a child before age 9, and especially before age 7  – such as reading, with it’s excessive mental demand (coding, de-coding, culturally contrived mental gymnastics)  – not only can damage the child’s health in subsequent years, due to excessive drain on the constitution-forming etheric forces, but proves to be of no long term value (see next point).  The debilitating effects of such practices are experienced in eyesight, constitutional energetics, the immune system, and later on in life, a variety of hardening effects (sclerotic conditions, hardening of arteries, etc.).

To view the whole article visit the Insight21 site at www.insight21.net




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]]> http://www.forumjuizes.org/waldorf-education-a-social-masterpiece/feed 0 Role of Higher Education Counselor for choosing the top university or college in abroad http://www.forumjuizes.org/role-of-higher-education-counselor-for-choosing-the-top-university-or-college-in-abroad http://www.forumjuizes.org/role-of-higher-education-counselor-for-choosing-the-top-university-or-college-in-abroad#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:23:46 +0000 Admin http://forumjuizes.org/role-of-higher-education-counselor-for-choosing-the-top-university-or-college-in-abroad

My responses to this topic will include the most honest reflection of those experience-based and observation-based biases that I can offer. Our role as a counselor is to demonstrate genuineness by being transparent, showing unconditional positive regards like accepting caring, valuing & respecting and to convey a deep level of understanding.

We know to help a student choose a college is a big decision either nationally or globally, Like any other product or service it is important to be smart consumer when choosing the university Abroad. We should sit on one to one basis and motivate the students to take up studies abroad by indulging the knowledge and value of graduation from a foreign university. Before we give them the information we must know the country, weather, lifestyle and very importantly the universities ranking, eligibility criteria, fees structure, scholarship, accommodation etc. We can cater to the students according to the eligibility. Apart from this we can ask coordinate with their parents to discuss on their child’s career, by showing testimonial, our website details promising words about the guidance through visa stamping and post landing services and so on.

Giving the information, where a university stands in the pecking order of higher education is a vital piece of information for any prospective student, but the quality of the course is what matters most. The most modest university may have a center of specialist excellence and even leading universities have average departments. As a counselor we should discover the skills, interests, values and issues seem to be recurrent in students looking for their careers to study in UK, USA, Australia, Canada and other countries. By learning in a variety of settings such as content focused, experimentally based, interactive, supportive, informal and highly structured we can select the features that best fit career goals with some systematic observation

 Counseling offers a unique opportunities to be a part of an experiment in learning & guiding. Dedicated towards the idea of counseling about studying abroad, be sure to consider a search, where website is a good place to begin. We should take a course work facilitated by exceptional university & program which gives more information.

While suggesting the university we should clearly see to the previous background of their education. We should determine what type of university the students are looking for,

Determine what type of program they would like to choose, determine what best would suit their personal, Academic & financial profile or parameters.

 Beyond this our service & program should promote personal/social, educational & career development of students, it should provide a range of guidance/counseling from development focus to a responsive/remedial focus. Counseling can serve as a guide or checklist for a person wanting to acquire or to enhance the skills in their career. Theory and knowledge considered essential for profession engaging in career counseling in understanding, evaluation & conducting research.

Higher education counselor is that each of us is permitted to discover ways of helping others that fit us best, as long as we maintain ethical and competence standards established by our peers that include content and information acquisition, skill development through systematic modeling and supervision, process interaction with the concerned person, refinement of counseling interventions through feedback.

Counselors receive exposure to the core knowledge base of our profession including developmental theory, career development, assessment, multicultural awareness, and individual and group interventions as well as training in the skills of helping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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