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Respect for the individual child and the integrity of childhood, upholding the intrinsic rights of children and active support for human and cultural diversity lie at the core of Steiner Waldorf education...
The European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education would identify three areas of rights for the implementation of education: Rights of the Child; Rights of the Parent; Rights of the Teacher.
Waldorf schools against discrimination. Available to download.
"It has come to our attention that uncorroborated statements have appeared purporting opposition to childhood immunisation as the official or tacit policy of Steiner Waldorf School Associations and the institutions they represent..."
Please download and read our full statement "Statement of ECSWE on the Question of Vaccination" below.
"ECSWE Declaration: Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. 04 February 2010."
Please download and read our full statement "2010 - EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION" below.
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ECSWE Newsletter 32 (May 2012) includes:
"Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2012"
by the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education / Alliance for Childhood European Network Group
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ECSWE Newsletter 31 (February 2012) includes:
"Schools as Learning Communities - A Conference in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair of Education at the Centro Universitario, La Salle in Madrid"
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ECSWE Newsletter 30 (December 2011) includes:
"First international European Waldorf Diploma conference at Emerson College"
"Saying it With Song and Dance - An International Music and Movement Week at the Ringwood Waldorf School"
"Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework Recognised"
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The Conference will be held with the collaboration of the UNESCO Chair of Education at the Centro Universitario La Salle in Madrid.
News that the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework has been officially recognised as an alternative curriculum.
ECSWE Newsletter 29 (November 2011) includes: "Science, Maths and Creativity – Reflections from Vienna"
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ECSWE Newsletter 28 (September 2011) includes: "WOW-Day 2011 - The Europe wide WOW-Day 2011 is almost here. It will take place on the 29 September and almost 150 schools in 18 countries have already applied..."
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ECSWE Newsletter 27 (May 2011) includes: "EDUCATION AND HEALTH - Can educational practices foster physical, psychological and social health?" & "WOW-Day - Shaping the world we would like to live in."
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For citizens’ freedom of choice and diversity of lifestyle in Europe
A report on the 'Sea Heart School' in Talamanca, Costa Rica, looks at Waldorf education in Costa Rica and the school itself.
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"Our standard of living in Australia is one of the highest in the world according to the UN Human Development Index, including our ranking in education..."
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ECSWE Newsletter 26 (March 2011) includes: "Freedom and Active Citizenship - ECSWE Conference in Järna, Sweden 14 January 2011"; "Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2011 - Volume 2"; "WOW Day" & "ELIANT"
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150 years since the birth of Rudolf Steiner, this 'ePaper' looks at the many areas of Steiner's life and legacy.
News item about Middle East Waldorf schools from waldorfteachers.com - 'Shalaam Shalom: Teaching children in the Middle East pathways to peace'.
Review in the Times Higher Education of 'Childhood, Well-Being and a Therapeutic Ethos'
This publication consists of talks given by a range of experts to The Quality of Childhood Working Group in the European Parliament. For more information and downloads click here.
Day-by-day account of the third international Alliance for Childhood conference 'Childhood in Balance' held in Budapest, Hungary, from 13-16 October 2010.".
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Social and Emotional Education. An international analysis - Fundación Marcelino Botín Report 2008 with an introduction by Christopher Clouder.
"Why Waldorf works has more to do with how the brain develops and functions optimally than Rudolf Steiner ever could have known..."
By Dr. Regalena Melrose.
An article by Dr Sebastian Suggate, July 2010 where he challenges the orthodoxy that as far as young children learning to read 'the earlier the better'.
Download and read this article titled "Overcoming Racism through Anthroposophy" published by the Anthroposophical Society in America, the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America and the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education.
Waldorf One World Day Newsletter 2009-2010. Available to Download now.
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"Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2012, Volume 3"
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