Struwwelpeter 2.0

2 Media competency and Waldorf education
Waldorf education very deliberately
makes use of the opportunities offered
by the different periods of life and
developmental phases which young
people pass through in the course of
growing up. Accordingly the curriculum
is an artistic synthesis which is
constantly developing; but at the
same time it also watches out to discover
new skills and strengths which
each pupil can acquire in the course
of their schooling by various means.
It is the purpose of this publication
to show that Waldorf education can
contribute crucial perspectives for
the development of a developmentoriented
media education.
What does that mean for daily
teaching practice? What is the relationship
between the new challenges
and proven Waldorf traditions?
From what age should we deal
specifically and consciously with
electronic media? How can they
be used meaningfully and creatively
in lessons? What skills are important
in the use of media and when is
the basis for them laid?
The present brochure is intended
particularly for pre-school teachers
and teachers, but it can also be understood
by interested parents and pupils
because it largely avoids the use of
specialist terminology. It goes without
saying that this outline is a work in
progress which has to keep developing.
Above all, it wishes to give encouragement
to the pre-school teachers
and teachers who are actively
seeking to grapple with one of the
great educational challenges
of our time.
The team of authors—Franz Glaw,
Dr. Edwin Hübner, Celia Schönstedt
and the author of this piece—belongs
to the “Media competency and Waldorf
education” working group which
has been at work since 2012. The
other members of the working group
are Christian Boettger, Klaus-Peter
Freitag, Andreas Neider, Florian
Osswald-Muller, Dr. Martin Schlüter
and, for specific subjects, Dr. Paula
Bleckmann.
Henning Kullak-Ublick,
Hamburg, August 2015