Aliki Sapountzi

GOODNESS, BEAUTY AND TRUTH
Steiner-Waldorf education

This film sets out to show how the Steiner/Waldorf Curriculum is based on Child Development. A step by step account of what children are going through in their emotional, physical & spiritual body in classes 1 to 8 (ages 6 to 14) and how it is mirrored in the curriculum. It is clear and simple with no esoteric jargon.

GOODNESS, BEAUTY & TRUTH is an introductory video on Steiner Education, which focuses on child development, featuring John Burnett, Philip Shinton, Karla Kiniger, Astrid Maclean, Nick Brett, Colum Beagan, Martin Baker and the 1999 Michael Hall Olympics in East Sussex. It is filmed at the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School and Garvald Home Farm in the Borders. It depicts Caroline's kindergarten, Mr Darius' class 2 and follows Mrs Maclean's class from class 3 to class 8.

"I think the content is interesting and clear and suitable for the purposes of providing pictures for parents and prospective parents and introducing some of the 'ideas in practice' for students in their first year of study" Trevor Mepham, Steiner Education Pedagogue

A detailed review by Kevin Avison of SWSF appeared in 'Steiner Education' October 2003 Vol.37, no1.

Excerpts from the video in Windows Media Format (WMV)
1	Kindergarten (3-6 years old) Bread making day (Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School)
2	Class 3 (9 years old) Main lesson on the New Testament (Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School)
3	Class 3 (9 years old) Farming main lesson at Garvald Home Farm
4	Class 4 (10 years old) Smithy work at Garvald Home Farm
5	Class 5 (11 years old) 'Olympic Games' in Michael Hall, E.Sussex
6	Class 7 (13 years old) Science in Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School

Available in DVD and VHS Pal. Total running time 40 minutes. October 2002

Editor: Fiona Macdonald

Filmed and produced by Aliki Sapountzi

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