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School Renewal
A Spiritual Journey for Change
Paperback
April 1999
9780880104937
More details
- Publisher
SteinerBooks - Published
1st April 1999 - ISBN 9780880104937
- Language English
- Pages 192 pp.
- Size 6" x 9"
$19.95
As a result of today's crisis in education, people are beginning to realize that schools involve far more than providing children with knowledge and skills. Schools are communities and, like all communities, may be healthy or unhealthy.
School Renewal addresses the problems and challenges of a school community. Through the use of fairy tales, myths, and the personal experience of Waldorf education, Torin Finser describes how both teachers and parents can come to grips with common problems such as burnout, interpersonal conflicts, and the traps of routine.
Most important, the author stresses that an educational community must come to terms with the many unseen dimensions of each individual. He shows how these little-understood aspects of the mind can be cultivated and nourished to keep the school and education alive.
School Renewal does not offer mere formulas, dogmas, or slapdash solutions. Instead, it encourages a new way of thinking about education and personal growth—for children and for the adults who care about them.
This book is also available in Spanish: Renovación escolar: Un viaje espiritual hacia el cambio
C O N T E N T S:
1. Introduction
Stained-glass Windows
Ewen’s Heart Cup
2. Sarah’s Story
One Day in the Life...
Three Years Later...
Meanwhile, back at School...
Nowhere to go
3. It’s a Balancing Act
Two Companions on the Journey
Another Companion
The Spark of Life
Technology and Faith
Balance
4. Looking in the Mirror
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
The Martyr
Personal Change
I Need to Be Loved
5. Tools for the Inner Journey
Remember when...
Reading Destiny
Learning to Pray Again
Sleep
6. Relating to One Another
Soul Landscapes
To Be Alone or Together
Mentoring and Evaluation
7. Learning Group Skills
Stages of Group Development
Separation and Return
Framing
Affirming Decisions
8. Leadership and Community
Parent Evenings
Facilitation
Leadership
The New Community
Torin M. Finser
Torin M. Finser received his PhD in educational leadership from Union Graduate School, his MA in education from Adelphi University, and his BA from Bowdoin College. He taught at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, where he also served as faculty chairman. He has done extensive consulting with schools in organizational dynamics and leadership development and has been a keynote speaker at conferences around the world.
Dr. Finser is the author of numerous books, beginning with School as a Journey (1995), which has been translated into Mandarin, Farsi, Thai, Arabic, Korean, and Spanish. Torin has served as General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America and Chair of the Education Department at Antioch University New England, and is currently Director of Waldorf Programs.
A founder of the Center for Anthroposophy, he has recently pioneered their new Building Bridges Program for practicing teachers in independent and charter schools and Explorations for Waldorf parents. Educational History PhD, Union Graduate School, 1994 Educational Leadership with emphasis on Teacher Stress/Renewal MA, Adelphi University, 1978 Education BA, Bowdoin College, 1977 Double major in history and German Literature. Graduated in three years, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Waldorf, 1960–1974 Student at three Waldorf Schools: Rudolf Steiner School in NYC Green Meadow Waldorf School, NY, Freie Waldorf Schule in Krefeld, Germany.
Torin is married to Karine, has six children, and is also now a very happy grandfather!
