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Mercury Press
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Insights into Child Development
A Study in Child Development Based on the Work of Rudolf Steiner
Paperback
January 1990
9780929979120
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Mercury Press - Published
1st January 1990 - ISBN 9780929979120
- Language English
- Pages 150 pp.
- Size 5.5" x 8.5"
$14.95
John Benians believed that the education of children is paramount. This book (originally titled The Golden Years) was first published when he was a teacher at the Wynstones School near Gloucester, UK.
Insights into Child Develpment offers invaluable insights for anyone seeking deeper understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s way of education.
C O N T E N T S:
1. Introducing the Spiritual and Physical Aspects
2. The Four Temperaments—Knowledge of Them in Olden Times and Their Importance Today
3. How to Recognize the Temperaments and How to Deal with Them
4. The Work with The Seven-Year-Olds through Stories and Acting
5. How the Teaching Can Bring Out the Positive Aspect of Each Temperament
6. The Changing of the Temperaments through Life
7. The Development of Willing, Feeling, and Thinking, and the Child's Needs in the Three Seven-Year Periods
8. The Young Child at Home and at School
9. The Work for the Various Ages in Accordance with the Threefold Development
10. Further Examples from The Middle and Upper School
11. The Being of Man from the Point of View of Body, Life, Soul, and Spirit
John Benians
John Benians was a dedicated Rudolf Steiner school teacher for some fifty years. His boundless enthusiasm and love of children made him an outstanding educator and lecturer. In 1937, Benians was involved in the the early development of the Wynstones Steiner School in Gloucestershire.
