A central problem of learning history is being able to understand and imagine the consciousness of people who are distant from us in time. This workshop, based on the work of Rudolf Steiner and Owen Barfield, offers an opportunity to look at history by way of understanding the evolution of consciousness and to explore ways this understanding can inform how history is taught. Discover new inspiration for your work and come away with new ideas as you and your colleagues bring your own curricula to discuss, compare, and share.

Your workshop includes lecture, discussion, curriculum sharing, and artistic activity.

Stephen Keith Sagarin, PhD, is a member of the Core Faculty of the Sunbridge Elementary Teacher Education Program. He is also Faculty Chair, co-founder, and teacher at the Berkshire (formerly Great Barrington) Waldorf High School, MA. A former Editor of the Research Bulletin of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education, Dr. Sagarin writes, lectures, mentors teachers, and consults with Waldorf schools on teaching and administration. He has taught history of education at Teachers College, NY; human development at the City University of New York; and U.S. and world history at Berkshire Community College. He is the author of “The Story of Waldorf Education in the United States: Past, Present, and Future” (SteinerBooks, 2011), the only history of Waldorf Education in the United States. His blog, “What is Education?” may be found at ssagarin.blogspot.com. Dr. Sagarin has a PhD in history from Columbia University and a BA in art history and fine art from Princeton University. He has been a Waldorf teacher for most of his career, including twelve years at the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY, the high school from which he graduated.

Eurythmy with Brigida Baldszun