Earth Science: for Waldorf Schools - Paperback

by Thomas Wassmer (Translator), Hans-Ulrich Scmutz (Author)

Geography and Geology along with Astronomy in the high school years are all covered comprehensively in 200 pages in this remarkable treasure of science curriculum insight It will help not only high school science teachers but also lower school teachers to comprehend where in child development different aspects of science might belong, how at each age of the development of youngsters different approaches will be more successful, and the relationship between geography geology, and astronomy for the young human being to feel sure and oriented on this beautiful earth of ours. The book is carefully laid out, grade by grade and subject by subject for easy organization and reference. The unique and living way science is approached in high school lights up with each page and each chapter.

Author Biography

Hans-Urich Schmutz brings to this topic a Ph.D. in Geology earned at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, years of social work, and then more than two decades of Waldorf teaching and teacher training in a Rudolf Steiner School near Zürich. His teacher education has taken him to many parts of Germany and into Russia. His research and activities in the field of Geology have continued through his lifetime and he has published four books on the topic out of this ongoing research.