2024 SEA Study Tour - Germany, Switzerland, Thailand
What is the essence of Steiner education?
To truly know the world, look deep within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world
— Rudolf Steiner
In the Spring of 2024, our Head of School Deb Richards and Extra Lesson Teacher and founding parent Alison Whitmill joined with 15 other Steiner education missionaries, including current CEO of Steiner Education Australia Andrew Hill, to reflect on the questions:
What is the essence of Steiner education?
What does this look like in meeting the challenges of our current times?
How will we grow this education in our modern Australian context, while forging deeper connections with the natural and local heritage that surrounds us?"
This blog is a record of this incredible journey towards exploring these questions by visiting multiple schools in Germany, Switzerland and Thailand over a period of 17 days, and reflecting together each day on what was discovered. We hope you enjoy participating in this quest with us, and together we may begin to capture the deeper essence of what it means for us to be a Steiner school now and into the future.