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World Early Childhood Conference Dornach 2012  
"The Journey of the 'I into life - a final destination or a path towards freedom"

A warm invitation to our World Early Childhood Conference that will take place from April 1 -5, 2012 in Dornach!

This will be a very special event in many ways:

•   Waldorf early childhood education is practiced today in diverse cultures on all continents of the globe. If as many of you as possible come to Dornach well prepared with questions, ideas and experiences, we will be able to take home new impulses and fresh forces for our work with children, through our encounters and conversations at the conference.

• The World Teachers Conference that will take place just after the conclusion of our conference will take up the same theme : the mystery of the connection between the Spirit Being and the Bodily Being (Steiner). Thus a great number of educators around the world will be working with this central question for Waldorf education at the same time.

• Nearly 70  lecturers and workshop leaders from 15 different countries will share the treasures of their experiences with us.

• Many of us will undertake great financial efforts to make this conference possible : the participants coming from great distances, the sponsors who offer donations for travel support, and the presenters, who all ( !) have offered to forgo an honorarium to make this possible !

 

With best wishes and joyous anticipation for this great international gathering,

We send greetings in the name of the IASWECE Council members,

 

Claudia Freytag, Brigitte Goldmann, Susan Howard, Philipp Reubke, Jacqueline Walter-Baumgartner

 

 

 

Important information for the conference:

 

Registration is possible only through the internet: www.iaswece.org or

www.paedagogik-goetheanum.ch

 

 

Conference Fees : 350 .- CHF, including lunch and supper, as well as refreshments during the breaks. Die Zahlung ist mit Kreditkarte oder auf Rechnung ( Schweiz und Euro-Raum) möglich. In allen anderen Ländern bekommen Sie mit der Teilnahmebestätigung eine Rechnung mit Kontoangabe oder Sie bezahlen vor Ort in bar.

 

 

Workshops: Please register for one workshop in the morning and one in the afternoon.  If your preferred workshop is already fully booked, you will be put into another group – therefore please indicate your 2^nd and 3rd choices on the registration form.

 

Study Material:

As preparatory study material we have suggested the following:

 

« Education as a Social Question»,  Lecture 1 (GA 296)

« Study of Man (Foundations of Human Experience) », Lecture 11 (GA 293)

« The Spiritual  Guidance of the Individual and Humanity», Lecture 1 (GA 15)

 

The « Pedagogical Marketplace » : Between 5 :15 and 6 :45 PM each day, various events will take place which you can spontaneously choose to participate in : country reports, research reports, presentation of special projects and initiatives, as well as podium discussions. If you would like to offer a presentation initiative or podium discussion, please register before January 15 , 2012. at info@iaswece.org.

After this date, an exact list of events will be published on the website at www.iaswece.org. It will also appear in the conference program that each participant will receive at the Goetheanum. 

 

Evening Events : On Sunday and Monday these will be presented by artists who have already had great success : the Brazillian group « terra nova »  will open the conference with a lively program from South America. The Eurythmy Ensemble « Kairos » under the direction of Ursula Zimmermann was already very popular at the world conference in 2005. Margrethe Solstad  und die Goetheanum Bühne werden ebenfalls mitwirken.  Margrethe Solstad and the Goetheanum Stage Group will perform during the second half of Monday evening. On Tuesday, the success of the evening depends on the participants ! During this evening, « Music from around the World », we hope that sounds from the participants from all over the world will fill the hall. This music will replace the evening of reports from around the world at previous conferences.  We hope you will participate ! Please register your contribution with Philipp Reubke at ph.reubke@iaswece.org.

 

Night Program: After the evening program, there will be a Night Café where the events of the day can echo. In addition, there will be folk dancing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The more that participants bring along instruments, music and dances, the more interesting this will become ! Please contact Thomas Tirler in the evening or in advance at tho7ti9@web.de.

 

Accommodation: The registration form offers various categories of accommodations (sleeping bag spaces, guest houses, hotels, etc.) Please choose a category and the information will be sent to you by e-mail  prior to the conference .

 

Travel Support : You can apply for support by email to info@iaswece.org.  We need your name, address and e-mail address, as well as the name, address and e-mail address of the place where you work. Please let us know the anticipated cost of your travel, as well as the level of desired support. The extent to which we can offer support depends on our success in raising funds for this.  able to make final award . Travel support awards will be made in cash when you arrive in Dornach.