anthroposophy education foundation
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Mission Statement
Our mission Except for operating and assisting CiXin Waldorf school and maintaining the relationship with public sectors, the Foundation also has other missions as below: 1. Teacher Education Center We have a 3-year Waldorf elementary teacher preparation and a 3-year Waldorf kindergarten teacher preparation program. To incorporate CiXin school’s demand, we invite senior Waldorf teachers to conduct workshops as on-thejob trainings to teachers. 2. International outreach We support other schools in Mandarin speaking area by offering teacher preparation courses. Other international activities include taking part in Waldorf teacher conference on the global, Asia pacific and Mandarin speaking area levels, sending CiXin teachers to visit Waldorf schools or Anthroposophy institutes in other countries, and sponsoring CiXin teachers to attend training courses abroad. 3. Publication Five major focus of publication are: (1) offering Rudolf Steiner’s works in Mandarin in collaboration with Freunde der Erziehungskunst, Berlin, (2) translating and publishing the works of other Anthroposophists, (3) publishing the works from CiXin school teachers, (4) supporting the preparation of CiXin school internal resources, (5) free online articles posting on the Foundation’s website. 4. BD agriculture promotion A group of CiXin parents and teachers get together weekly to study BD agriculture and put their learning into practice on a land nearby the campus. The Foundation operates an educational farm together with a group of school parents to support gardening lessons at the school. 5. Anthroposophical Medicine promotion Current activities include: arranging study groups on Anthroposophical Medicine and therapeutic education; inviting qualified physicians, nurses, pharmacists to give public talks; coordinating in offering in-depth training courses for professional healthcare workers, offering therapeutic Eurythmy workshops and art therapy painting lessons. 6. Community activities and adult education On top of all the above initiatives, in order to continuously deepen the understanding toward Anthroposophy, we hold various activities like concerts, theatres, storytelling and puppet shows, handcrafts clubs, Anthroposophy study groups and seminars etc.
About This Cause
● Brief History Anthroposophy Education Foundation was established in Apr.2000. It is aimed through educational reform to realize the ideals of Anthroposophy, to build a new form of the society, and to elevate the cultural level of modern humanity. The operation includes: 1. Promoting the ideals of Anthroposophical education, 2. Establishing a comprehensive school based on Anthroposophy, 3. Organizing teacher preparation programs, 4. Conserving natural environment, reserving and cultivating local cultures, 5. Introducing thoughts and practices inspired by Anthroposophy, 6. Creating an environmentally-friendly and mutually-caring community, 7. Translating and publishing Anthroposophy related books and articles. With regard to fund raising, the main sources are: 1. Personal donation or business sponsorship, 2. Project fee through cooperation with public or private sectors, 3. Surplus from the operation, 4. Contributions from abroad Anthroposophy related organizations. ● Anthroposophy and Waldorf Education “Anthropo-”, from Greek, means “human” and “-sophy” means “wisdom”. Anthroposophy studies the wisdom about humanity, the nature of all living beings, and the evolution of the cosmos. It’s not a religion though its ways of thinking and practices are highly religious. It’s not a philosophical theory either, but to fully comprehend Anthroposophy does take highly concentrated thinking practice. Anthroposophy was founded by Dr. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), an Austria philosopher, spiritual researcher, social activist, and educator. He immersed deeply into the traditional wisdom and with his personal observations in the spiritual world, he created Anthroposophy as a modern path to reach spirituality. Waldorf education, Biodynamic farming, Anthroposophical medicine, Eurythmy etc. are practical and artistic works based on Anthroposophy. Waldorf education—whose schools are also known as Steiner schools—appeared in reaction to the crisis of modern education. It includes kindergartens, elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools, as well as its specific and independent teacher preparation programs. In some countries, there are Waldorf or Anthroposophy colleges which offer bachelor degrees. The first Waldorf school was established in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany, aiming to fully develop the inner freedom of human beings and realize social justice. Waldorf education can be seen as a means to respond to social problems through artistic and creative pedagogy. Nowadays, in more than 60 countries worldwide, there are more than 1,000 Waldorf schools, almost 2,000 kindergartens, around 300 therapeutic education centers, and more than 60 teacher preparation institutes. All these endeavors contribute to further the frontier of health care, agriculture, music, arts, philosophy and spiritual sciences etc. ● The first charted Waldorf school in Asia The story of creating CiXin Waldorf school can be traced back to year 1990 when the founder, Ms. Su Chang, first met with Waldorf education. In 1996, Ms. Chang started to transform CiXin kindergarten to Waldorf model; in 1999, she again ventured into extending Waldorf education to primary education and initiated an experimental education project. This school then became the first charted school in Taiwan in 2002 with a contract signed between Yilan County government and Anthroposophy Education Foundation. Ever since then, CiXin has frequently earned the highest grading in the inspection arranged by the government authority. In 2012, high school was started under the license of another public high school, and in 2015, CiXin was restructured as a 12-year consistent Waldorf school while the kindergarten remained as private. Ms. Su Chang, the founder, is listed as the host of the charter school project. As of year 2017, we have 33 normal classes plus 1 resource class with 905 students in total from C1 to C12.