%0 Journal Article
%T Conclusuion, judgment, concept: The quality of understanding
%A Jost Schieren
%J RoSE : Research on Steiner Education
%D 2010
%I Rudolf Steiner University College & Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences
%X This essay is based on the proposition that the pupils¡¯ level of understanding is a key indicator of the quality of teaching. Understanding, as a productive act on the part of the students, integrating subject and object, self and world, constantly extends the complexity of the context under consideration. In connection with R. Steiner¡¯s comprehensive description of human nature, three fundamental forms of this act of understanding are considered: namely, conclusion, judgment, and concept. These provide the basis for understanding meaning, for understanding oneself and for understanding the world. In correspondence to this trio stand the teacher¡¯s pedagogical skills - his or her ability to encourage self-motivated learning in the students. This happens not through piling up facts, but through teaching which is explorative in style, and which holds the cultivation of a questioning attitude in just as high regard as the collective discovery of answers.
%K Waldorf education
%K comprehensive description of human nature
%K conclusion
%K judgment
%K concept
%K human understanding
%K Rudolf Steiner
%K quality of teaching
%K pedagogical skill
%U http://www.rosejourn.com/index.php/rose/article/viewFile/47/80