- Asking questions
- Solving problems
- Tackling projects
- Finding passion
- Independence
- Being happy on their own
- Compassion
- Tolerance
- Dealing with change
He believes that we cannot predict what the future has in store for our children and that it is foolish and wasteful to educate them in preparation for what we think they will need. In high school the computer geeks sat by their lockers filling out bubble cards - who could have predicted all of this?
I agree that we need to teach our children to learn and allow them to love learning and follow their natural curiosity, to trust them to learn. We need to give them tools knowing that we cannot even begin to imagine how they will apply them.
I am not sure whether this list is complete or exactly what I would have written, but it is close enough for me to hold it up to what my children are learning and make see what I think. I am pleased and confident that they are learning these skills, and more!
“Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.”
― Rudolf Steiner
― Rudolf Steiner
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