Malaysia Waldorf Teachers Preparatory Course (Intermodule Workshops) with Dr Robin Bacchus (I) The Art of Science Teaching

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Dear friends,

The Malaysia Waldorf Teachers Preparatory Course Committee will be holding two workshops with Dr Robin Bacchus.

(I) The Art of Science Teaching – Strategies for Teaching the Curious Child (from 12 to 14 years old)
(II) Evening workshop (4.00 - 5.30pm) : Karma and Reincarnation in relation to Education, (This is an evening workshop which is open to public. For participants of (I) The Art of Science Teaching, entrance is FREE and attendance is NOT COMPULSORY.)

(I) THE ART OF SCIENCE TEACHING
Often Science is taught as a lot of theory that has to be learnt or memorised. In Waldorf Education however, we seek to develop a discovery approach to science phenomena that is unprejudiced, experiential, experimental, heuristic [trial-and-error]. Children should learn to build their own theory on the basis of their own personal experience.

At what age? 
Physical sciences are not introduced until children are 12 year-olds. This
is at a time to consider that some things happen by ‘chance’ and other
things happen by ‘necessity’ – that there are ‘laws of nature’. By
exploring such laws at this age they develop the ability to distinguish
between ‘cause’ and ‘effect’ which becomes a basis for logical thinking.

The highlights of the workshop are:
*Action research. 
*3-, 9-, 7-, 4-fold human being. 
*Stages of life in 9 septennials. 
*Life forces in learning. 
*Strategies for teaching 12 to 14 year old children.
*The art of science teaching; structure of lessons. From observation to
personal ‘theory’.
*Science experiments. Presentations and demonstrations of phenomena.

Date : April 12 to 16, 2014 
Time : 9.00 am to 4.00 pm (optional workshop until 5.30pm)
Venue: Kota Permai Golf & Country Club
1, Jalan 31/100A, Kota Kemuning, Section 31, 40460 Shah Alam,Selangor

Fee:
Early bird Fee(registration and full payment before 15th Mar)
Returned Participants (snacks and lunch) RM800
Returned Participants (snacks without lunch) RM750
Spouse (snacks and lunch) RM525
Spouse (snacks without lunch) RM475
New Participants (snacks and lunch) RM1000
New Participants (snacks without lunch) RM950
Spouse (snacks and lunch) RM625
Spouse (snacks without lunch) RM575

Registration and payment received after 15th Mar 2014
Returned Participants (snacks and lunch) RM1000
Returned Participants (snacks without lunch) RM950
Spouse (snacks and lunch) RM625
Spouse (snacks without lunch) RM575
New Participants (snacks and lunch) RM1200
New Participants (snacks without lunch) RM1150
Spouse (snacks and lunch) RM725
Spouse (snacks without lunch) RM675

* cancellation of registration is subjected to a cancellation fee.

For online registration: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S-8LiAI-URyjkcgGqsEcFLlFhGmWDeY7HcfDbOTheqk/viewform

Evening workshop : (II) KARMA and REINCARNATION IN RELATION TO EDUCATION
This is an evening workshop which is open to public. For participants of (I) The Art of Science Teaching, entrance is FREE and attendance is NOT COMPULSORY.

Rudolf Steiner showed that a deepened understanding of successive earth lives (reincarnation) formed the basis for true knowledge of the relationship of human beings and the cosmos. We will explore the implications that our existence does not just begin at conception and terminate at death. What impact does a previous earth life have on our current life and our next life? How can this knowledge affect the way in which we educate our children?

Date: April 12 to 16, 2014 

Time : 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Venue:Kota Permai Golf & Country Club
1, Jalan 31/100A, Kota Kemuning, Section 31, 40460 Shah Alam,Selangor 

Fee for public: Before 15 Mar RM200 ; After 15 Mar RM250 

For online registration: (Please register here if you would like to just attend this evening workshop)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fZUnFw2vW7bU6Lnomcg8TMgv64-uJzsYeD37UbMmwNE/viewform 

Speaker: 
Dr Robin Bacchus was born in Scotland and raised on a biodynamic farm in New Zealand. Robin has a PhD in Soil Mechanics. He later studied at Emerson College, England, for 2 years, before becoming a high school science and math teacher for 4 years in a Waldorf school (England). Robin and his family then moved to New Zealand where he was involved in founding the high school extension of an existing Waldorf school. Robin was then a class teacher for 8 years. In 1993 he became a program director for the Anthroposophical teacher training in Taruna College, a registered Private Training Establishment in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. In 2006, he served as an Advanced Form Drawing tutor in the 2006 Kolisko conference. In 2012, he started a 3-year Waldorf Teacher Preparation in Kansas, USA.

For registration enquiry, please contact:
Kelip-Kelip Waldorf School 03-51210626 / 012-2900766 
con...@waldorf.com.my

Please feel free to help us to promote this workshops. Thank you. 

Best regards,

Malaysia Waldorf Teachers Preparatory Course Committee