Mathematics (HS 126)
Learning Goals
To come to an understanding of how Waldorf education is practiced and developed by math teachers in a Waldorf high school.
Course Content
The following topics are introduced:
- Objectives Of Mathematics teaching in a Waldorf high school.
- The Math Main Lesson Curriculum and its relationship to adolescent development. Special emphasis will be given to the 10th grade Greek Geometry Main Lesson.
- The Math track class curriculum.
- The various aspects of Geometry as taught in a Waldorf middle school and high school, including an introduction to Projective Geometry.
- Practical aspects of teaching High School Math (e.g., lesson plans, homework, testing, remedial needs, etc.)
- Preparation for further study (e.g., what does it mean for a middle school student to be prepared for High School, and for a High School student to be prepared for college?)
- References and suggested topics for further study.
For those students preparing specifically to teach only mathematics, the following additional topics are discussed:
- Projective geometry in the math program
- Foundations of projective geometry
- Path curves and the work of Lawrence Edwards






