Almost 11 million schoolchildren throughout Germany have been working in their “home office” since mid-March. For a major part of them, learning during the coronavirus pandemic takes place within their own four walls, isolated from their classmates. Digital media are frequent companions during tuition and leisure time. The young people first have to learn to use them responsibly – not only in the current exceptional situation. Screen-free times included.

“Inspiration Biene” (Bee an Inspiration) explores the various connections between bees and education. The project, which includes teaching materials and a textbook, ranges freely in its thinking across disciplines and thus contributes to the dialogue between science and living nature.

In an era of home schooling and the increasing transfer of online knowledge, the result of a scientific study of 266 kindergarten children and primary school pupils should make us sit up and take notice. The imaginative power of three to nine-year olds developed more slowly, the longer they used screen media on a daily basis.

Waldorf schools are urgently looking for new talent. Every year, around 600 new teachers are needed nationwide. Two students from Alanus University in Alfter near Bonn report on how the part-time master’s degree course in Pedagogy/Waldorf Education is preparing them for their careers as schoolteachers.

An expanded farm shop with a café opens up additional areas of activity and training options for residents of the Fleckenbühler community near Marburg. This benefits people with addiction disorders as well as visitors who can shop or enjoy a coffee here in a relaxed atmosphere.