Course Outline
EDU782 The Art of Steiner Education
Course Coordinator:Bronwen Haralambous (bharalam@usc.edu.au) School:School of Education and Tertiary Access
2026Trimester 2
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
In this course students articulate why Steiner teachers call their teaching practice 'the art of education'. You will apply your understanding of anthroposophy and human development to reflect critically on how the art of education recognises and supports unfolding capacities in the human being and informs Steiner pedagogical practice.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Learning materials – You are required to engage with online pre-recorded presentations and asynchronous materials and activities prior to attending the workshop tutorials (both the weekly classes and the Intensive). | 1hr | Week 1 | 6 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – The live Zoom tutorial/workshop will be run in dual mode in real-time but will be recorded for those who cannot make the session. | 2hrs | Week 1 | 6 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 2 – A two day Intensive follows the 6 weeks of classes and will be delivered in dual mode synchronously and asynchronously supported by technology-enabled learning and teaching including zoom. | 7hrs | Week 7 | 2 times |
| Online | |||
| Learning materials – You are required to engage with online pre-recorded presentations and asynchronous materials and activities prior to attending the workshop tutorials (both the weekly classes and the Intensive). | 1hr | Week 1 | 6 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – The live Zoom tutorial/workshop will be delivered in dual mode in real-time but will be recorded for those who cannot make the session. | 2hrs | Week 1 | 6 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 2 – A two day Intensive follows the 6 weeks of classes and will be delivered in dual mode synchronously and asynchronously supported by technology-enabled learning and teaching including zoom. | 7hrs | Week 7 | 2 times |
Course Topics
Human Development
Principles of the art of Steiner education
Steiner pedagogical practices
What level is this course?
700 Level (Specialised)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Critically evaluate the principles that underpin the art of Steiner education in the current educational context. |
Ethical Sustainability-focussed |
| 2 | Critically reflect on how you can apply the art of Steiner education in your own learning and teaching. |
Empowered Engaged |
| 3 | Create an artefact that demonstrates how to enact principles underpinning the art of Steiner education. |
Creative and critical thinker Sustainability-focussed |
| 4 | Demonstrate written and oral communication skills and academic literacies including English expression grammar, spelling, punctuation, APA referencing conventions. | Empowered |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Enrolled in Program ED510 or ED705
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
A short written assignment will be submitted weekly for six weeks.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Written Piece | Individual | 30% | 100 - 250 words for each of the six written pieces |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 2 | Examination - not Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 20% | 10 minutes |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Portfolio | Individual | 50% | 3000 words - indicative |
Week 11 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Critical reflection on the Art of Steiner Education | ||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to review the weekly learning materials and activities. |
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| Product: | Written Piece | |||||||||
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| Format: | One blog submitted weekly for 6 weeks |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Organisation, Information literacy |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:The Art of Steiner Education in Practice | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to demonstrate how you can apply your knowledge of Steiner principles for the art of education in the current context. |
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| Product: | Examination - not Centrally Scheduled | ||||||||||||
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| Format: | Oral online examination (viva) due Friday Weeks 6 to 8. You will need to make a short oral presentation without the use of visual or media props after which you will be asked to respond to unknown and unprepared questions and to questions asked by your colleagues |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Organisation, Applying technologies, Information literacy |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Enacting Steiner - frameworks for action | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to create a portfolio of critical and creative responses to the learning materials and activities from the tutorials and the Intensive. |
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| Product: | Portfolio | ||||||||||||
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| Format: | This is a portfolio in which you will critically reflect on your record of your learning over the whole course. You will need to provide evidence of your participation and critical reflection on the learning materials, readings, weekly tutorial discussions and discussions during the Intensive in which you express your individual and unique point of view. A task sheet will be provided that identifies three main sections for your critical and creative evaluation: Steiner principles, their application and your creative response to them. |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
For online elements access to a computer and Internet is required.
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
Assessment: Submission penalties
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.
The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
Links to relevant University policy and procedures
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- Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
- Review of Assessment and Final Grades
- Supplementary Assessment
- Central Examinations
- Deferred Examinations
- Student Conduct
- Students with a Disability
For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
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