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Embryogenesis

Course Category: 
Active Learning Experiences - Camphill Academy
Length: 

15 hours (variable – multi-day).

Location: 
Camphill Communities California, Soquel, CA; The Camphill School, Glenmoore, PA; Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, Phoenixville, PA; Camphill Village, USA, Copake, NY; Heartbeet Lifesharing, Hardwick, VT; Plowshare Farm, Greenfield, NH; instructor-led individual study at various locations across North America.
Dates: 

April 2006 - Present.

Instructional delivery format: 
Traditional classroom model
Mentor-facilitated Independent Study
Workshop Intensive
Learner Outcomes: 

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: develop the thought-picture of the super sensible preparation of conception and birth in the time between death and conception; explain the process at work in gametogenesis; characterize the four morphological phases in the developmental process of weeks one, two, three and four; describe the different dynamic qualities at work in these morphological phases.

Instruction: 

This course is conducted as a workshop in the third year. It is based on an anthroposophically extended understanding of the human being. Students consider the embryonic period which lasts for three months from the time of fertilization to the developmental stage of the fetus, exploring different signatures of the manifestation of a fourfold being and how it works into the threefold physical manifestation of metabolic-limb, rhythmic and nerve-sense organization.

Credit recommendation: 

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in Curative Education, Social Therapy, Social Agriculuture, Inclusive Social Development, Human Growth and Development, Goethean/Phenomenological Studies, Human Studies, Philosophy or any discipline that could benefit from such a complementary learning experience (9/07) (10/10 revalidation) (11/15 revalidation) (10/20 revalidation).

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