Camphill Academy | Evaluated Learning Experience
Human Development I
Version 1: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: describe the idea of the four-fold human being as it emerges in the development towards adulthood, distinguish three different aspects of bodily development and how these are promoted or thwarted in the first 21 years of life, recognize on hand of examples how the individual learns to take responsibility for their life and what questions typically arise in the learning process as the I meets the world, define the virtues of creativity, morality and wisdon as they can blossom as the spirit comes to expression in the last phases of life. Version 2: Students will be able to: appreciate the importance of biography to Curative Education or Social Therapy, study individual life story and distill main biographical themes and challenges, use a basic understanding of patterns in lifespan development, and particularly the seven-year rhythms described in anthroposophical literature, as a tool for perceiving and finding meaning in biographical and developmental processes and events, articulate leading motifs of a biography in imaginative or poetic formulation, observe a complex developmental situation and discover unresolved issues related to the developmental processes studied in the student's area of focus, articulate these issues in a clear and objective manner, give an imaginative characterization of a complex developmental situation as a meaningul biographical challenge, develop capacities to be able to accompany others through biographical challenges in a supportive way.