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Gudommelig gymnastikk – kroppslighetens plass i Rudolf Steiners pedagogiske tenkning

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ABSTRACT English title: Divine Gymnastics - The Significance of the Body in Rudolf Steiner's Pedagogy This article discusses how Rudolf Steiner’s belief in the importance of the body and movement inschool comes across in his book Oppdragelse og tidens andliv (1986) a collection of public lecturesheld in 1923 in Ilkley, England. I will juxtapose Steiner’s descriptions of the body’s significance forchildren’s processes of bildung with other ideas of reform pedagogy. My intention is to see whetherSteiner’s appreciation of the body and movement in school can be of relevance to today’s debate oneducational policy. Steiner views bodily processes as a foundation for mental processes and arguesthat one should make movement a central part of schools’ artistic work and view it as a contributionto the holistic processes of bildung. In the lectures, he places special emphasis on eurythmy as aschool subject. The conclusion is that Steiner’s lectures contribute to viewing education as somethingmore than knowledge-acquisition.