Elective Lessons in the Online Upper School Campus Pilot Project: Context-based Approaches to the Atom

Abstract

Our aim is to demonstrate how an online high school campus can open up new, practical paths within Waldorf education in response to current social challenges and central scientific questions. We focus on the example of a hybrid elective course in grade 11 that we developed and tested, offering context-based approaches to understanding the atom in the subjects of physics and chemistry. We describe the experiences we made with the course and conclude with some considerations for further development.