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Annual Conference 2020 Annual Conference Staying Safe While Swimming in a Sea of Screens With Lowell W. Monke Ph.D. At the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY Saturday MARCH 14, 2020 Register Online at Winkler2020.Eventbrite.com.

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PAST EVENTS: 2019 Annual Conference Building for the Future With Douglas Gerwin PH.D., Waldorf Educator At the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY Saturday MARCH 23, 2018 Download conference program and schedule to learn more. Click on the link below for more information about the event, or to register online.                 2018 Annual Conference Caring for the Earth With Craig Holdrege PH.D., Director of the Nature Institute At the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY Saturday MARCH 24, 2018 Download brochure to learn more                       2017 Annual Power of Imagination Conference sponsored by the Winkler Center for Adult Learning Social Media and the Search for Community With Keynote Speaker, Lowell Monke At the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY Saturday April 22, 2017 Many of us have seized on this new 21St Century technology to try to recapture the sense of community that the 20th century technologies have helped to take away. A community is not just a group of people with a common interest, but many individuals sharing commitments, common experiences, and traditionally, a common public space. We are constantly reminded to reveal as little about ourselves as possible online. How do you build a community when everyone remains hidden behind a veil of semi-anonymity? Dr. Lowell Monke is Professor of Education Emeritus at Wittenberg University where he taught courses on the philosophy of education and the impact of media on young people. For 20 years prior to that he taught high school math and computer technology in the U.S., South America and Europe. Lowell is coauthor of Breaking Down the Digital Walls: Learning to Teach in a Post-Modem World (SUNY Press), which critically examines his pioneering work on global tele-collaborative projects. He was a founding board member of the Alliance for Childhood and served as a technology advisor to the Washington Waldorf School for eight years. He now resides in Parker, Colorado. Workshops: Eurythmy for social and interaction and creativity, Gardening, Handwork, Nature Walk, Painting, Simplicity Parenting, Singing. Click here to download program Click here to download poster     The Multidimensions of Healing: Keynote by Gerald Karnow, M.D. Panel / Workshop / Eurythmy Performance / Art Display The Winkler Center for Adult Learning invites parents, teachers, health care professionals, college students, gardeners, farmers, writers and artists to meet, discuss and learn about new ways of thinking about healing. What is the nature of healing? How does it happen? We are besieged every day by the news of traumas experienced by people worldwide. Close to home many deal with personal or family illness and face the many other challenges of life. A few questions that will be discussed are: • What are the sources of healing? • How do we deal with the unhealable? • What is healing for children? • How do we make change? Dr. Gerald Karnow brings a perspective gained from forty years of family practice, being a school doctor and working in the Fellowship Community in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker Medical School. He will address the many dimensions of healing from various points of view, physical, emotional and spiritual. Following his presentation there will be a question and answer period as well as a panel to speak with him and others who work as teachers, psychiatrists and in other healing professions. We hope for many practical outcomes from these discussions.   The Kingdom of Childhood: A course on Lectures on Waldorf Education by Rudolf Steiner With  Leonore Russell, Waldorf Teacher and Consultant Seven Sessions to explore this fascinating introduction to Waldorf Education, given in England by Rudolf Steiner. Readings and discussion, eurythmy and art based on the content of discussion of the lectures called "Kingdom of Childhood" by Rudolf Steiner. These lectures were the introduction of Waldorf Education to England. We will read, discuss, and apply the ideas to our understanding of practical life and education today. The Arts are included.   Click Here to Download Flyer

Children and Nature Making Connections for the Future Sponsored by the Winkler Center for Adult Learning Overview and Goals Can we take one day to explore together the reality that children and teens live in today? Following last year’s conference on the Digital Dilemma we will look at the tidal wave of electronics and virtual reality that may have taken a toll on authentic learning. We invite parents, teachers, health care professionals, college students, food providers, gardeners, farmers, writers, and artists and all those interested in our childrens’ future. Our keynote speaker, David Sobel and workshop leaders will share the research and personal experiences that underlie a new ethos: can we consciously turn to the living laboratory of Nature for content, experiences of knowledge and health? Where do we turn for workable models for children to access for imaginative, health building learning? What is the world of the young? Are we facing a critical juncture with implications for cultural change? What is real learning? Can we find solutions together? What do parents and teachers have to do to interest and engage youngsters in the natural world? What activities provide sustaining strength for life long learning? How do we find the hidden beauties of Long Island when we see so many cars? Keynote Speaker: David Sobel David received a BA from Williams College and an MEd from Antioch University New England. He was co-founder of the Harrisville Children’s Center in Harrisville, New Hampshire, and has served as a publicly elected school board member in Nelson and Harrisville, New Hampshire. He has also served as a staff development and science curriculum consultant at schools in New Hampshire and Vermont and has been a guest speaker and workshop leader for a variety of school and environmental organizations. He serves on the editorial board of the Holistic Education Review and is the author of Children’s Special Places and many articles on children and nature.  He is currently at work on two books on developmental psychology and ecoliteracy. Conference Workshops CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WORKSHOPS offered at this event.