Steiner Voices XYZ
Episodes
The Rhythms of Life: Steiner Education on Five Continents, and Bondi
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Tatum’s long career in Steiner education has taken her around the world, from her origins on the east coast of the US, to schools in Europe, C...
From Nick Cave to Parzival: Steiner Education in a State High School
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Killeen recently retired after teaching for 20 years in the Steiner stream classes at Castlemaine Secondary College, Victoria. Ken is a profession...
Ready to Step into the World: A Shearwater Journey
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thea Mills-Crockford has just completed Year 12 at Shearwater, The Mullumbimby Steiner School in northern NSW. Thea gained early entry into the Austr...
There Must be a Bigger Picture…!”
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rosemary Michalowski began her professional journey after starting a mainstream teaching degree but asking the question: Where is the bigger picture…...
Think Bigger: From Steiner Pessimist to Advocate
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here is a podcaster being podcasted! For his Class 12 Major Project, Steiner X Oskar Scarman created a podcast series called A Search for Meaning...
Poet, Philosopher, Story-Teller: Exploring the Power of Imagination
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steiner X Dr Luke Fisher has published nine books: five in academic philosophy, two volumes of poetry, and two books of childrens’ stories. Luke g...
A Rich World of Learning: The First Year in a Steiner School
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Pilko is an experienced Kindergarten teacher in Sydney and in this podcast she shares the beautiful first year in a Steiner school that chi...
Gym for the Soul: The Inner World of Eurythmy
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Collett teaches Eurythmy at two Steiner schools in Sydney. Her own education included a Major Project on Eurythmy in Year 12, but it after an H...
From Addiction to Actively Managing: Children and Screens
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Heard returns to Steiner Voices to discuss screens and how to protect children from the dangers of their addictive use. Although the evidence of...
The Magic of Making Things: Educating the Will
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Sanders is Design and Technology teacher at Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in Sydney. He teaches the artisan subjects where students produce use...
Steiner in the Centre: “The feeling, the aesthetics, the calm”
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Hatton has lived and worked in Central Australia for nearly 30 years, becoming fluent in Pitjantjatjara language and teaching in a bilingual sc...
Pioneering Parents: “Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained!”
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when your eldest daughter comes home at the end of Year 4 and says “I’m not going back!” Bill Wood was training teachers as a L...
Music of the Spheres: From Perth to Bali and Beyond
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Lawrence is an Australian teacher and musician who for the past three years has been an educational leader of the Madu Waldorf School in Ubud, B...
Birds, Beasts and Nature: Inspiring Science in a Steiner School
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Stanley Tang is not just a Science and Maths teacher at Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in Sydney, he is also an ornithologist and bird researcher....
"All the skills you learn along the way…”
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Wetzel has brought many skills to her work at Warrah Specialist School. The school is part of the Warrah community, a Steiner-based disability s...
From Weird to Wonderful: A Journey in Steiner Education
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eliza Allan grew up in Denmark, Western Australia near Golden Hill Steiner School, and from a distance, she thought the school was a bit weird: tod...
Steiner X: Building a School, Building a Garden, Building Community
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like being a founding student in a new school being built classroom by classroom? Do you have memories of deficit or an absence of facilit...
Steiner X: The making of a powerful story-teller and collaborative cultural leader
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After an illustrious career in theatre and the creative arts, Brenna Hobson is now Director of Programming at the Sydney Opera House. She was also ful...
Steiner X, Y and Z: The formation of a lifelong learner
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus Pater is a Steiner X, Y and Z: he is a graduate of Lorien Novalis School for Rudolf Steiner Education, Dural, Sydney, and is now both a teacher...
Meeting Infinity: Seeing the World Differently
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Montefiore is Senior High School Coordinator at the Newcastle Waldorf School. As well as teaching across numbers of subjects, Sophia is an arti...
“What’s in it for dads? The journey of a Steiner parent”
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Malcolm Day is an architect and builder (and happy labourer!) and a long term Steiner dad. He and his wife between them have put five children through...
Lyres and Levers: The Shaping of a Software Engineer
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Steiner X Series featuring former students. Max Chuquimia is a professional software engineer, working on mobile applications and AI. He credits ...
A Steiner School and a Soccer Team”: Reflections on a Class Teacher Cycle
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To agree to accompany her husband’s job move to a city in Australia, Katherine Arconati needed to find both a Steiner school for her children, and a...
“A Rich Toolbox of Approaches”: Steiner education and the roots of creativity.
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jonathan Spreer is Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sydney. He was entirely educated at a Steiner school, the Uhlandshohe Wa...
Teacher as Story Teller
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Emily Watts, a young teacher who has recently completed her first year in a Steiner Class Teacher cycle. In this episode she takes us inside her ...
How did a dentist help a parent choose a Steiner education?
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Steiner Y, you are going to meet parent Mary Heard and hear of her journey as a parent in Steiner schools, started by a comment fro...
Introducing the 'Steiner Voices Australia' podcast
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe now on all podcast apps! Welcome to Steiner Voices, a podcast series hosted by Steiner Education Australia. We’re a forum for some of the ...