Class 12 (Year 13: Age 17-18 Years): “Synthesis” 

 

Whaia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei. 

Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain 

 

 

This year is the culmination of an education which seeks to produce individuals who will work with a sound understanding of both themselves and the world.  It is in this last year that one hears all the “tones” of the preceding years sounding in harmony, where the young adults of this age are themselves as members of a greater world where the moral and the scientific, the inner and the outer, form a single whole. 

 

The lessons in this year form the grand synthesis of the whole education, with material which gives a broad overview and understanding of the whole curriculum in such things as "The History of Architecture", and "The History of Philosophy". The content of the subjects directs itself to the current world view in relation to that field of endeavour.  

 

The students stand firmly in the contemporary age, taking the best of the past into a future which is yet to unfold.  It is here that one sees the fruits of a Waldorf education in young adults who stand courageously and with integrity as free individuals, secure within values which give meaning to life. 

 

The Teachers’ Pedagogical Aims For Class 12 Are: 

 

• To perceive the inter-dependence of phenomena, processes and human endeavours 

• To be able to acknowledge one’s own strengths, weaknesses, capacities, learning needs, learning style 

• To be aware of themselves as members of a world community 

• To feel in command of their future direction/destiny 

• To have well-developed moral, ethical and personal standards 

• To make visible and refine their areas of strengths 

• To find appropriate ways of dealing with their areas of weaknesses 

• To be able to stand by the fruits of their creation/productivity 

• To foster a sense of one’s potential to make a difference