In these meditations on hand and eye, attention and uprightness, light and sound, death and resurrection, Karl König attempts to reveal the phenomena out of which writing and reading manifest-or fail to develop. An educational approach to the teaching of writing and reading arises from observation of these phenomena. Pressures on modern children to achieve learning outcomes in literacy are so great that soul development can be endangered. Where teachers have traversed and studied the terrain Karl König explores here, the children in their care can be nourished and learn in broader pastures.
About the Author
Dr. Karl König (1902–1966) born on September 25th 1902 in Vienna, Austria, the only son of a Jewish family who owned a shoe shop. He studied zoology, biology, and medicine at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1927. During his studies on embryology, König encountered the works of Rudolf Steiner through Goethe’s scientific writings. He immediately identified with Steiner and was soon acquainted with a number of his followers, including Ita Wegman.
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