Education Programs
Different Types of Programs
Foundation course
This 15-month long low-residency course empowers participants to build a foundation for themselves in the Goethean approach to science. It begins in the early spring with several online discussions and meetings before the first two-week summer intensive at the Institute, followed by a year of intensive study and mentoring and a final two-week intensive at the institute.
Other Courses
Coming Alive to Nature courses integrate exercises in critical and imaginative thinking, nature observation, and artistic activities.
We offer special courses for different professional groups. They provide individuals with opportunities to develop practical skills and to gain new perspectives in their areas of expertise. Here is an example:
Mathematics Alive! for middle school and homeschooling teachers
In addition, we give courses at other venues, nationally and internationally, on topics related to Goethean science and education.
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Institute staff and guest teachers offer workshops and talks that span a wide array of topics such as: evolution, whole organism biology, metamorphosis, projective geometry, light and color, water agriculture, soil & composting, mathematics, and astronomy.
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Fellowships
We offer fellowship opportunities on an individual basis for people seriously interested in developing the practices of Goethean phenomenology in their own field of work.
A fellowship at The Nature Institute presents an opportunity for individuals to deepen their understanding and practice of the science of phenomena, a science that is contextual, qualitative, and holistic, and which forms the basis of our work at The Nature Institute.