Zentrum für Kultur und Pädagogik
Center for Culture and Pedagogy
Affiliate of Alanus University
Vienna, Austria
Tilgnerstrasse 3, A-1040 Vienna
Contact information:
zentrum@kulturundpaedagogik.at
+43 (1) 504 84 83
Teaching language: German
Number of students: 75
Permanent faculty: 6
Guest faculty: 25
Study programs: Part-time programs: 1/2/3 years
Degrees offered:
Master of Arts in cooperation with University for Continuing Education Krems
Certificate for Teachers at Waldorf schools
The Zentrum für Kultur und Pädagogik was founded in 2001 as an institute for the education and further education of Waldorf teachers. Since 2007, it has offered a Master’s program in Waldorf education in cooperation with the Donau University in Krems. In 2009, the Zentrum became an affiliated institute of the Alanus University for Art and Society in Alfter, Germany. The main purpose of the Zentrum is to offer a contemporary and forward-looking education which will provide engaged teachers for Waldorf schools, on the basis of Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogy. This means working on new forms of understanding and a new consciousness of education, culture, and society. In addition to the Master’s program, the Zentrum offers numerous further education seminars for Waldorf teachers to promote their regular further qualification and professionalization.
The Zentrum also aims to be a place where scientific discourse can take place. Both in teaching and in research, we support dialogue between Waldorf pedagogy and other pedagogical and scientific approaches, as well as between art, science, economics, and religion.
An important further intention of the Zentrum is to intensify international cooperation among Waldorf teacher education centers. This led to the founding of INASTE, of which the Zentrum held chairmanship from 2011-2023.
