Taruna College New Zealand is a centre for Adult Education offering an exciting range of formal and informal holistic courses and subjects inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner PhD. such as: Waldorf Teacher Education, Biodynamic Organic Agriculture, Anthroposophical Nursing, Art of Health and Coaching and Biography Workshops.

Programme Outline

This programme is delivered around three seven day seminars a year, complemented by independent study undertaken at home.

At the end of the programme as a graduate you will:

• Have learnt a range of new external treatments that can be incorporated into your clinical work
• Have a deepened relationship to healing plants and their qualities
• Be better able to help patients explore the
meaning of their illness.
• Be better able to support patients in being
responsible for their wellness
• Have evolved a contemporary understanding of the human being that integrates a spiritual dimension.
• Be able to bring theory and skills that enables you to be more effective at meeting the patients holistic health needs (physical, soul, spiritual)

Content Delivery
The seminars will include:
• Workshops
• Small group processes
• Lectures & discussions
• Artistic sessions
• Clinical sessions

Independent Study
Each year is based on a mixture of on-campus seminars (total 21 days per year) and self directed home-based study.
As a guide to the number of hours in studying, there is a notional 10 hours allocated to each credit, with 40 credits per year totalling 400 hours of study. Depending on your prior knowledge, skills and learning style, this may vary. The total hours includes the time spent on-campus at seminars, so the suggested home-based study hours to meet the theory and clinical-based requirements associated with the programme is about 7 hours per week.
The home-based study includes a variety of self-directed activities and projects including:
• Case Study
• Plant Study
• Learning Diary
• Clinical Log
• Practical Work