The Waldorf School: An Introduction

What is distinctive about Waldorf or Rudolf Steiner schools? How do their pedagogical aims relate to the wide range of educational provision available today? Many people have heard of these schools, but few know much about them. Waldorf schools pursue an innovative educational practice that could enliven, inspire and renew many aspects of today's education system. This accessible and straightforward book describes the core concerns of Waldorf education and the current challenges it faces. It is intended for parents, teachers and trainee teachers, and anyone else who is interested in understanding what these schools are about, but who may not wish to grapple with some of the educational theories underlying this approach.

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The Waldorf School: An Introduction

What is distinctive about Waldorf or Rudolf Steiner schools? How do their pedagogical aims relate to the wide range of educational provision available today? Many people have heard of these schools, but few know much about them. Waldorf schools pursue an innovative educational practice that could enliven, inspire and renew many aspects of today's education system. This accessible and straightforward book describes the core concerns of Waldorf education and the current challenges it faces. It is intended for parents, teachers and trainee teachers, and anyone else who is interested in understanding what these schools are about, but who may not wish to grapple with some of the educational theories underlying this approach.

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The Waldorf School: An Introduction

The Waldorf School: An Introduction

The Waldorf School: An Introduction

The Waldorf School: An Introduction

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What is distinctive about Waldorf or Rudolf Steiner schools? How do their pedagogical aims relate to the wide range of educational provision available today? Many people have heard of these schools, but few know much about them. Waldorf schools pursue an innovative educational practice that could enliven, inspire and renew many aspects of today's education system. This accessible and straightforward book describes the core concerns of Waldorf education and the current challenges it faces. It is intended for parents, teachers and trainee teachers, and anyone else who is interested in understanding what these schools are about, but who may not wish to grapple with some of the educational theories underlying this approach.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783723515396
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
Publication date: 04/15/2021
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 4.60(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, teacher, and poet, and taught kindergarten for many years at the Bristol Waldorf School. His first collection of poems was Learning To Row (1999). He has won numerous prizes for his work, including an Arts Council Writer's Award and a Hawthornden Fellowship.

Table of Contents

Foreword Nana Goebel 9

The Origins of Waldorf Education and Current and Future Developments 11

A First Overview of the Waldorf School 18

School buildings 18

Pupils 20

Teachers 23

Finding Out More About the Waldorf School 29

Daily school life 29

Kindergarten 29

Lower school 33

Main lessons 33

Specialist subjects: Foreign languages 37

Handwork and craft 38

Eurythmie 41

Gymnastics and sport 42

Music 42

A glimpse of upper school life 44

The Curriculum 50

The first three school years 52

Class 4 to Class 6 56

Class 7 and 8 64

The Upper School 67

Class 9 and 10 67

Class 11 and 12 72

Pedagogy 77

Applied pedagogy 80

Temperament 82

Constitution 82

Mode of thinking 84

Imagination 85

Interests 86

Thinking versus will 88

The religious sensibility 89

Teaching Artistically 91

Teachers and their personal relationship to art 91

Using art in lessons 92

The art of education 94

Aesthetics 96

Technology and Education 98

Sources 102

Modern Challenges and Future Demands 108

External challenges 109

The relationship between state and school 110

Exams and tests 110

Internal challenges 112

Structure and impulse 112

Randomness 113

Stuck in a rut 114

The social task 115

Conclusion 119

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