This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Steiner or Waldorf pedagogy and practice in schools. Drawing on key research, it traces the origins of Steiner education from the original Waldorf school and shows how this approach has since been adapted and applied in educational settings around the world.
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Steiner or Waldorf pedagogy and practice in schools. Drawing on key research, it traces the origins of Steiner education from the original Waldorf school and shows how this approach has since been adapted and applied in educational settings around the world.
Martyn Rawson currently works on the Waldorf Master Programme at the Waldorlehrerseminar Kiel and at the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart on the International Master Programme in Germany. He is currently Honorary Professor at the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and is an alumni research fellow at Plymouth University. His research focusses on curriculum development in Steiner/Waldorf education, teacher education and learning as well as learning and development in students of all ages.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword (Gert Biesta). Acknowledgements. About the Author. Introduction. Birthdays. Good practice-dubious theory. The authors position. Steiner and/or Waldorf. References. Part 1 Rudolf Steiner and the origins of his educational ideas . Rudolf Steiner: "Stranger in a strange land". Biography and biographical mythos. Key stages in a varied career What motivated Steiner? Grand narrative or grand narratives? An epistemological and philosophical basis for Waldorf education. Who thinks? Knowledge as a productive activity. Working with a spiritual perspective. Steiner's experiences as a teacher and tutor. Education as part of the cultural domain, free from political or economic determination. The Education of the Child 1907. Steiner's spiritual anthropology. References. Part 2 Generative principles of teaching and learning. Generative principles and how to work with them. Five vignettes: The lower school main lesson. Optics in grade 7 . A craft project. Art history grade 10. A foreign language lesson in grade 12. Generative principles for teaching and learning. 1.Waldorf education takes the spiritual dimension seriously. 2. Sense of coherence is the basis for healthy learning and well-being. 3. The quality of learning depends on the quality of the teacher's preparation. 4. Children and young people need to be ready to learn and they need time to learn. 5. Learning is a rhythmical process. 6. The learning processes are structured over time. 7. Block teaching strengthens learning dispositions. 8. Direct experience is the basis for good learning. 9. Activating the imagination through vivid pictorial descriptions and images is another powerful starting point for learning. 10. A phenomenological approach enables the organic growth of knowledge. 11. The teaching must be artistic. 12. The self-activity of the students is essential to learning. 13. Good teaching and learning depends on the development of the senses. References. Part 3 Communities of Learning: generative principles. 14. The Waldorf class is a learning community. 15. Teachers support their pupils' learning and development by generating knowledge of them using assessment for learning. 16. The teachers are a collegial learning community with responsibility for the educational leadership of the school. 17. Curriculum presents the entire pedagogy including content, methods and learning outcomes in the form of competences. 18. There are a number of pathways to becoming a Waldorf teacher. References. Part 4 Waldorf education and the academy: positions, research and outlook. Introduction. Reception problems. Critique as polemic. Some key perspectives on Waldorf education. Alumni research. Studies of pupils in schools. References. Part 5 Waldorf schools around the world. The literature. Overview of the phases. After the wall came down. Waldorf inspired ideas in the world. Emergency education. References. Conclusions. References. Index.
Foreword (Gert Biesta). Acknowledgements. About the Author. Introduction. Birthdays. Good practice-dubious theory. The authors position. Steiner and/or Waldorf. References. Part 1 Rudolf Steiner and the origins of his educational ideas . Rudolf Steiner: "Stranger in a strange land". Biography and biographical mythos. Key stages in a varied career What motivated Steiner? Grand narrative or grand narratives? An epistemological and philosophical basis for Waldorf education. Who thinks? Knowledge as a productive activity. Working with a spiritual perspective. Steiner's experiences as a teacher and tutor. Education as part of the cultural domain, free from political or economic determination. The Education of the Child 1907. Steiner's spiritual anthropology. References. Part 2 Generative principles of teaching and learning. Generative principles and how to work with them. Five vignettes: The lower school main lesson. Optics in grade 7 . A craft project. Art history grade 10. A foreign language lesson in grade 12. Generative principles for teaching and learning. 1.Waldorf education takes the spiritual dimension seriously. 2. Sense of coherence is the basis for healthy learning and well-being. 3. The quality of learning depends on the quality of the teacher's preparation. 4. Children and young people need to be ready to learn and they need time to learn. 5. Learning is a rhythmical process. 6. The learning processes are structured over time. 7. Block teaching strengthens learning dispositions. 8. Direct experience is the basis for good learning. 9. Activating the imagination through vivid pictorial descriptions and images is another powerful starting point for learning. 10. A phenomenological approach enables the organic growth of knowledge. 11. The teaching must be artistic. 12. The self-activity of the students is essential to learning. 13. Good teaching and learning depends on the development of the senses. References. Part 3 Communities of Learning: generative principles. 14. The Waldorf class is a learning community. 15. Teachers support their pupils' learning and development by generating knowledge of them using assessment for learning. 16. The teachers are a collegial learning community with responsibility for the educational leadership of the school. 17. Curriculum presents the entire pedagogy including content, methods and learning outcomes in the form of competences. 18. There are a number of pathways to becoming a Waldorf teacher. References. Part 4 Waldorf education and the academy: positions, research and outlook. Introduction. Reception problems. Critique as polemic. Some key perspectives on Waldorf education. Alumni research. Studies of pupils in schools. References. Part 5 Waldorf schools around the world. The literature. Overview of the phases. After the wall came down. Waldorf inspired ideas in the world. Emergency education. References. Conclusions. References. Index.
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