Waldorf Schools and the History of Steiner Education An International View of 100 Years /

• Main Author: Stehlik, Thomas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education
• Subjects: Alternative Education.; Art education.; Education-History.; International education .; Comparative education.; Schools.; Creativity and Arts Education.; History of Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Schools and Schooling.

This book marks the centenary of the first Waldorf School, established by Rudolf Steiner in Stuttgart in 1919. With around 1,150 Waldorf Schools and over 1,800 Waldorf Kindergartens established in over 60 countries, this book examines and analyses how the initial impulse of Steiner education has gro...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The World in 1919: The Context for the Founding of the First Waldorf School
• Chapter 2. Educational Theories, Principles and Applications
• Chapter 3. Steiner Education: The Curriculum, Pedagogy and Methodology
• Chapter 4. Steiner Education: The Growth of a Worldwide Movement
• Chapter 5. A Review of the Literature on Steiner Education and Waldorf Schools
• Chapter 6. What Makes Waldorf Education Different?
• Chapter 7. The A to Z of Waldorf Education-From Australia to Zanzibar- Chapter 8. The Landscape of Education in the Twenty-First Century
• Chapter 9. The World of Waldorf in 2019: Celebrating 100 Years and Looking to the Future.