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Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Its educational style is holistic, intended to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and practical skills, with a focus on imagination and creativity. Individual teachers have a great deal of autonomy in ...
In the curriculum of the Waldorf schools, much of the education in academic subjects takes place in blocks, usually of 3–5 weeks duration. Each pupil generally writes and illustrates a self-created textbook representing the material learned in the block. [1] These blocks are supported by on-going classes in subjects such as music, art and ...
Waldorf University is a private for-profit university [1] in Forest City, Iowa. [3] It was founded in 1903 and associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its predecessors. In 2010, it was sold to Columbia Southern University and became a for-profit institution; twelve years later, on January 1, 2022, ownership was ...
Waldorf teachers strive to integrate academic, artistic and practical skills within a curriculum that connects students to meaning, purpose and universal values. Subjects are taught in a way meant ...
A 2012 study of Waldorf pupils in Germany concluded that, in comparison to state school pupils, Waldorf students are significantly more enthusiastic about learning, report having more fun and being less bored in school, more often feel individually met, and learn more from school about their personal academic strengths. 85% of the Waldorf ...
San Francisco Waldorf High School is located in the West Portal neighborhood of San Francisco and is easily accessible by car or public transportation. The building, originally constructed in 1972, was remodeled to include a number of classrooms, state-of-the-art labs, a library, offices, art rooms, and a few large meeting rooms.
The oldest existing Waldorf teacher education center in North America, Sunbridge was created in 1967 as The Waldorf Institute at the Detroit Waldorf School in Detroit, Michigan. In 1986 The Waldorf Institute moved to Chestnut Ridge; it was chartered and accredited by the State of New York under the name Sunbridge College in 1991. In 2010 ...
1947 - The Waldorf School of Garden City is created as part of Adelphi University. Three more Waldorf schools were founded in the 1950s, and five in the 1960s. In 1968 the original Association of Waldorf Schools was founded with these twelve schools. Thirty-seven new high schools have been started in the last decade.