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Waldorf Schools. Comprehensive links to Waldorf education, Waldorf schools and Anthroposophy resources on the Internet. Herzlich Willkommen beim Goetheanum. Rudolf Steiner Audio.

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Waldorf. Waldorf answers. SimplifiedRobertsRulesofOrder. Waldorf Watch. I wrote most of the essays presented at this site, but you will also find plenty of commentary written by others. Waldorf-critical authors represented on the site include Geoffrey Ahern, Dan Dugan, Pete Karaiskos, Grégoire Perra, Ian Robinson, Margaret Sachs, Debra Snell, Peter Staudenmaier, and Diana Winters. I have also excerpted a large number of articles about Anthroposophy and Waldorf schooling. Some of these pieces are impartial, some are affirmative, and more than a few are — to one degree or another — critical. Whenever possible, I have included links to the complete texts.

Anthroposophists and advocates of Anthroposophy quoted on the site include Clopper Almon, Christopher Bamford, Hermann von Baravalle, Henry Barnes, Stewart C. Easton, John Fentress Gardner, A. C. Pages here at Waldorf Watch are various and, I hope, stimulating. I feel that I should apologize for writing so much about Steiner and his works. Waldorf Watch also includes numerous links to other sites. Steiner Education.

Rudolf Steiner Archive. Books. Welcome to the Books Section of the Rudolf Steiner Archive! Books and essays by Rudolf Steiner were written with the intention of having them published, while the lectures and some other writings were not originally intended for printed form. Here we present these books written by Rudolf Steiner. They are specifically designated as books (GA/Bn 1–28) in the Catalogue of Holdings. Our selections of Steiner's Lectures and/or Articles/Essays can be referenced from here, or from the Main Steiner Archive Menu. The Table below lists the GA number, book title, the Bn number, the year written, a flag denoting the language, the number of on-line versions of the book, and whether an abstract of the book is on-line.

Change the sort order by clicking on a highlighted column heading (asterisk denotes sorted column). In the first column tells if e.Book downloads are available. Rudolf Steiner Resources. Www.philosophyoffreedom.com | Each one of us has it in themselves to be a free spirit, just as every rose bud has in it a rose. Anthroposophy and Waldorf. Anthroposophy and Waldorf Education: The Kindergarten Years – millennialchild.

Anthroposophical Society in America: anthroposophy.org. Anthroposophy. Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development. More specifically, it aims to develop faculties of perceptive imagination, inspiration and intuition through cultivating a form of thinking independent of sensory experience,[1][2] and to present the results thus derived in a manner subject to rational verification. In its investigations of the spiritual world, anthroposophy aims to attain the precision and clarity attained by the natural sciences in their investigations of the physical world.[1] History[edit] The early work of the founder of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, culminated in his Philosophy of Freedom (also translated as The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity and Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path).

By the beginning of the twentieth century, Steiner's interests turned to explicitly spiritual areas of research. Etymology[edit] Orchard Valley Waldorf School. Why Waldorf Works - Introduction. Introduction "Programs such as...Waldorf Schools offer small classes, individualized instruction, and flexible, child-centered curricula which can accommodate the child and do not demand that the child do all of the accommodating. " — David Elkind AWSNA: The Association of Waldorf Schools of North America The Association of Waldorf Schools of North America was founded in 1968 to assist Waldorf schools and institutes in working together to nurture Waldorf Education so that it can manifest more widely in the world. Today there are over 900 Waldorf schools in 83 countries. AWSNA provides leadership to schools by facilitating resources, networks and research as they strive towards excellence and build healthy school communities.

Outreach and advocacy Accreditation and school support services Professional development activities Research and publications The Association also initiates and maintains relationships with groups seeking the revitalization of education for all children. Learn More: The Waldorf Way. Www.whywaldorfworks.org/11_EffPractices/pdfs/YoungSchoolsGuide7.pdf.