Whither Waldorf?
Special issue about the future of Waldorf education. Translated for our english readers.
It is not that easy to break away from history, tradition and habit and to get a clear view of a development that lies in the future. In this respect, thoughts about a possible future for the Waldorf school movement do not differ from those about the possible future for our children: we do not know what the future will bring us through either.
And yet it is possible to develop an idea of where this journey will lead if one understands human consciousness as a confluence of ideas formed in the past and impulses of will coming from the future ...
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Body, soul and spirit
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Domestic report: Germany
All in all, Waldorf schools in Germany have a total of about 83’000 pupils and employ 9000 teachers. [more]
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Waldorf and Montessori: How do they compare?
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