About Waldorf Education left to insert the right answers, the method is to Each waldorf School is an autonomousentity and is neither profile and can vary in what and how they teach. http://www.waldorf.net/html/englisch.html
Extractions: Waldorf Education sets itself very high ideals. This increases the likelihood that these ideals aren't met. Coping with this discrepancy is on the agenda of all Waldorf Schools. But lowering the ideals would not help to increase the quality of the education. Those Waldorf teachers who strive after the highest ideals but openly admit where they do not achieve them generally fare best. Each Waldorf School is an autonomous entity and is neither administered nor controlled by any centralized authority. The schools can thus develop their individual profile and can vary in what and how they teach. The Waldorf Schools generally network themselves in different kinds of national and international Waldorf School Associations. One of the biggest problems facing many Waldorf Schools is finding enough dedicated Waldorf teachers. To be able to exist in spite of the shortage of Waldorf teachers, many schools are forced to resort to hiring teachers who have little or no background in Waldorf Education, hoping that they will develop a fruitful relationship to it in time. Insofar as it goes back to its roots, Waldorf Education applies the insights of anthroposophy to education. Anthroposophy is a close-to-life approach to the human being and is based on inner development. Just as inner mathematical insights are amazingly applicable to the outer world which physics investigates, so the insights obtained through the inner schooling of anthroposophy turn out to be eminently practical, enabling Waldorf Education to take place and to continually renew itself.
UCB Parents School Recommendations: East Bay Waldorf School 5. Rote, copycat teaching method. the 5th grade this year out at the East Bay WaldorfSchool. the differences in pedagogy there are many ways to teach a child http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/schools/EBWS.html
Extractions: Back to: School Recommendations and Waldorf Schools Jan 2003 My son just moved from BHS where he was a very demoralized 10th grader to the East Bay Waldorf School. They are just starting a high school and his will be the first graduating class. Things still are not perfect, but he's a whole lot happier than he was at BHS. The people at EBWS are a really caring bunch and they have a wonderful holistic approach to working with teens. The school is in El Sobrante, but there is a bus that completely crosses Berkeley. If you're considering a private school, it's definitely worth checking. June 2002 Hi, We are interested in finding some information about the 6th grade classroom this year at Waldorf School. We are considering the possibility of enrolling our child at Waldorf next year for seventh grade. This is a hard decision specially because we don't know anything about the middle school there and we would be having our child in 7th grade again. We would like to know about the teachers, the students, the curriculum, homework load and whatever other information you may have (good or bad). We would appreciate your input. Thanks We enrolled our child at East Bay Waldorf School after learning about it on the Parents Network. We left the school due to ineffective teaching and a strange new-age spirituality called "Anthroposophy" that underlies the school community and curriculum. Many Waldorf schools are guided by this philosophy but claim, untruthfully, that it is not taught. Prospective parents who are considering this school would be wise to educate themselves about Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, and how this cult-like belief system educates your child in a Waldorf school. There is a movement of parents who have withdrawn their children from Waldorf schools, many asserting Waldorf schools mislead prospective parents about what the curriculum is truly about. Before enrolling your child please visit the PLANS website http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/articles.html
Extractions: Choose the next article: Cover Artist Moma De Louvre Letter to the Children of the World from Moma De Louvre A Journey Through the Grades Waldorf Style with Kate Gould Growing Up at the City of 10,000 Buddhas with Shari Epstein Spirit and Matter of the Heart: Dorothy Mandel Colors of My Heart: Giving Voice to Navaho Tradition with Sharon Burch A Bridge Over the Ocean by Susan Sher All photos provided I began teaching using Waldorf methods in 1984. Starting with first grade, I continued teaching the same group of children until they graduated from eighth grade. That year a teacher left so I picked up her class in third grade and remained with them until their graduation, six years later. Then in 1998 I took a first grade once again. This was my third class. By the end of that year I had been teaching at the Waldorf School of Mendocino County for fifteen years. The following year I made a difficult decision to accept a position at the newly formed River Oak Charter School, a Waldorf methods school, which opened in the fall of 1999 in Ukiah. River Oak is a public school using Waldorf methods. It was exciting to consider using Waldorf methods that had worked so well in the past in a public school setting. There was some concern that the Waldorf philosophy would be compromised by public school expectations and standards. My teaching style and curriculum content have not been greatly altered in the charter school, although there are necessarily accommodations to meet state requirements and standards.
Waldorf reading are introduced later in the waldorf method, by graduation Miller said he'sbeen with the waldorf system from a table that's also used to teach physics. http://www.io.com/~dstroup/waldorf.html
Extractions: resume writing sample: House Walkout writing sample: Waldorf writing sample: UGB Expansion ... cartoon sample: 9/11 'Yossarian' strip An offbeat private school brings the teachings of Rudolf Steiner to Clackamas County Meet the Waldorfs Associate Editor David Stroup takes a tour of the sometimes-controversial Waldorf school system - and meets the passionate teachers who will soon call the Milwaukie Middle School building home They're dedicated, they're different, and, most of all, they're coming: The Portland Waldorf School will start calling Milwaukie home this fall. Despite a sometimes-bitter fight to keep them out of the soon-to-be-abandoned Milwaukie Middle School site downtown, Waldorf officials say they're anxious to introduce themselves to the community - and say they want to give their new neighbors a peek at the Waldorf way of doing things. "The academic subjects are all woven together," explained Lauren Johnson, a Waldorf parent in the school's development office. (Many Waldorf staffers and administrators are also parents of students at the school.) "The arts and movement and handwork are all woven together to enhance the academic subjects." The program has drawn fire from a small contingent of critics when the Waldorf Method has been mingled with public education - a mingling that won't be happening in Milwaukie (see sidebar, page A?). Critics elsewhere have accused Waldorf schools of everything from academic laxity to teaching an occult philosophy. The program fosters individual creativity and exploration, de-emphasizes electronic media, encourages students to work with their hands and embraces such offbeat concepts as the dance-like art of Eurythmy.
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Extractions: 20th Century Guitar Magazine He pulls out a Patrick Eggle custom electric guitar from a soft nylon bag. He straps on the $2,900 guitar as easily as putting on his shirt in the morning and takes a seat. It rests comfortably on his lap, against his body. The warm tones of Brazilian mahogany and flamed maple contrast the cold tones of his blue T-shirt and faded jeans. I watch his fingers dance across the strings effortlessly as he plays a jazzy tune called, "Dolphin Dance," by Herbie Hancock. Then I begin to stare at his fingers. They work in perfect synchronization as they create chords on frets decorated with inlaid birds, crafted from abalone and mother of pearl. As he plays, he stares straight into my eyes. "There is magic in these guitars," he says, "they're the only guitars I play now." We're in a room the size of an elevator. He's playing, talking and staring while I listen and watch. After a short time I find myself not listening to what he's saying or playing. Instead, I'm thinking about all the times I've sat in this room with him, trying to make my guitar sound like his.
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Extractions: RETURN TO MAIN SHOP RETURN TO MAIN BOOKSHOP INDEX Waldorf Education: A Family Guide by Pamela J. Fenner (Editor) "Waldorf Education: A Family Guide" has its origins as a parent handbook for the Marin Waldorf School. It is a compendium of articles on the history and practice of Waldorf education, content of the curriculum, meaning of the festivals, ways to complement the Waldorf school experience at home, understanding of the temperaments, and other topics that should interest current or prospective parents. How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development) by John Caldwell Holt "Children do not need to be made to learn," Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry." For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effective, gentle voice of reason" (Life). Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto, David Albert (Introduction), Thomas Moore This radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine.
Education - Waldorf All waldorf teachers share the following concepts, no matter what gradethey teach. These are the foundation of the Steiner method. http://www.boulderparenting.org/FamilyConnection_web/articles_summer2002/waldorf
Extractions: At Waldorf schools worldwide, children are treated with special reverence. Like delicate, newborn flowers, they are nurtured in sheltered gardens, protected from the harsh, natural elements until they are ready to stand on their own. And, just like flowers, they are allowed to grow gently, without being inundated by "too much" fertilizer that often prompts premature growth. The unfolding of the children in Waldorf schools happens as naturally as carefully tended flowers that bloom forth into poignant sweetness. The curriculum of a Waldorf school is designed to meet the various changes in development that occur naturally throughout childhood. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), who was both a universal humanist and a scientist, initiated this unique and vibrant educational system. He offered invaluable suggestions for the renewal of mankind - not only in education, but also in medicine, agriculture, the arts and the sciences. His most enduring work perhaps, is that of his education program for children from kindergarten through high school. Waldorf education is unique in many ways, primarily in how children are taught and when they are taught various subjects. Though Steiner offered specific direction to his teachers, he also felt strongly that an individual teacher should be free to create lessons from his or her own artistic strivings and world experience. The ultimate goal of a Waldorf teacher is to help the children connect with their own innate capacities for imitation and imagination, and for their educational experience to truly live and grow within them - a flower of learning within the flower that is the child.
Washington Waldorf School/Community The Washington waldorf School offers programs for each curriculum and multisensory delivery / method to bring They teach Main Lessons in blocks, regular http://www.washingtonwaldorf.org/Curriculum.asp
Extractions: Bulletin Giving Calendar Alumni ... Jobs Waldorf education is grounded in a deep understanding of human development, found in the work of Rudolf Steiner. The curriculum followed in Waldorf schools worldwide meets the child and adolescent "where they are", recognizing three general stages of development -the young child (birth - about age 7), the grade school child (grades 1 - 8), and the adolescent (high school years). A lower school curriculum chart and high school profile are available from the schoolÂ’s front office (and are included in admissions packets). The Washington Waldorf School offers programs for each stage as follows: Parent-Child Program for children 2 1/2 to 3 1/2, and a parent. Six-week sessionsWinter and Springone afternoon per week, and additional parent discussion evening(s). Parent accompanies child and participates in program. Hours 1:30-3:00. Children's Garden for children 3 1/2 to Grade One readiness (around age 6 or 7). Two mixed-age classes with 5 morning, 3 morning (Mon, Tues, Wed), and 2 morning (Thur, Fri) offerings. Hours 8:30-11 :30. Optional lunch program, 11:30-12:30. Optional afternoon program 12:30-3:00. Two teachers in each class, with maximum 20 children per class each day. One class in each grade, generally 24-30 students per class. Hours 8:30-3:00. A Class Teacher stays with the class from Grade 1 - Grade 8. The Class Teacher is a generalist in subject matter and a specialist in his / her class and students. The Class Teacher greets the student in the morning, teaches all Main Lessons and many other subjects - depending on personal skills or gifts - and dismisses the class at the end of each school day. The Class Teacher is the parents' primary point of contact about their child. Specialty Teachers join the class for subjects like eurythmy, foreign languages, handwork, woodwork, fine arts, choral and instrumental music, and movement education. Specialty Teachers and the Class Teachers work collegially. The teachers' intimate understanding of class and students combines with curriculum and "multi-sensory" delivery / method to bring about healthy academic, social, and emotional development.
The Social-Spiritual Organism Of A Waldorf School Community is the same (how do you teach children), and the spontaneous threefolding of a particularWaldorf School Community point in the direction of the method used in http://ipwebdev.com/hermit/ssows.html
Extractions: The Social-Spiritual Organism of a Waldorf School Community by Joel A. Wendt The essay below was submitted to, Renewal, a Waldorf parent's journal, in the Fall of 1998. [Some remarks regarding the method of research follow this essay.] A healthy social-spiritual organism for a Waldorf School community is threefolded in two ways - a spiritually integrative gesture in which the threefolding takes a form analogous to that already known structure, which describes the human being as simultaneously spirit, soul and body; and, in a socially integrative gesture, similar to that of human physical form, which is so organized that functionally it displays, as aspects of a whole, those capacities which are realized in head, heart and hands. Thus, there are two gestures in the social-spiritual organism of a School, which integrate in such a way that morphologically they can be symbolized in the image of the Cross combined with the image of the Circle. The Circle is the social body of the school, and has the qualities of a Chalice. The Cross is the soul-spiritual body of the school and has the qualities of a Radiant Sun. The various human beings associated with the organism of the school have different roles depending upon whether they are, in any given moment, contributing to the Life of the School, as an aspect of the Chalice, or as an aspect of the Radiant Sun. In one kind of meeting or action someone will be acting in one way, and then two steps and a minute later, in another. Much of the social confusion that arises in Waldorf School Communities comes about because these rapid changes of role are not understood.
Waldorf Library New Resources through eight grades, provides a method of teaching vendors Sunbridge College BookstoreWaldorf Association of style booklet of offerings to teach crafts and http://www.waldorflibrary.org/NewResources.htm
Extractions: Online Waldorf Library A project of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education New Resources Click here to see a list of recent additions and changes to this website. Note: Please manually scroll down this page if your browser does not allow for auto connections. The following new publications of interest to the Waldorf community are now available: From Whole Spirit Press: Making Math Meaningful - A Middle School Math Curriculum for Waldorf Teachers by Jamie York
Waldorf Writing on unlined paper in the waldorf method? June 15, 2002 deeper and as a waldorf home educator you really do the soul force. waldorf is about willing, thinking, feeling and http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/unlined.htm
Extractions: June 15, 2002 I would have to assume that you are referring to a younger child writing, correct? In looking at this from that standpoint you need to go back to Steiner's beliefs and views about form drawing. Form drawing is the basis for for the development of fine motor skills as a preparation for writing. Remember, the movement of the hand also educates the brain. From the book Form Drawing Grades One through Four: "It is part of the evolution of art and, as such, develops the aesthetic sense and a feeling for form. It also teaches thinking but not in a non-intellectual way; it trains the intelligence to be flexible, able to follow and understand a complicated line of thought." A child experiences the forms and this develops the will forces. It is a way of "seeing" with the hands. Rudolf Steiner said "the line is the subject and not a picture of something in the outer world". This is also why when form drawing you should not allow the child to color in between the forms and lines. Children in Waldorf schools learn very significantly through the arts. In looking at work for the first grade, following Steiner's indications, we would begin with two lines: the straight and the curved. The first year is the year when the child gains uprightness - so in this posture the child actually "draws" this form with her upright body. So you see it's not just about drawing a line or letters or writing words... the reasons Steiner set forth for his specific methods of teaching go much deeper and as a Waldorf home educator you really do need to do the homework to understand completely what is going on. You must have a real understanding of coordination, movement, senses... the human ego and will forces and the soul force. Waldorf is about willing, thinking, feeling and all of this is going on in your child at all times!
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Extractions: Free Sites ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Teacher Resources Methods and Theory Communities of Practice and Pattern Language - James B. Smethurst. For any member of a Community of Practice, there comes a time to interface with individuals and organizations which do not form part of the Community. The difficulty of this situation is the issue of language. Every Community of Practice has its own pattern language, its own way of expressing and discussing the unique qualities of its chosen art. Chaos Theory and Education - Describes how chaos theory can be applied to education and teaching. Digital Classroom - To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources. Education for Sustainable Development - Approach to the whole curriculum and management of a school from sustainable development theory.
Montessori Homeschooling - A To Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Methods as we teach our preschool children using the methods of Maria Montessori. playschool6Here is a place for home schoolers, using Montessori method in their home http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/methods/Montessori.htm
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Extractions: Islamic Waldorf School Online Are you looking for creative Islamic education? The perfect supplement or cornerstone to your child's homeschooling! This is also the ideal base for an after-school enrichment or weekend program. About the School Enrollment The Director Sample Lessons ... Enrollment Form "Living closer to nature and its Maker" Why do we need Waldorf homeschooling and after-school or weekend enrichment programs in the community? spirituality Children make their own Ramadan Lanterns - Even the beeswax candles inside are homemade! Special Trial Offer: Only $5.00 for your first month of lessons... (please click the payment button below ONLY ONCE. Do NOT double click.) Find more information about Muslim homeschooling at the search engine below: Subscribe to our free newsletter! Subscribe to herbnmuslims Powered by groups.yahoo.com
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Extractions: Issue 001 Appendix of Resources This newsletter is produced and maintained by Aileen Kawagoe. Please contact Aileen with your comments and subscription requests. All Things Japanese Curricula Reviews Geography Homeschooling Approaches ... Booklists 1. All things Japanese: Websites with schooling info: www.homeschoolinginjapan.org Kat Combs' website: Homeschooling in Japan - a brand new network of homeschooling and afterschooling families in Japan. For those of you who homeschool full time or supplement your children's education after school hours, this organization serves to support your need to network with other like-minded families and share resources, commiserate, etc. Organized outings around Tokyo once a month. http://www.jwindow.net/OLD/LWT/GENERAL/lwt_life_education.html NEW! A concise overview of the Japanese educational system Click on either "international schools" for listings or "the Japanese System" (a chart is provided) and "Foreign Children and the Education System" for good info
