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Extractions: III. Hot Topic: Educating Your Child: Does Method Matter? Montessori vs Waldorf Last issue we examined the goals and methods of the Classical schooling tradition and Charlotte Mason's methods. This issue looks at the schooling philosophies of Maria Montessori and Rudolf Steiner and provides a listing of schools in Japan influenced by the two schools of thought. Then follows a roundup of all four methods, their similarities and differences and what this means for the homeschooler. The Waldorf Method Waldorf schools (from preschool to high school) are said to collectively form the fastest growing group of independent private schools in the world. About 130 now operate in the United States, and 700 worldwide. Waldorf schools were founded originally by maverick Austrian philosopher and scientist Rudolf Steiner in 1919. He was invited to give a speech to the workers of the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory in Stuttgart, Germany, afterwhich the owner of the factory asked him to start a school for the children of the factory-workers. Steiner agreed and the first Waldorf school was born. Key features of Waldorf schooling Methods: 4) Waldorf's chief aim is to encourage a love of lifelong learning through the use of the arts. The curriculum is language-rich since storytelling, drama and poetry are the mainstay of every lesson. A typical Waldorf school offers several different music classes music practice with recorders a choir, an orchestra. Art projects are promoted with the purpose of building a foundation of developing form and technique. Waldorf educators seek to create a sense of wonder about each subject. Even the approach to subjects like math is unique - students may study geometric progression by doing graphic-art projects.
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Extractions: The following list of Fine Arts courses includes required art classes as well as electives and classes that are offered in alternating years. We draw upon the incredible resources offered by the Bay Area art community to provide artists to teach several courses, such as black and white drawing, oil painting, video, brush painting, modern art, etc. Calligraphy Drawing Painting Printmaking Photography Assemblage Sculpture Stone Carving Brush Painitng Oil Painting Video Modern Art Faculty Instructor Deidre DeFranceaux In this seven-week black and white drawing class, students work through a series of exercises and projects of one- to three-day duration. In these exercises the students discover how to use many traditional and non-traditional drawing tools (charcoal, india ink, litho crayon, pencil, and china marker) and drawing surfaces (paper, wood, cardboard, newsprint, and tissue paper). We begin each class with a series of warm up sketches ranging from one to five minutes, eventually leading to a thirty-minute drawing. The exercises we do are aimed at helping each student become familiar with the tools and surfaces and at the same time helping the student discover his or her unique drawing style. This enables each student to feel his or her potential in the visual world.
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Extractions: Mathematics - The program provides the students with opportunities to learn and master concepts and skills in all areas of elementary math. This is achieved with manipulatives, videos, transparencies, and other media. Special attention is given to critical thinking and problem solving as well as the use of technology (calculators, scales, etc.).
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Extractions: One of the "What You Need to Know About ...." sites (previously known as The Mining Company) where experts select and develop resources on each topical page. Includes articles, forums, chats, and linked resources. The Homeschooling "guide" is Beverly Hernandez, a veteran homeschooler with 17 years experience from preschool through high school levels. She was the administrator of a large independent study program while simultaneously owning and operating a homeschool bookstore. Cobblestone Publishing The Cobblestone products were universally mentioned as favorite teaching tools by the small group of homeschooling families polled to assist in developing this listing. Presenting non-fiction in a way that is truly engaging, these resources include several magazines, Teaching with Primary Sources Series Theme Packs and other types of kits, CD-ROMs, mapping, and timeline products. The site has a very impressive subject listing of Favorite Links and a Kids Page . Each magazine has its own web site with resources on its topic. For example, see the
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Extractions: Some public school districts have created their own homeschools. In the past, students who attend IHS would be home-bound students with long-term illnesses or those who are unable to attend regular school for diciplinary reasons. More recently, public schools have started offering homeschooling options. Most IHS supply all the books, teacher's manuels, and other supplies free of charge. They give you the support of a teacher, whom you meet either weekly or monthly. Many offer field trips, special classes, clubs, and recreation with other homeschoolers. IHS would be a good choice for a family that has opposition from relatives, or is unsure of how well they would do on their own. However, make sure the books you receive from the program are currently used by the school district. Some his prgrams are not well supplied. Never go with a IHS program where the teachers try to pressure you into re-entering public school.
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Extractions: The Waldorf School method founded by Rudolf Stiener was, several years ago, (1996), accepted as an alternative method for teaching in the public school system. In Sacramento, California, The Oak Ridge Elementary School used the Waldorf system. Administrators and teachers had hoped Waldorf Education would meet the needs of their culturally diverse school. Indeed, the Waldorf emphasis on folk tales, nature, music and art appeals to the romantic and cultural part of our humanity. However, while it is important that parents and educators search for and use superior teaching methods for public schools, there is a fundamental problem connected to the use of the Waldorf method. The most basic issue is Waldorf's foundation in the Occult. Occultic systems generally include supposed knowledge about the universe that is obtained by spiritual and/or esoteric means. Occultism further implies the use of esoteric methods to gain power or control over physical and/or spiritual forces. It is rather like spiritual technology. A foundation in the Occult means that the Waldorf Schools are essentially religious. Rudolf Steiner, born in 1861, was a brilliant thinker, who founded the Anthroposophical Society as well as the Waldorf Schools. Before founding the Anthroposophical Society, Steiner was involved with Helena Blavatsky and her Theosophical Society. Both of these societies share a foundation in occult speculation, including such ideas as humans possessing etheric and astral bodies as well as physical bodies. Both societies teach that humans are evolving through successive lives or incarnations into beings that are capable of communicating with super natural entities or powers. Steiner, unlike Blavatsky, brought to his society a unique concept about Jesus Christ. He writes of the Christ impulse that allows humans to evolve into a higher "personality" that is able to "ascend . . . into the divine-spiritual world."
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Extractions: "Healing and Teaching: Three Forms of AlternativeHealing and their Implications for Teaching" Energy Healing This approach to healing is based on the view that a special energy moves through all thingsa life energy that is the creative impetus for the universe, for all matter, and for the moment to moment feelings of each human being. This energy moves in pulsating rhythms that make up the seasons, the stages of the life cycle, the developmental phases of growth, the tidal rhythms of breath, the drumbeat of the heart, and the vibratory dance of the smallest particles inside each cell. Seen in terms of energy, the body consists of According to this school of thought, when energy circulates freely, people are healthy, happy, in touch with themselves, in direct energy-level communication with one another, and in tune with the universe. This energy has been called many names"magnetism" in the early 19th century by Mesmer. The Yogic name for it is "prana." In Taoism and acupuncture, it is known by the Chinese term "chi" or "qi" (Japanese "ki"). Wilhelm Reich called it "orgone." Each theory of healing has an explanation for the nature of human difficulty and disease. In this theory, for a multitude of reasons, life-energy readily becomes blocked in human beings. The channels through which it flows can be stopped up, weakening the energy in one part of the body, building it to excessive levels in another.
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