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Waldorf Schools Lauren Boone, Chloe Chou, Lydia Colvin, Molly Mulderrig http: //bluebirdmama. com/wpcontent/uploads/2010/03/waldorf. jpg http: //www. waldorfschoolofcapecod. org/

Mission: § Understanding of human development § Cultivates social + emotional intelligence § Educate the whole child

Fast Facts o o http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedi a/commons/thumb/f/f 5/Steiner_um_ 1905. jpg/220 px. Steiner_um_1905. jpg Rudolf Steiner 1919 250 Waldorf schools in North America 900 schools worldwide 94% of students graduating from Waldorf schools attend college

Anthroposophy • Philosophy developed by Steiner • Objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world • Accessed via direct experience through inner development • Development of imagination, inspiration + intuition • Humanism

ost- Objectives o o o Growth of the children Art-teaching represents human experience Improve emotions + creativity Learn by experiencing Emphasis for imagination Build community + cooperation § School festivals, evening classes, lectures + study groups

Three Developmental Stages in Life Imitation: birth - 6 yrs § § § Rejects notion that babies are helpless + incapable of learning Baby at most absorptive stage - open to external influences Child achieves capabilities (walking/talking) by herself without instruction Imagination: 7 -14 yrs • • • Readiness for more formal learning Expresses + experiences life through feelings More sequential + logical thought Truth, Discrimination, Judgement: 14 yrs - 21 yrs o o adolescence: search for truth experience own thinking

Lesson Plans • • Less Competition o No testing, APs or behavior awards o No standardized math/reading curriculum Activity based o Pictorial + dynamic manner

Typical Classroom • Brightly painted walls • Students' artwork on walls https: //cc 652 a 73 -a-62 cb 3 a 1 a-ssites. googlegroups. com/site/waldorfwatch/magicalarts/art%20 - http: //southerncrossreview. org/68/shining-waldorf. jpg

Role of Teacher • Lively + enthusiastic • Interested in students passions, characteristics + growth • Establish strong bonds w/students - teach http: //www. emersonwaldorf. org/wpcontent/uploads/waldorf-teacherweb. jpg same students for many years

Activity • • Represent a letter in an imaginative, pictorial way ex: "M" - draw a mountain in the shape of an M

Theorists

Comenius • • Use senses to teach concepts Learn through activity Role of teachers: caring people, creating pleasant classrooms Organize lessons into easy small steps gradual learning

Rousseau • Teaches stages of development Infancy Childhood Boyhood Adolescence o o http: //img. ehowcdn. com/articlenew/ehow/images/a 07/bk/7 h/test-piagetsstages-development-800 x 800. jpg

Pestalozzi: Emotions + Senses • • • Warm, secure, homelike school Teachers nurture students self esteem Sensory - object lesson Slow, precise learning in a loving environment Naturalistic schooling

Dewey: Learning through experience § § Education for personal and social growth Levels of learning activities + processes 1 st level - exploration 2 nd level - history + geography 3 rd level - science + problem solving • • • http: //greenschoolyardnetwork. files. wordpre ss. com/2009/05/gardnergr 2_edited-1. jpg

Montessori activity based learning § Perform activities + repetitive exercises to develop sensory + muscular coordination § Didactic materials - pre-planned teaching devices + materials http: //www. aventuramschool. com/ima ges/Home_Image. jpg

Addams Restore sense of community teachers are responsible for students' well being Piaget Four Stages of Development Sensorimotor Pre. Operational Concrete operational Formal Operations Freire Teachers have strong relationships with their students Need to know students' lives

Philosophies & Theories

Idealism • High Influence on the arts and creativity • Follow the belief of Anthroposophy • Use of Socratic Method http: //21 k 12. files. wordpress. com/2011/1 0/waldorf-ed. gif

Perennialism • High focus on classic art and literature • Imagination

Realism http: //www. irunnerblog. com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/08/raisins. jpg • Objective lessons • Connections to nature • Activity-based learning

http: //education 101 intrototeaching. pbworks. com/f/light. png Progressivism • Focusing on student's need and it is more student centered • Montessori Schools/Learning through Inquiry • Activities and Projects

Post-Modernism • Non-discriminatory approach • Try to eliminate inequality http: //www. albertmohler. com/files/2009/11/arrows 13228947 thb. jpg

Critical Theory • Even out inequalities • Well planned grouping

Student-centered Approach • Emphasize the • needs/interests of the student and encourages children self-expression Students are intrinsically motivated which makes learning more meaningful

Student-centered Approach Continued http: //www. waldorf. org. za/image s/primary 1. jpg Activity-centered: Purposeful activities (relevant/practical) that are tied to student needs/interests Examples: cooking their own organic snacks/sewing their own clothes/playing musical instruments/gardening Alternative: Loosely structured Student freedom Promotes inquiry learning • • •

Student-centered Approach Continued Humanistic approach: Seeks higher domains of morality Stresses meaningful relationships between teacher/students Promotes the acceptance of others Fosters positive self-esteem Working with others • • •

Subject-centered? • • • Curriculum is not a subject-centered which fails to consider the needs or interests of students Subjects are learned in isolation/deemphasizes contemporary life experiences Goes beyond three basic R's/Back-tobasics curriculum which focuses on standardized testing as a means to test competency Suppresses children's creativity Electives are not encouraged

Training Waldorf Teachers http: //www. cincinnatiwaldorfschool. org/wpcontent/uploads/2010/10/Cincinnati -Waldorf-School-121 -300 x 214. jpg • • Three-year training programs Preparing teachers through art/music/activities that meet that basic concepts of anthroposophy Observe experience Waldorf teachers Create their own artistic lesson plans with the integration of other aspects (movement, dance, math, writing etc. )

Waldorf School Management • Self-governing • Based on same principles of education • Groups: o College of Teachers o Board of Trustees

Different from Traditional Schools http: //www. mofga. org/portals/2/mof &g/mam%2008/11 -Ashwood. jpg • • • No standardized testing/competitive grading No grades are given in elementary schools, teachers give detailed evaluations of students at the end of each year Students stay with the same teachers for 8 years No hierarchy among teachers Teachers have more freedom in the classroom due to no standardized testing

Works Cited http: //www. whywaldorfworks. org/ http: //www. nytimes. com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorfschool-in-silicon-valley-technology-canwait. html? _r=3&pagewanted=1&hp& http: //dailynightly. nbcnews. com/_news/2011/11/30/911834 0 -the-waldorf-way-silicon-valley-school-eschewstechnology? chromedomain=usnews (clip we could show) http: //www. whywaldorfworks. org/01_Why. Waldorf/index. asp http: //www. bacwtt. org/curriculum-classes/teachertraining/second-year