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Waldorf Schools and the History of Steiner Education

An International View of 100 Years

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Thomas Stehlik

    1. School of Education, University of South Australia, Magill, Australia

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  • Traces the evolution of Steiner education and Waldorf schools as they have developed across the last century
  • Analyses how its original philosophy has been maintained against competing global trends in education
  • Examines how the schools retain their own distinctive identity and how alternative education can be viewed

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education (PSAE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The World in 1919: The Context for the Founding of the First Waldorf School

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 1-20

  3. Educational Theories, Principles and Applications

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 21-41

  4. Steiner Education: The Curriculum, Pedagogy and Methodology

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 43-65

  5. Steiner Education: The Growth of a Worldwide Movement

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 67-93

  6. A Review of the Literature on Steiner Education and Waldorf Schools

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 95-122

  7. What Makes Waldorf Education Different?

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 123-156

  8. The A to Z of Waldorf Education—From Australia to Zanzibar

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 157-188

  9. The Landscape of Education in the Twenty-First Century

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 189-216

  10. The World of Waldorf in 2019: Celebrating 100 Years and Looking to the Future

    • Thomas Stehlik
    Pages 217-241

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 243-262
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About this book

This book marks the centenary of the first Waldorf School, established by Rudolf Steiner in Stuttgart in 1919. With around 1,150 Waldorf Schools and over 1,800 Waldorf Kindergartens established in over 60 countries, this book examines and analyses how the initial impulse of Steiner education has grown over the last century to become a worldwide alternative movement in education. The author documents and compares the growth and development of Waldorf schools and Steiner-inspired educational institutions around the world, and determines the extent to which the original underpinning philosophy has been maintained against the contexts and challenges of contemporary global trends in education. Within such diverse international contexts, it is significant that the schools retain such a distinctive identity, and clearly redefine how ‘alternative education’ can be viewed. This comprehensive volume will be of interest and value to scholars of Steiner education and Waldorf schools as well as alternative education more widely. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of South Australia, Magill, Australia

    Thomas Stehlik

About the author

Thomas Stehlik is an adjunct senior lecturer at the University of South Australia, Australia. He has published widely on Steiner Education and Waldorf Schools, and has over thirty years of experience with this global education movement as a parent, teacher educator, school board member, consultant and researcher.

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