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Waldorf education
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educational system based on the writings of the occultist Rudolf Steiner
Key facts
- Former name
- Bristol Steiner School
- Motto
- education is a journey not a race
- Local authority
- City of Bristol
- Department for education urn
- 109345 Tables
- Ofsted
- Reports
- Headteacher
- Angela Cogan
- Gender
- Coeducational
- Age
- 3 to 11
- Website
- www .bristolwaldorfschool .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- teaching method
- Subclass of
- pedagogy
- Part of
- anthroposophy
- Creator
- Rudolf Steiner
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- Commons category
- Waldorf pedagogy
- topic's main category
- Category:Waldorf education
- OpenStreetMap tag
- pedagogy=waldorf
- described at URL
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJMkIe1Vn34
- facet of
- anthroposophy
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Encyclopedic overview
Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Its educational style is holistic, intended to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and practical skills, with a focus on imagination and creativity. Individual teachers have a great deal of autonomy in curriculum content, teaching methods, and governance. Qualitative assessments of student work are integrated into the daily life of the classroom, with standardized testing limited to what is required to enter post-secondary education.
The first Waldorf school opened in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany. A century later, it has become the largest independent school movement in the world, with more than 1,200 independent schools and nearly 2,000 kindergartens in 75 countries, as well as more than 500 centers for special education in more than 40 countries. There are also numerous Waldorf-based public schools, charter schools, and academies, as well as a homeschooling movement. Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands have the most Waldorf schools.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waldorf education” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.