http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoW0pCIG-FM

Waldorf SchoolsLauren Boone, Chloe Chou,

Lydia Colvin, Molly Mulderrig

http://www.waldorfschoolofcapecod.org/

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Mission: Understanding of human development Cultivates social + emotional

intelligence Educate the whole child

Fast Factso Rudolf Steiner 1919

o 250 Waldorf schools in North America

o 900 schools worldwide

o 94% of students graduating from Waldorf schools attend collegehttp://upload.wikimedia.org/

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Anthroposophy• Philosophy developed by

Steiner • Objective, intellectually

comprehensible spiritual world • Accessed via direct experience

through inner development• Development of imagination,

inspiration + intuition • Humanism

Objectiveso Growth of the childreno Art-teaching represents human experience o Improve emotions + creativityo Learn by experiencing o Emphasis for imaginationo Build community + cooperation

School festivals, evening classes, lectures + study groups

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Three Developmental Stages in Life

Imitation: birth - 6yrs 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: 7-14yrs• Readiness for more formal learning• Expresses + experiences life through feelings• More sequential + logical thought

Truth, Discrimination, Judgement: 14yrs - 21yrso adolescence: search for trutho experience own thinking

Lesson Plans• Less Competition

o No testing, APs or behavior awardso No standardized math/reading

curriculum• Activity based

o Pictorial + dynamic manner

Typical Classroom

• Brightly painted walls• Students' artwork on walls

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Role of Teacher• Lively + enthusiastic

• Interested in students passions, characteristics + growth

• Establish strong bonds w/students - teach same students for many years

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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 developmento Infancy o Childhood o Boyhood o Adolescence

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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

• 1st level - exploration

• 2nd level - history + geography

• 3rd level - science + problem solving

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Montessoriactivity based learning

Perform activities + repetitive exercises to develop sensory + muscular coordination

Didactic materials - pre-planned teaching devices + materials

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AddamsRestore sense of communityteachers are responsible for students' well being

PiagetFour Stages of Development

SensorimotorPreOperationalConcrete operationalFormal Operations

FreireTeachers 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

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Perennialism

• High focus on classic art and literature

• Imagination

Realism

• Objective lessons• Connections to nature• Activity-based learning

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Progressivism

• Focusing on student's need and it is more student centered

• Montessori Schools/Learning through Inquiry

• Activities and Projects

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Post-Modernism• Non-discriminatory approach• Try to eliminate inequality

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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

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

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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-to-basics curriculum which focuses on standardized testing as a means to test competency

• Suppresses children's creativity• Electives are not encouraged

Training Waldorf Teachers

• 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.)

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Waldorf School Management

• Self-governing• Based on same principles of

education• Groups: o College of Teacherso Board of Trustees

• Parental involvement

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Different from Traditional Schools

• 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

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Works Cited

http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&hp&

http://dailynightly.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/11/30/9118340-the-waldorf-way-silicon-valley-school-eschews-technology?chromedomain=usnews

(clip we could show)

http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/01_WhyWaldorf/index.asp

http://www.bacwtt.org/curriculum-classes/teacher-training/second-year