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- Title
THE REVOLUTIONARY EVALUATION TECHNIQUES IN WALDORF SCHOOLS.
- Authors
STANCIU (MANGA), Viorica Gh.
- Abstract
"Waldorf Education is not a pedagogical system but an art - the art of awakening what is actually there within the human being."- Rudolf Steiner The Waldorf-Steiner education system is globally known as being an infused canvas of anthroposophical, experiential, creative and cognitive oriented activities, which mainly focus on the comprehensive integration of the intellectual, rational and artistic human evolution of students. It encompasses all kinds of arts and crafts combined with music, dance and theatre, writing, literature based on legends and myths that encourage a distinct development of the mind and a practical orientation towards life. A crucial principle of Steiner's education represents the formative approach of the child's growth divided into three major stages: pre-school & kindergarten, elementary and secondary education. The approach of early childhood education focuses its attention on the hands-on activities and creative play which nurtures and conserves the child's deep, innate pure attitude, character and beliefs. In the elementary stage, children are prone to establish artistic expression through elements such as motion, color, rhythm etc. and social abilities not necessarily as a way of self expression, but as a way of constructing an efficient perception of the world and to learn to connect with it: "Only when we have made the world-content into our thought-content do we again find the unity out of which we had separated ourselves" - R. Steiner. Secondary education centers on every person's unique consciousness while acquiring critical reasoning and empathic understanding of what is true based built on each individual's personal experience, thinking and judgement. The overall aim is to enable students to build their own personality and freedom of thinking while venturing into the world.
- Subjects
TEACHING methods; EUROPEAN schools; ELEMENTARY education; EARLY childhood education; SECONDARY education
- Publication
Knowledge Horizons / Orizonturi ale Cunoasterii, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 4, p32
- ISSN
2069-0932
- Publication type
Article