Navigation
Online Articles on Waldorf Education
(The articles below can be found on www.waldorfanswers.org )
From Outside the Waldorf Tradition
- How computers make our kids stupid by Sue Fergusson, McClean's Magazine June 6th 2005
- The Wisdom of Waldorf: Education for the Future by Rahima Baldwin Dancy, Mothering Magazine, Issue 123, March/April 2004.
- The Waldorf method by Gabriella Boston, The Washington Times, June 2, 2003. On the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda.
- Schooling the imagination by Todd Oppenheimer, The Atlantic Monthly, September 1999. On Waldorf education in practice.
- A day in the life of the Rudolf Steiner School by Jennifer O. Prescott, Instructor, Nov-Dec 1999
- A School With Balance by David Ruenzel, Teacher Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 2 (October 18, 1995). (You now have to register at the site to access it. But it is free and costs nothing.)
- Alternative Education: Waldorf school emphasizes art, personality by Lusine Zeytunian, ArmeniaWeek May 31, 2002. On "Yerevan No. 30", the only alternative school on Armenia.
- Preschool Prep Series: The Waldorf Method by Tara Swords, Preschoolers Today
- Waldorf Education. Looking into the educational system developed by Rudolf Steiner. An interview with Caroline Ostheimer, by Diane and Robert Gilman, The Way Of Learning (In Context, A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture#6), Summer 1984
- Lessons For Stewards. A Waldorf school finds out the difference between stewarding and owning by Fred Marshall, in Living With The Land (In Context, A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture), Winter 1984 (Archives)
- On Waldorf Education within the context of An Introduction to Educational Alternatives by Robin Ann Martin, Paths of Learning, November 2000
- For a guide complementing an article by Peg Lopata published in Paths of Learning; Issue #4: Spring 2000, see "Waldorf Education: Learning With Rhythms".
- Waldorf Schools - Educating the Whole Child and Waldorf Succeeds in Public Schools by Claudia M. Lenart, Conscious Choice, August 2000
- School children uplifted by magic of learning by Maureen Moore, The Detroit News, July 16, 2001. On a lead teacher of the curriculum for 4- and 5-year olds inspired by Waldorf education.
- The Steiner Way. A Compass Sunday nights program on Australian ABC TV, 28 April, 2002. Full transcript.
From Inside the Waldorf Tradition
(Main source: Renewal, Journal for Waldorf Education)
- History, Humanity, and Handworkby Carmine Iannaccone (Fall/Winter 2001)
- Balance, Posture, and Movement: Optimizing Children's Learning Capacities Through Integration of the Sensory Motor Systemby Ingun Schneider (Spring/Summer 2001)
- Taming the Media Monsterby Thomas Poplawski (Spring/Summer 2001)
- There's More to Reading than Meets the Eyeby Barbara Sokolov (Spring/Summer 2000)
- How is My Child Doing? Student Evaluation in Waldorf Schoolsby Jan-Kees Saltet (Fall/Winter 2001)
- Life After Waldorf High Schoolby Abraham Enten
- Is Waldorf Education Christian?by William Ward (Spring/Summer 2001)
- (From other sources:)
- How do I know my child is ready for first grade?Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
- Literacy, Not Just Readingby Arthur M. Pittis, in Waldorf Education: A Family Guide
- Waldorf Education and Scienceby Clifford Skoog, in Waldorf Education: A Family Guide
- Waldorf High School - Upper Schoolby Betty Staley
- Montessori and Steiner: A Pattern of Reverse Symmetriesby Dee Joy Coulter
- A Look at Waldorf and Montessoriby Barbara Shell
- Waldorf education, a number of articles at IamValley.com
- General Discussion about Waldorf Schoolsat the University of California Berkeley Parents mailing list and UCB Parents School recommendations concerning East Bay Waldorf School
- The results of Waldorf educationThree articles, by James Shipman History Department, Marin Academy San Rafael, California, Dr. W. Warren B. Eickelberg, Professor of Biology Director, Premedical Curriculum Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, and Excerpts from an article in Der Spiegel, December 14, 1981.