Post on 24-Dec-2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoW0pCIG-FM
Waldorf SchoolsLauren Boone, Chloe Chou,
Lydia Colvin, Molly Mulderrig
http://www.waldorfschoolofcapecod.org/
http://bluebirdmama.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/waldorf.jpg
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
http://southerncrossreview.org/68/shining-waldorf.jpg
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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
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
http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a07/bk/7h/test-piagets-stages-development-800x800.jpg
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
http://greenschoolyardnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/gardnergr2_edited-1.jpg
Montessoriactivity based learning
Perform activities + repetitive exercises to develop sensory + muscular coordination
Didactic materials - pre-planned teaching devices + materials
http://www.aventuramschool.com/images/Home_Image.jpg
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
Idealism• High Influence on the arts and
creativity• Follow the belief of
Anthroposophy• Use of Socratic Method
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Realism
• Objective lessons• Connections to nature• Activity-based learning
http://www.irunnerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/raisins.jpg
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
http://www.albertmohler.com/files/2009/11/arrows13228947thb.jpg
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.)
http://www.cincinnatiwaldorfschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Cincinnati-Waldorf-School-121-300x214.jpg
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
http://www.mofga.org/portals/2/mof&g/mam%2008/11-Ashwood.jpg
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