Foundations and elements of the curriculum in Waldorf schools in Germany

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

hossein ghasempour moghaddam ¹

1 - Assistant Professor, Institute of Educational research, Organization of research and educational planning, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2014-12-25 Accepted : 2017-05-21 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: Waldorf School, Rudolf Steiner, Program Elements, Curriculum, Program Foundations,

Abstract :

The purpose of research is to study the educational philosophy of the school curriculum, recommendations for curriculum planners and administrators of educational institutions Iran. Descriptive research methodology and data collection documents the Munich University Library and Internet sites related to the topic of research is available to the researcher. Based on the educational philosophy of this school is due to individual differences, cannot be taught all the same. Children must be accompanied by practical training and experience to learn the basics of a seasoned act. For this purpose it is necessary to consider the child's upbringing consolidated body and spirit. The four major components of the Waldorf school curriculum aims, content, method and assessment used are free and creative way. Children should learn their subjects willingly choose to teachers to teach students. Learning material, everything is open and it is work and play. Students learn to get intrinsic and the person does not remember anything. Most of the students who compete together and learn together and learn to work together. Teachers in these schools are helpers and advisors, and all the efforts that the students experience real life and adult.

References:

سرمد، زهره بازرگان، عباس و حجازی، الهه. (1394). روش‌های تحقیق در علوم رفتاری، نشر آگاه.

Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.(2014). Study of Waldorf graduates in the USA, Part I, Part II.

Bray, Mark et al. (2010). Comparative Education Resrach: Approaches and Methods. Hong Kong: Springer.

Claudia M. Lenart. (2011). Waldorf Succeeds in Public Schools. Conscious Choice.

Chicane, Beckner. (2005). Schooled in spirituality.Sacramento News and Review.

Elizabeth, Daniels and Carmen, Gamper. (2011). The Yin and Yang of Waldorf and Montessori in Early Childhood Education"(comparison of the two systems). Common Ground part 1, part 2.

Grunelius, Elizabeth. (2014) Early Childhood Education and the Waldorf School Plan, Rudolf Steiner College Press.

Larsson, Abigail L, Alan J. Daly, and Carol VanVooren. (2012). Twenty Years and Counting: A Look at Waldorf in the Public Sector Using Online Sources. Current Issues in Education 15:3.

Jennifer, Gidley. Turning Tides. (2008). Overview of all Australian academic studies of Steiner education and Steiner philosophy:  Creating Dialogue between Rudolf Steiner and 21st Century Academic Discourses.

Ida, Doberman. (2013). Learning From Rudolf Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Urban Public School Reform.

Jeffrey’s, Bronwyn. (2005). Steiner schools' could help all. BBC News Report on British government-funded study on Waldorf education in the UK.

Howard, Susan. (2012). The Essentials of Waldorf Early Childhood Education. published in Gateways, the newsletter of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North merica.

Maggie, Dons. (2012). Cincinnati Enquirer Waldorf goes against school grain.

Richard, Garner. (2012). Who was Rudolf Steiner and what were his revolutionary teaching ideas?, Education Editor, TheIndependent.

Robert, Todd, Carroll. (2009). Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), editor of The Skeptics Dictionary.