Overview
- Relates Steiner’s educational thought to present day philosophy of education and educational research
- Refers to present day theoretical and empirical research on Waldorf education
- Gives an account of Steiner’s early biography and how it relates to his educational ideas
- Clarifies the controversies around Steiner and his perspectives on education
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs on Key Thinkers in Education (BRIEFSKEY)
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This book covers Rudolf Steiner’s biography, presented from an educational point of view and also unfolds the different aspects of Steiner’s educational thought in Waldorf Education. His point of view is unique in that it relates education to a wide horizon of different contexts, such as social, pedagogical, evolutionary and spiritual aspects. His ideas are philosophical (ethical, epistemological, ontological). However, above all, they are based on spiritual understanding of the human being and the world.
In many ways, they stand in stark contrast to the views that inform present mainstream educational thought and practice. Nevertheless, there are points where Steiner’s ideas can find a resonance in more recent educational thought. Steiner was in many ways ahead of his time and his educational ideas are still relevant to many present day educational issues and problems.
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Keywords
- Steiner biography
- Steiner Waldorf school movement
- anthroposofy
- Philosophy of Education
- spiritual anthropology of education
- human development
- social aspects of education
- political aspects of education
- cultural aspects of education
- empirical studies of Waldorf schools
- Steiner education
- Waldorf education
- philosophical anthropology of education
- education and civil society
- learning and instruction
Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rudolf Steiner
Book Subtitle: The Relevance of Waldorf Education
Authors: Bo Dahlin
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58907-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58906-0Published: 03 July 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58907-7Published: 22 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 143
Topics: Educational Philosophy, Alternative Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Philosophy of Education, Learning & Instruction