Acknowledgements |
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The author |
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Introduction |
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Good practice - dubious ideology? |
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1 Rudolf Steiner and the Origins of his Educational Ideas |
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Rudolf Steiner: "Stranger in a strange land" |
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Biography and biographical mythos |
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Key stages in a varied career |
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15 | (1) |
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Grand narrative or grand narratives? |
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17 | (1) |
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An epistemological and philosophical basis for Waldorf education |
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Knowledge as a productive activity |
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26 | (3) |
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Working with a spiritual perspective |
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29 | (3) |
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Steiner's experiences as a teacher and tutor |
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Education as part of the cultural domain, free from political or economic determination |
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The Education of the Child, 1907 |
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36 | (3) |
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Steiner's spiritual anthropology |
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39 | (6) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (5) |
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2 Generative Principles of Teaching and Learning in Waldorf Education |
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Generative principles and how to work with them |
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Five vignettes of Waldorf practice |
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The lower school main lesson |
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A craft project involving grades 5 and 10 |
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A foreign language lesson in grade 12 |
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Generative principles for teaching and learning |
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Principle 1 Waldorf education takes the spiritual dimension seriously |
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Principle 2 Sense of coherence is the basis for healthy learning and well-being |
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Principle 3 The quality of the teacher's preparation influences the quality of learning |
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Principle 4 Children and young people need to be ready to learn, and they need time to learn |
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Principle 5 Learning is a rhythmical process |
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Principle 6 The learning processes are structured over time |
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Principle 7 Block teaching strengthens learning dispositions |
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Principle 8 Direct experience is the basis for learning |
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Principle 9 Activating the imagination through vivid pictorial descriptions and images is another powerful starting point for learning |
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Principle 10 A phenomenological approach enables the organic growth of knowledge |
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Principle 11 The teaching must be artistic |
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Principle 12 The self-activity of the students is essential to learning |
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Principle 13 Good teaching and learning depends on the development of the senses |
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3 Communities of Learning: Generative Principles |
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Principle 14 The Waldorf class is a learning community |
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Principle 15 Teachers support their pupils' learning and development by generating active knowledge using assessment for learning |
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135 | (3) |
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137 | (1) |
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Individual annual reports |
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Lesson planning and reviewing as assessment for learning |
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Principle 16 The teachers are a collegial learning community with responsibility for the educational leadership of the school |
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Principle 17 The curriculum maps out possible learning situations and learning pathways in relation to the developmental tasks |
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Principle 18 Becoming a Waldorf teacher is a process of transformative learning |
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154 | (4) |
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4 Waldorf Education and the Academy: Positions, Research and Outlook |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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Hermeneutics of suspicion or empathy? |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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Some key perspectives on Waldorf education |
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164 | (7) |
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171 | (2) |
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Studies of pupils in school |
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173 | (2) |
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PART 5 Waldorf schools around the world |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (3) |
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Waldorf-inspired ideas in the world |
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Camphill schools and curative education |
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188 | (2) |
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Conclusions |
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References |
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Subject Index |
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Index of Persons |
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