Waldorf education is a pedagogy based upon the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Learning is interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements. The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component.
The overarching goals of this educational approach are to
provide young people the basis on which to develop into free,
moral and integrated individuals, and to help every child fulfill his or her unique destiny, the existence of which anthroposophy posits. Schools and teachers are given considerable freedom to define curricula within collegial structures.
The educational approach is known in some countries as Steiner or Steiner-Waldorf education.
Mind map based on
Wikipedia, Waldorf Education.
