{"id":2064,"date":"2021-11-29T08:48:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T08:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2021-11-29T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T08:48:41","slug":"waldorf-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/waldorf-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Waldorf 101 – What is Waldorf education all about"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, there\u2019s been a lot of debate and discussion about education and learning. How more people have started pursuing unconventional careers and have started drifting away from the traditional academically driven vocations. A lot of people have credited the failing education system which only focuses on route learning, mindlessly mugging up information and competitive tests which don\u2019t necessarily examine one\u2019s knowledge. Conventional teaching methods aren\u2019t really inclusive and do not cater to all kinds of people with different strong areas and subjects. Even the people who are good at STEM subjects, have limited options such as researchers, professors, engineers, architects and so on. Therefore, owing to innumerable and unavoidable factors, new techniques or even refining the old methods have begun and people are moving towards a better, healthier and more vigorous curriculum that takes into account one\u2019s skills, interests and aptitude as a whole.<\/p>\n

Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is an educational approach presented by Rudolf Steiner with the purpose of developing and thereby, integrating a child\u2019s intellectual, artistic, literary and practical skillset in order for more holistic and individual growth. Waldorf’s curriculum mainly focuses on a child\u2019s imagination and fantasy, promulgating a qualitative strategy of learning. On the other hand, quantitative strategy is minimized while standard learning and systemized tests take place regularly, being restricted to what is required by the post secondary education. The first Waldorf school was established in 1919, in Stuttgart, Germany and now more than a century later, it has become the largest self-reliant student movement across the world, with more than 1200 students in 75 countries. It is largely popular in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands along with other countries. The growing dissatisfaction among parents and students\u2019 ever increasing dependence on technology has led to a change in mainstream education. With the aim of engaging and captivating kids, this system requires the participation of head, heart and hands- thinking, feeling and doing.<\/p>\n

Waldorf pedagogy has threefold aspects-<\/h4>\n