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Waldorf

Waldorf

3 7.9
A way of teaching that uses art, imagination, and practical activities
  • proper noun
translation icon : educación Waldorf
  • As an alternative, Waldorf education focuses immediately on what is workable for each child.
  • Waldorf schools
  • Waldorf education
  • Waldorf teachers

Examples

  • One transformative educational vision is available in many Waldorf schools around the world.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Is it possible that Waldorf education can proceed without being acquired by the American literacy system?

    Academic text (1992)
  • By the standards of our present culture, there would be no profit in a Waldorf world.

    Academic text (1992)
  • One Waldorf high school teacher told a story that made a deep impression on me.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Plans estimated that there are some 150 public and private Waldorf schools presently operating in the United States.

    Academic text (1999)
  • As we brought more Waldorf ideas into the classroom, the children turned to them and drank them in deeply.

    Academic text (1992)
  • For individual Waldorf schools, social equality has paled before financial survival as a goal.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The cultivation of such a worldview is an essential element of Waldorf education.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Parents and educators remark that they commonly find such thinking in Waldorf graduates.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The Pine Hill Waldorf School emphasizes creativity and hands-on learning in its curriculum.

Compounds

A salad of diced apples and celery with mayonnaise and walnuts or raisins

Surface Forms

Waldorf main

Etymology

The Waldorf method of education took its name from the first school opened for workers' children at a place called Waldorf-Astoria, where Rudolf Steiner started this way of teaching. That's why 'Waldorf' schools keep the name and are known for creative, hands-on learning.