What Is Waldorf Education?: Three Lectures - Softcover

Steiner, Rudolf; Sagarin, Stephen Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880105275 ISBN 13: 9780880105279

Publisher: SteinerBooks, 2004

Synopsis

This is a reader-friendly Waldorf “taster,” with three public lectures by Rudolf Steiner on Waldorf education and a thought-provoking, accessible introduction by a Waldorf teacher and longtime student of Steiner’s pedagogy.

These lectures by Steiner present what he sees as the “fundamentals” in a matter-of-fact, objective, non-dogmatic way. The introduction, wide-ranging and informative, treats of Waldorf education and methodology in general, explaining that, before all else, a Waldorf School is a good school. This is a must-read for anyone involved with, connected to or interested in Waldorf education.

Contents:

• Introduction by Stephen Sagarin: “Recovering the Quality of Rudolf Steiner’s Educational Work”
• A Lecture for Prospective Parents
• A Public Lecture on Waldorf Education
• A Lecture to English Educators

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Keith Sagarin, Ph.D., is Faculty Chair, a cofounder, and a teacher at the Great Barrington Waldorf High School in western Massachusetts, where he teaches history and life science. He is also a former teacher and administrator at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School and the Waldorf School of Garden City, New York, the high school from which he graduated. Dr. Sagarin writes, lectures, mentors teachers, and consults with Waldorf schools on teaching and administration. He is an associate professor and former director of the M.S. education program in Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge Institute, New York. He is the former editor of the Research Bulletin of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education and has taught history of education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City; human development at the City University of New York; and U.S. and world history at Berkshire Community College, Massachusetts. Dr. Sagarin has a Ph.D. in history from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree in art history, with a certificate of proficiency in fine art, from Princeton University. He is married and the father of two children, Andrew and Kathleen. His wife, Janis Martinson, is Chief Advancement Officer at Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: SteinerBooks
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0880105275
• ISBN 13: 9780880105279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128