The Bloomsbury Handbook of Steiner Waldorf Education (Bloomsbury Handbooks)

This handbook offers a critical and balanced overview of the theories, practices and experiences of Steiner Waldorf Education. Rudolf Steiner’s ideas created what is now an alternative education movement with over 1000 schools and more than 1000 kindergartens globally. This handbook eschews easy polarization and echo chambers, offering a balanced and critical account of Steiner's philosophies, practices and experiences and includes contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Norway, South Africa, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. The handbook is divided into four sections covering: Steiner as the founder of a movement; education in the contemporary world; curriculum, pedagogy and assessment; and educational stakeholders. The chapters cover Steiner's key concepts and areas of influence including, anthroposophy, biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophic medicine, the Camphill Movement, eurythmy and The Christian Community.