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[https://www.bbc.com/news/education-28646118 Why are Steiner schools so controversial?] BBC article - 2014<br> | [https://www.bbc.com/news/education-28646118 Why are Steiner schools so controversial?] - BBC article - 2014<br> | ||
[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/steiner-schools-have-some-questionable-lessons-for-todays-children-a7402911.html Steiner schools have some questionable lessons for today's children] Independent - 2016<br> | [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/steiner-schools-have-some-questionable-lessons-for-todays-children-a7402911.html Steiner schools have some questionable lessons for today's children] - Independent - 2016<br> | ||
[http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2016/11/ten-things-you-should-know-about-waldorfsteiner-schools.html Ten Things You Should Know About Waldorf/Steiner Schools] Quackometer - 2016 | [http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2016/11/ten-things-you-should-know-about-waldorfsteiner-schools.html Ten Things You Should Know About Waldorf/Steiner Schools] - Quackometer - 2016<br> | ||
[http://www.montessorianswers.com/my-experiences-with-waldorf.html A Montessori student teacher's account of a Waldorf School] - Montessori Answers | |||
Revision as of 20:26, 5 April 2020
Highlights
- Pretty classrooms with lots of natural materials
- Art is incorporated in all areas of the curriculum.
- Based on the quasi-religious ideas of Rudolph Steiner including reincarnation and astrology
- Beginning reading (ABC's) not started until first grade based on the idea that the child's spirit hasn't finished incarnating in the child's body before then
- Left-handed children are often made to use their right hand instead
- Children are not taught to distinguish between fantasy and reality (fairy tales and mythology taught in place of history)
Articles
Why are Steiner schools so controversial? - BBC article - 2014
Steiner schools have some questionable lessons for today's children - Independent - 2016
Ten Things You Should Know About Waldorf/Steiner Schools - Quackometer - 2016
A Montessori student teacher's account of a Waldorf School - Montessori Answers
