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1 online resource (xvi, 261 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 11
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Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-250) and index. |
| Summary |
Rudolf Steiner is indisputably a major thinker in education. Heiner Ullrich's volume offers the most coherent account of Steiner's educational thought. This work is divided into:Intellectual biography. Critical exposition of Steiner's work. The reception and influence of Steiner's work. The relevance of the work today. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Foreword; Prologue; Part 1 Intellectual Biography; 1. Childhood and Youth Abroad: Scholastic Success and Intellectual Curiosity; 2. Studies and Work as a Tutor in Vienna: The Basis for an Idealistic Worldview; 3. Archivist in Weimar: The Philosophy of Goethean Natural Science; 4. Writer and Speaker in Berlin: The Free Spirit Converts to Theosophy; 5. The Path to the Goetheanum: The Elaboration of Anthroposophy as Science, Religion and Art; 6. A New Era: The Wisdom Teacher's Move to Social Reform and Renewal of Education; Note. |
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Part 2 Critical Exposition of Steiner's Philosophical and Educational Work7. Goetheanism: The Epistemological Early Works; 8. Anthroposophy: An Overview of Steiner's Basic Teachings; 9. The Path of Cognition; 10. Cosmology: Emanation of the Spirit and the World's Evolution; 11. Anthropology: Man's Fourfold Architecture; 12. Man's Functional Threefold Structure; 13. Biography as Reincarnation and Destinal Chain ('Karma'); 14. The Four Temperaments; 15. Ages and the Development of the Human Person; 16. The Concept of Education; 17. The Free Waldorf School. |
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18. A School in the Spirit of Anthroposophy?19. The Waldorf Pre-School and the Anthroposophical Curative Education; Part 3 The Reception and Influence of Steiner's Works; 20. Anthroposophy as a Philosophy Without Boundaries; 21. Anthroposophy as the Return of Mythical Thought Within Science; 22. Anthroposophy -- A Modernized Form of Gnosis; 23. The Free Waldorf School: A School of Classic Progressive Education?; 24. Between Prohibition and Continuation as Experimental State School: The Ambivalent Interest of the NSDAP in Waldorf School Practice. |
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25. The Importance of Waldorf Pedagogy for State Schools26. Waldorf Schools: The Dubious Character of Their Fundamentals and the Prerequisites of Their Success; 27. Learning from the Waldorf Schools -- A New Dialogue and its Themes; Part 4 The Relevance of Steiner/Waldorf Schools Today; 28. The Global Success of Rudolf Steiner's Pedagogy; 29. How Successful are Waldorf Schools? -- Evaluation Studies; 30. What Do Waldorf Pupils Do After Graduation and How Do They See Their School in Retrospect? -- Alumni Studies; 31. How Do Teachers and Pupils View the Waldorf School? -- Attitude Studies. |
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32. Class Teacher-Pupil Relationships at Waldorf Schools -- A Current Research ContributionNotes; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; A. Works by Rudolf Steiner; B. Other Works and Articles; Further Reading in English (Compiled by Daniel Balestrini); C. Electronic Resources; D. Basic Concepts in Steinerian Thought1 (Glossary); Note; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925.
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Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925. |
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Steiner, Rudolf. |
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Educators -- Biography.
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Educators -- Biography. |
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Anthroposophists -- Biography.
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Anthroposophists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Education -- Philosophy.
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Education -- Philosophy. |
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Waldorf method of education.
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Waldorf method of education. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ullrich, Heiner, 1942- Rudolf Steiner. London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, ©2008 9780826484192 (DLC) 2007032284 (OCoLC)165081933 |
| ISBN |
9781441162700 (electronic book) |
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1441162704 (electronic book) |
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1283206641 |
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9781283206648 |
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9780826484192 |
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0826484190 |
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