Yeah, sure.  Ask me anything.  My brother-in-law teaches at the Waldorf
Schule Göttingen, and I've had to go through some of the basics of
Rudolf Steiner as part of the acquaintance.

Methodology: Do things when the kid's ready, not when the curriculum
calls for it.  My nephew didn't learn to read until about fifth grade.
Now you've got to hide books from it; he seems to be making up for lost
time.  Instructions focuses also on agriculture; the kids learn to sow
and harvest by fairly primitive means.  Technology is stressed
considerably less.  Göttingen is university town.  Many of the kids of
academics attend the Waldorf School.

Got to rush to class . . . Write to me privately; I'd be happy to talk
to you more about this.

==Best, Reinhold

Odile Sullivan-Tarazi schrieb:
>
> I know this isn't exactly grammar, but you're all folks intensely
> involved with education. . . can any one (or more!) of you tell me
> anything about the Waldorf methodology?  I mean, whether it works,
> how well, with what sorts of kids, what its drawbacks are?  And, more
> specifically, about the Rudolf Steiner version of this type of
> teaching?  I've got plenty of literature from the schools themselves,
> but I'm looking for an outside view.
>
> Anything you can offer would be most helpful.  Many thanks . . .
>
> Odile
> (Mostly a lurker)
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