Rudolf Steiner (Continuum Library of Educational Thought Series, Volume 11) Book

Series Editor's Preface     ix
Foreword     xi
Prologue     xv
Intellectual Biography     1
Childhood and Youth Abroad: Scholastic Success and Intellectual Curiosity     1
Studies and Work as a Tutor in Vienna: The Basis for an Idealistic Worldview     3
Archivist in Weimar: The Philosophy of Goethean Natural Science     9
Writer and Speaker in Berlin: The Free Spirit Converts to Theosophy     14
The Path to the Goetheanum: The Elaboration of Anthroposophy as Science, Religion and Art     23
A New Era: The Wisdom Teacher's Move to Social Reform and Renewal of Education     30
Critical Exposition of Steiner's Philosophical and Educational Work     39
Goetheanism: The Epistemological Early Works     39
Anthroposophy: An Overview of Steiner's Basic Teachings     49
The Path of Cognition     51
Cosmology: Emanation of the Spirit and the World's Evolution     55
Anthropology: Man's Fourfold Architecture     59
Man's Functional Threefold Structure     63
Biography as Reincarnation and Destinal Chain ('Karma')     67
The Four Temperaments     69
Ages and the Development of the Human Person     72
The Concept of Education     75
The Free Waldorf School     81
A School in the Spirit of Anthroposophy?     85
The Waldorf Pre-School and the Anthroposophical Curative Education     110
The Reception and Influence of Steiner's Work     121
Anthroposophy as a Philosophy Without Boundaries     123
Anthroposophy as the Return of Mythical Thought within Science     127
Anthroposophy - A Modernized Form of Gnosis     135
The Free Waldorf School: A School of Classic Progressive Education?     140
Between Prohibition and Continuation as Experimental State School: The Ambivalent Interest of NSDAP in Waldorf School Practice     154
The Importance of Waldorf Pedagogy for State Schools     157
Waldorf Schools: The Dubious Character of their Fundamentals and the Prerequisites of Their Success     160
Learning from the Waldorf Schools - A New Dialogue and its Themes     171
The Relevance of Steiner/Waldorf Schools Today     181
The Global Success of Rudolf Steiner's Pedagogy     181
How Successful are Waldorf Schools? - Evaluation Studies     185
What Do Waldorf Pupils Do after Graduation and How Do They See Their School in Retrospect? - Alumni Studies     191
How Do Teachers and Pupils View the Waldorf School? - Attitude Studies     204
Class Teacher-Pupil Relationships at Waldorf Schools - A Current Research Contribution     208
Epilogue     223
Bibliography     225
Glossary     251
Index     260