Waldorf Education

Waldorf Education, sometimes called Steiner education, is a world-wide movement based on an educational philosophy formulated by Austrian Rudolf Steiner after World War I. With a goal of educating the "whole child", Waldorf educators place a strong emphasis on balancing the child's natural stages of development with creativity and academic excellence. There is a strong emphasis on the arts, social skills and spiritual values.

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Educational philosophy - Austrian - Rudolf Steiner - World War I - Creativity - Arts - Social skill - Spiritual

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Waldorf education is practised in Waldorf schools, homeschools, and special education environments. There are now over 900 Waldorf schools throughout the world including Europe, North & South America, Africa, Australasia and Japan.

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Europe - North & South America - Africa - Australasia - Japan

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The name comes from the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company, in Stuttgart, Germany which was the first institution to host a Waldorf school.

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Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company - Stuttgart, Germany

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