Analysis of Waldorf
Waldorf Education is a private, developmental curriculum focused on teaching to the holistic needs of children. Rudolf Steiner developed Waldorf education in the early 20th Century to create a learning environment focused on artistic learning and creative thinking. Waldorf schools, also referred to as Steiner schools, exist in 91 countries and there are about 1,000 schools in total (Costello-Dougherty, 2009). Waldorf schools vary in sizes but some have programs from preschool through high school (DeLuca & Hughes, 2014). As children pass through a series of stages of development, Waldorf curriculum focuses on teaching the right thing at the right ...
