Beautifully put. Thank you so much for this video. My husband and I just found out about Waldorf 2 months ago and have been completely in love with it ever since. My daughter will be starting third grade at a public Waldorf Charter School this fall and we could it be more excited. I think she's going to love it. She's coming from a traditional mainstream School
Years ago when I had a normal job as a sales and catering manager for a hotel, I worked with the local Waldorf school on booking some things for them. I had no idea and wished I knew then what I know now!
Thanks for this topic Michael. I knew/know many Waldorf teachers who are now in their seventies...the ones who really attempted to bring the visionary curriculum to the fore. They had a chance to give their best before the botique era. Some of the most dedicated, creative, hard-working teachers anywhere. The perspective you bring here today is so helpful since you know multiple forms of pedagogy from the inside. No theory. Full participation. Bravo.
Do you think Waldorf education prepares children to be well adjusted to modern life? I don't mean simply fit in, but are they usually able to cope with it?
People also ask the same question about homeschooled kids (we homeschooled most of ours). Of course "modern life" is not such a great thing to be adjusted to (in my opinion), but I think Waldorf kids and homeschoolers, on the average, probably do better about negotiating their way through the world than most kids who go through mainstream or parochial schooling. They tend to be (or used to) more independent thinkers. I would guess that most people not coping with modern life had conventional educations. What do you think? After teaching college for 25 years, I'd say the brightest students I've had were homeschooled--though I did teach two of my Waldorf kids in college (!), which surprised all of us. They were brilliant.
@michaelmartin8681 I have a background in homeschooling, public and private education. I am very grateful to have an appreciation for the arts, and it is certainly a benefit that I was able to develop my creativity and critical thinking. But I have always been estranged from my peers and have had a difficult time adapting socially and emotionally; I am certainly a victim of the loneliness epidemic. I guess a part of me wonders whether or not my inability to relate to my generation played a part in that.
@@kaidoloveboat1591 I went to Catholic school and public school. Never fit in. Thank God! Many, many kids go through mainstream education and never fit in. The good thing about Waldorf is the kids tend to feel they belong (having the same teacher helps in that regard). But no system is perfect. And that's okay. If I had fit in, I wouldn't have done any of the interesting things I've done. I'm certain of it.
I submitted my grade twelve Waldorf thesis at UBC and successfully challenged my BA and got admitted into my Masters, so in that regard Waldorf saved me a lot of time and money as an adult. Of course, it was a groundbreaking thesis. But most of my friends excelled, though many of them due to already having rich parents of course. We also in first year college noted we all felt slightly "retarded" socially by Waldorf but now that I am much older I think it was just a disconnect which was easily remedied by being out in the wild world, ooh baby. Hope my two cents helps.
What resources would you recommend for homeschooling using Waldorf? How would you go about self training or being trained by someone for homeschooling ?
As for resources, maybe Steiner's book 'The Kingdom of Childhood' is a good place to start. As for training, there are teacher training programs out there, but they usually don’t last that long. Maybe I'll drop a couple of videos on the topic.
@@michaelmartin8681 I’d really love that. It would make an excellent resource to have you share some of your teaching experience. Especially considering how captured Montessori and Waldorf have become. It’s a shame there’s not an equivalent set of curriculum and resources the way Montessori has There seems like there’s be a niche for modifying it slightly for Catholic homeschooling for traditional Catholics
Pronouns are a big issue in Waldorf schools at the moment. Some precocious kids changing pronouns on an almost daily basis. By the way, we use simikar verses for gathering, meal times and end of day in our Camphill community.
Beautifully put. Thank you so much for this video. My husband and I just found out about Waldorf 2 months ago and have been completely in love with it ever since. My daughter will be starting third grade at a public Waldorf Charter School this fall and we could it be more excited. I think she's going to love it. She's coming from a traditional mainstream School
Years ago when I had a normal job as a sales and catering manager for a hotel, I worked with the local Waldorf school on booking some things for them. I had no idea and wished I knew then what I know now!
sending me to Waldorf k thru 13 was the best thing my parents did for me :)
Thanks for this topic Michael. I knew/know many Waldorf teachers who are now in their seventies...the ones who really attempted to bring the visionary curriculum to the fore. They had a chance to give their best before the botique era. Some of the most dedicated, creative, hard-working teachers anywhere. The perspective you bring here today is so helpful since you know multiple forms of pedagogy from the inside. No theory. Full participation. Bravo.
Do you think Waldorf education prepares children to be well adjusted to modern life? I don't mean simply fit in, but are they usually able to cope with it?
People also ask the same question about homeschooled kids (we homeschooled most of ours). Of course "modern life" is not such a great thing to be adjusted to (in my opinion), but I think Waldorf kids and homeschoolers, on the average, probably do better about negotiating their way through the world than most kids who go through mainstream or parochial schooling. They tend to be (or used to) more independent thinkers. I would guess that most people not coping with modern life had conventional educations. What do you think? After teaching college for 25 years, I'd say the brightest students I've had were homeschooled--though I did teach two of my Waldorf kids in college (!), which surprised all of us. They were brilliant.
@michaelmartin8681 I have a background in homeschooling, public and private education. I am very grateful to have an appreciation for the arts, and it is certainly a benefit that I was able to develop my creativity and critical thinking. But I have always been estranged from my peers and have had a difficult time adapting socially and emotionally; I am certainly a victim of the loneliness epidemic. I guess a part of me wonders whether or not my inability to relate to my generation played a part in that.
@@kaidoloveboat1591 I went to Catholic school and public school. Never fit in. Thank God! Many, many kids go through mainstream education and never fit in. The good thing about Waldorf is the kids tend to feel they belong (having the same teacher helps in that regard). But no system is perfect. And that's okay. If I had fit in, I wouldn't have done any of the interesting things I've done. I'm certain of it.
I submitted my grade twelve Waldorf thesis at UBC and successfully challenged my BA and got admitted into my Masters, so in that regard Waldorf saved me a lot of time and money as an adult. Of course, it was a groundbreaking thesis. But most of my friends excelled, though many of them due to already having rich parents of course. We also in first year college noted we all felt slightly "retarded" socially by Waldorf but now that I am much older I think it was just a disconnect which was easily remedied by being out in the wild world, ooh baby. Hope my two cents helps.
What resources would you recommend for homeschooling using Waldorf?
How would you go about self training or being trained by someone for homeschooling ?
As for resources, maybe Steiner's book 'The Kingdom of Childhood' is a good place to start. As for training, there are teacher training programs out there, but they usually don’t last that long. Maybe I'll drop a couple of videos on the topic.
@@michaelmartin8681 I’d really love that. It would make an excellent resource to have you share some of your teaching experience. Especially considering how captured Montessori and Waldorf have become.
It’s a shame there’s not an equivalent set of curriculum and resources the way Montessori has
There seems like there’s be a niche for modifying it slightly for Catholic homeschooling for traditional Catholics
Pronouns are a big issue in Waldorf schools at the moment. Some precocious kids changing pronouns on an almost daily basis. By the way, we use simikar verses for gathering, meal times and end of day in our Camphill community.
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