Toward wholeness : Rudolf Steiner education in America / by Mary Caroline Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Mary Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education--United States.

Anthropology.

Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925.

Steiner, Rudolf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 pages)

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating study about a uniquely artistic individual.

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; One Introduction to Rudolf Steiner and the Author's Approach; Two Introduction to Waldorf Schooling in America; Three The Education of the Child: A Spiritual Anatomy and Basic Text; Four To Feel the Whole in Every Part: Education As an Art; Five Teacher Training and Handwork; Six More on Curriculum/Methods/Teachers/Children; Seven Camphill in America: Mental Handicap and a New Social Impulse; Eight Education and Community: A School of Life and a Reschooling of Society; Nine Waldorf Education and New Age Religious

Ten The Teacher; Eleven Transformation; Conclusion: Steps Toward a New Culture; Appendix 1 Directory of Waldorf Schools, Institutes, and Adult Education Centers; Appendix 2 A Brief Chronology of Rudolf Steiner's Life and Works; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-16872-3

9786613168726

0-8195-6971-2

OCLC:

767498340