Through
the years,
a number of academic and other forms of theoretical and empirical
studies
on Waldorf education, Waldorf schools and Waldorf pupils have been
conducted
and published by universities, by school authorities in a number of
countries,
by the schools themselves and by others, describing, investigating and
discussing Waldorf education.
Some
of them are:
1929
Staedtke
I: Schiller
und die Waldorfpädagogik. Phil. Diss. Leipzig. (Schiller and Waldorf
education. Dissertation, University of Leipzig, 1929.)
1952
Schneider
J W: Die
Rudolf Steinerschule, ihre theoretische Begründung und praktische
Gestaltung. Phil. Diss. Kiel (The Rudolf Steiner school, its
theoretical
foundation and practice. Dissertation, University of Kiel, 1952.).
1958
Koop U:
Die Pädagogik
der Waldorfschulen. Phil. Diss. Hamburg. (The Educational Theory of the
Waldorf Schools. Dissertation, University of Hamburg, 1958)
1959
Oppolzer
S: Anthropologie
und Pädagogik bei Rudolf Steiner. Phil. Diss. Münster. (The
Anthropology
and Educational Theory of Rudolf Steiner. Dissertation, University of
Münster,
1959)
1962
Kroeker
G:
Aspects of Waldorf education. Dissertation, University of Manitoba,
1962.
(Ref)
1963
Von
Baravalle H:
The International Waldorf School Movement. Education Resources
Information
Center, 1963. (Summary)
1966
Grunelius
E M: Early
Childhood Education and the Waldorf School Plan. Education Resources
Information
Center, 1966. (Summary)
1967
Ogletree
E J:
A cross-cultural exploratory study of the creativeness of Steiner and
state
school pupils in England, Scotland and Germany. Dissertation, Wayne
State
University, Dept. of Education, 1967. (Ref)
1970
Ogletree
E J, Rackauskas
J A, Buergin T F: Teaching Number Sense through Rhythmical Counting.
Elementary
School Journal, 71(1): 11-17, Oct 1970. (Summary)
1974
Durham E
B:
Imagination and feeling in the life and learning of elementary school
age
children: an examination of the Rudolf Steiner pedagogy. Dissertation,
Bank Street College of Education, New York, 1974. (Ref)
Ogletree
E J: Rudolf
Steiner: Unknown Educator. Elementary School Journal, 74(6): 344-352,
March
1974. (Abstract) (Summary)
1975
Ogletree
E J: Waldorf
Schools: A Child-Centered System. Education Resources Information
Center,
1975. (Summary)
Ogletree
E J: Eurythmy:
A Motoric and Artistic Method of Teaching Young Children. Education
Resources
Information Center, 1975. (Summary)
Ogletree
E J: Geometric
Form Drawing: A Perceptual- Motor Approach to Preventive Remediation
(The
Steiner Approach). Journal of Special Education, 9(3): 237-245, 1975. (Summary)
1976
Ogletree
E J: Eurythmy:
A Therapeutic Art of Movement. Journal of Special Education, 10(3):
305-19,
1976. (Abstract)
1977
Matthiolus
H, Schuh
C: Reversal
of Acceleration Trends in Waldorf Schools. (In: A New image of Man
in Medicine (vol. III): "Individuation Process and Biographical Aspects
of Disease" (p 83-101), Ed: Schaefer K E, Stave U, Blankenburg W. New
York:
Futura Publishing Company, 1977.
1979
Feistritzer
P, Balcerack
C: The Austrian Approach: Entering the World of Children. Momentum,
10(2):
11-23, May 1979. (Summary)
Ogletree
E J: The
Waldorf Schools: An International School System. Headmaster U.S.A.
8-10,
Dec 1979. (Summary)
Ogletree
E J (ed):
Introduction to Waldorf Education: Curriculum and Methods. Washington,
DC: University Press of America, 1979, 491 pp.
Rist
G, Schneider
P: Integrating Vocational and General Education: A Rudolf Steiner
School.
Case Study of the Hibernia School, Herne, Federal Republic of Germany.
Education Resources Information Center, 1979. (Summary)
1980
Barnes
H: An Introduction
to Waldorf Education. Teachers College Record, 81(3): 323-36, Spring
1980.
(Summary)
Davy
J: The Social
Meaning of Education. Teachers College Record, 81(3): 345-59, Spring
1980.
(Summary)
Leichter
H J: A Note
on Time and Education. Teachers College Record, 81(3): 360-70, Spring
1980.
(Summary)
Ogletree
E J: Waldorf
Schools: An Artistic Approach to Education. Journal of the Society for
Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 5(2): 1980.
Perkins
B F: Sacramento
Waldorf School and its high school students. Dissertation, California
State
University, Sacramento, 1980. (Ref)
Richards
M C: Toward
wholeness: Rudolf Steiner education in America. Middletown, CT:
Wesleyan
University Press, 1981, 222 pp.
1981
Childs G
J:
Rudolf Steiner education as historical necessity. Dissertation,
University
of Wales, Cardiff, 1981. (Ref)
Foster
S W: The Waldorf
Schools: an exploration of an enduring alternative school movement.
Dissertation,
Florida
State University,
1981. (Ref)
Glas
W: The Waldorf
School Approach to History. Education Resources Information Center,
1981.
(Summary)
Leber
S: Die Waldorfschule
im gesellschaftlichen Umfeld. Zahlen, Daten und Erläuterungen zu
Bildungslebensläufen
ehemaliger Waldorfschüler (The Waldorf School in the Social Context.
Figures, Data and Explanations Concerning the Educational Career of
Former
Waldorf Pupils) Stuttgart: Freies Geistesleben 1981.
Moehle-Vieregge
L:
One approach to early foreign language learning: the Waldorf School of
Rudolf Steiner. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1981. (Ref)
Ogletree
E J: Teaching
Geometry: An Experiential and Artistic Approach. Education Resources
Information
Center, 1981. (Summary)
1982
Ginsburg
I H: Jean
Piaget and Rudolf Steiner: Stages of Child Development and Implications
for Pedagogy. Teachers College Record, 84(2): 327-37, Winter 1982. (Summary) (Abstract)
1984
Foster S
W: An Introduction
to Waldorf Education. Clearing House, 57(5): 228-30, Jan 1984. (Summary)
Mattioli
C T: Awakening
creative behavior: contributions from the Rudolf Steiner method.
Dissertation,
University of Massachusetts at Boston, 1984. (Ref)
1985
Ogletree
E J: An
Interpretation of Rudolf Steiner's Theory of Child Development and
School
Readiness. Education Resources Information Center, 1985. (Summary)
1986
Miller J
P: Atomism,
Pragmatism, Holism. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(3):
175-96,
Spring 1986. (Summary)
Ogletree
E J: A New
Interpretation of Speech and Cognitive Development During the First
Three
Years. Education Resources Information Center, 1986. (Summary)
1987
Hansmann
O (ed),
Pro und contra Waldorfpädagogik. Akademische Pädagogik in der
Auseinandersetzung mit der Rudolf-Steiner-Pädagogik (For and Against
Waldorf Education. Academic Education compared with Rudolf Steiner
Education),
Würzburg, 1987.
Ogletree
E J: Eurythmy:
Art of Movement in the Waldorf Schools. In Schuster D (ed): Journal
of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 12(1-4): 65-84,
1987.
Wong
G L: A
move towards wholeness: the interpretation of the philosophy of Rudolf
Steiner through the design of a Waldorf school. Dissertation,
University
of Washington, 1987. (Ref)
1988
Gessler
L: Bildungserfolg
im Spiegel von Bildungsbiographien. Begegnungen mit Schülerinnen und
Schülern der Hiberniaschule Wanne-Eickel (Educational Success Reflected
in Educational Biographies: Encounters with Female and Male Pupils of
the
Hibernia School at Wanne-Eickel) Frankfurt am Main/Berne/New
York/Paris:
Peter Lang 1988.
Ogletree
E J, Ujlaki
V: School Readiness and Rudolf Steiner's Theory of Learning. Education
Resources Information Center, 1988. (Summary)
Reinsmith
W A: The
Whole in Every Part: Steiner and Waldorf Schooling. Educational Forum,
54(1): 79-91, Fall 1989. (Summary)
1990
Hutchingson
J M:
A study of the relationship between years in the integrative, creative,
and artistic Waldorf education and self-actualization. Dissertation,
Wayne
State University, 1990. (Ref)
Katz
S H: Through
the eyes of our future: an educational ethnography of a Waldorf school.
Dissertation, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1990. (Ref)
Newton
S D: An elementary
and high school complex for Lexington, MA--an exploration in designing
for the Waldorf curriculum. Dissertation, MIT Department of
Architecture,
1990. (Ref)
1991
Barnes
H: Learning
That Grows with the Learner: An Introduction to Waldorf Education.
Educational
Leadership, 49(2): 52-54, Oct 1991. (Summary)
Coulter
D J: Montessori
and Steiner: A Pattern of Reverse Symmetries. Holistic Education
Review.
4(2): 30-32, Summer, 1991.
Grund-
und Strukturdaten
1991/92 (Basic Facts and Figures for 1991/1992) Bundesministerium für
Bildung und Wissenschaft, 1991, p.
84.
Henry
M E: The
Symbolic Order of School: Waldorf and College Prep. Education
Resources
Information Center, 1991.
Mollet
D: How the
Waldorf Approach Changed a Difficult Class. Educational Leadership,
49(2):
55-56, Oct 1991. (Summary)
Ogletree
E J: Creativity
and Waldorf Education: A Study. Education Resources Information
Center,
1991.
Uhrmacher
P B: Waldorf
schools marching quietly unheard. Dissertation, School of Education,
Stanford
University, 1991. (Ref)
1992
Almon J:
Educating
for Creative Thinking: The Waldorf Approach. Re-Vision, 15, 1992.
Carroll
W M: An inquiry
into the nature of Waldorf School teachers: gaining perspectives
through
teacher lore. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992. (Ref)
Edmunds
F: Renewing
Education: Selected Writings on Steiner Education. Hudson, NY:
Anthroposophic
Press, 1992, 129 pp. (Summary)
Henry
M E: School
Rituals as Educational Contexts: Symbolizing the World, Others, and
Self
in Waldorf and College Prep Schools. International Journal of
Qualitative
Studies in Education, 5(4): 295-309, Oct-Nov 1992. (Summary)
Howard
J: Literacy
learning in a Waldorf school a belief in the sense of structure and
story.
Dissertation, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1992.
(Ref)
Lozoraitis
J: An
exploration of Waldorf education principles in a public school
bilingual
program for gifted students. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, 1992. (Ref)
Ogletree
E J, Schmidt
L J: Faculty Involvement in Administration of Schools. Illinois Schools
Journal, 71(2): 40-46, 1992. (Summary)
Schwartz
E: Holistic
Assessment in the Waldorf School. Holistic Education Review, 5(4):
31-37,
1992.
Thuesen
M: Hvor går
de hen, når de går ud? En undersoegelse udfört i de 9
förste årgange udgået fra 12. klasse på Rudolf Steiner
Skolen i Odense. (Investion of Former Grade Twelve Students. What do
the
Students do after Class 12? Investigation on the First Nine Classes
that
left Grade Twelve of the Rudolf Steiner School in Odense, Denmark. June
1991.) Published 1992 by the Rudolf Steiner Skolen in Odense, Denmark.
1993
Evans
A-L E: Holism
and art in the Waldorf School: implications for public education.
Dissertation,
Pacific
University,
1993. (Ref)
Hallsten
O: Matematikundervisningen
i fristående skolor. Skolverket 1993. (The Teaching of Mathematics
in Independent Schools. The
National Agency for Education, Sweden, 1993.)
Harrington
S: Waldorf
Education: An Innovative Tradition. Momentum, 24(1): 17-21, Feb-Mar
1993.
(Summary)
Henry
M: School
Cultures: Universes of Meaning in Private Schools Norwood, NJ:
Ablex
Publishing 1993, 253 pp.
Hutchingson
R, Hutchingson
J: Waldorf Education as a Program for Gifted Students. Journal for the
Education of the Gifted, 16(4): 400-419, 1993. (Summary)
Uhrmacher
P B: Coming
to Know the World through Waldorf Education. Journal of Curriculum and
Supervision, 9(1): 87-104, Fall 1993. (Summary)
Uhrmacher
P B: Making
Contact: An Exploration of Focused Attention between Teacher and
Students.
Curriculum
Inquiry,
23(4): 433-444, Winter 1993. (Abstract)
1994
Arvas F,
Öhman
H: Kristofferskolan - en utvärdering från tidigare elever.
Augusti-December
1994, Stockholm. (The Kristoffer School, an Evaluation by Former
Pupils.
Aug-Dec 1994, Stockholm.) Vascaia AB, Nacka, Sweden.
Calles
V: An analysis
of the Waldorf school system. Dissertation, Eckerd College, St
Petersburg,
1994. (Ref)
Estrada
R L: Integrating
aspects of Waldorf Education into my public school classroom.
Dissertation,
Colorado
College,
Colorado Springs, 1994. (Ref)
Frazier
C H: Leaving
the garden: a naturalistic study of four students' transitions from
Waldorf
School to public middle school. Dissertation, University of Virginia,
1994.
(Ref)
Hellmich
A, Teigeler
P (eds): Montessori-, Freinet-, Waldorfpädagogik. Konzeption und
aktuelle
Praxis (Montessori-, Freinet-, and Waldorf education. Conception and
present
practice.) Weinheim, Basel: Belz (2nd ed) 1994.
Junemann
M, Weitmann
F: Drawing and Painting in Rudolf Steiner Schools. Education Resources
Information Center, 1994. (Summary)
Ullrich
H: RUDOLF
STEINER (1861-1925). Prospects: the quarterly review of comparative
education (Paris, UNESCO: International Bureau of Education) XXIV(3/4):
555-572, 1994.
Wilson
L O: Every
Child, Whole Child: Classroom Activities for Unleashing Natural
Abilities.
Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press, 1994, 190 pp.
1995
Blunt R:
Waldorf
education: theory and practice - a background to the educational
thought
of Rudolf Steiner. Cape Town: Novalis Press. Masters thesis, Rhodes
University, Grahamstown, 1995, 239 pp.
Hallsten
O: Undervisningen
i Waldorfskolor, huvudrapport 1995-10-16. Skolverket. (Education in
Waldorf
schools. Main report 1995-10-16. The
National Agency for Education, Sweden.)
Hallsten
O: Undervisningen
i Waldorfskolor, sammanfattande version 1995-08-31. Skolverket
(Education
in Waldorf schools. Summarizing Version 1995-08-31. The
National Agency for Education, Sweden).
Knox, C. A. The
Rudolf Steiner approach to education: A qualitative study with
particular reference to the pre-primary and primary phase of a Waldorf
school in KwaZulu-Natal. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal.
Stott
M: Foreign
Language Teaching in Rudolf Steiner Schools: Guidelines for
Class-Teachers
and Language Teachers. Stroud, UK: Hawthorn Press, 1995, 146 pp. (Summary)
Uhrmacher
P B: Uncommon
schooling: a historical look at Rudolf Steiner, anthroposophy, and
Waldorf
education. Curriculum Inquiry, 25, 381-406, 1995. (Abstract)
1996
Byers P,
Dillard
C, Easton F, Henry M, McDermott R, Oberman I, Uhrmacher P B: Waldorf
Education
in an Inner-City Public School: The Urban Waldorf School of Milwaukee.
Spring Valley, NY: Parker Courtney Press, 1996.
Masters
B: An Appraisal
of Steinerian Theory and Waldorf Praxis: How do they compare?
Dissertation,
Roehampton Institute, 1996. (Ref)
McDermott
R, Byers
P, Dillard C, Easton F, Henry M, Uhrmacher P B: Waldorf education in an
inner-city public school. Urban Review, 28(2): 119-140, 1996. (Summary)
McDermott
R: Racism
and Waldorf Education. Research Bulletin, The
Research Institute for
Waldorf Education, 1(2): June 1996. (Commentary)
McIntosh
P: Steiner
Education. Connections - Glasgow, 28: 23-24, 1996. (Ref)
Nobel
A: Educating
through art: the Steiner school approach. Edinburgh: Floris Books,
1996, 308 pp.
Ogletree
E J: The
Comparative Status of the Creative Thinking Ability of Waldorf
Education
Students: A Survey. University of Chicago, Illinois, Sept 1996. (Summary)
Rivers
I, Soutter
A: Bullying and Steiner School Ethos - A Case Study Analysis of a
Group-Centered
Educational Philosophy. School Psychology International. 17(4):
359-377,
Nov 1996. (Abstract)
Sloan
D: Reflections
on the Evolution of Consciousness:
Inspired
by Ray McDermott’s “Racism and Waldorf Education”. Research
Bulletin,
The Research Institute for Waldorf Education, 1(2): June 1996.
Wood
P R: Beyond
survival: a case study of the Milwaukee Urban Waldorf School.
Dissertation,
University of San Francisco, 1996. (Ref)
1997
Almon J:
Violence
and the Electronic Media: Their Impact on Children. Research
Bulletin,
The Research Institute for Waldorf Education, 2(1): Jan 1997.
Armon
J: Teachers
as moral educators a study of caring in Waldorf and public school
classrooms.
Dissertation, University of Denver, 1997. (Ref)
Armon
J: The
Waldorf Curriculum as a Framework for Moral Education: One dimension of
a fourfold system. Annual Meeting of American Educational Research
Association (AERA), Chicago, 1997.
Chirico,
D M: Building
on Shifting Sand: The Impact of Computer Use on Neural and Cognitive
Development.
Research Bulletin, The Research Institute for Waldorf Education, 2(1):
Jan 1997.
Davis
S: Public-private
parterships in American education: the Oak Ridge Waldorf Methods Magnet
School. Dissertation, 1997. (Ref)
Easton
F: Educating
the Whole Child, "Head, Heart, and Hands": Learning from the Waldorf
Experience.
Theory into Practice, 36(2): 87-94, Spring 1997. (Abstract)
Esterl
D: Welche
Abschlüsse gibt es an Waldorfschulen? (Which qualifications can pupils
obtain in Waldorf Schools?) Stuttgart, 1997.
Glöckler
M:
A
New Educational Paradigm: Identity of Vital Functions and Thinking
Activity.
Research Bulletin, The Research Institute for Waldorf Education, 2(2):
June 1997.
Golden
J: Narrative
- The use of story in Waldorf education. Annual Meeting of American
Educational
Research Association (AERA), Chicago, 1997.
Masters
B: A Case
of Motion Towards: What Is the Place of Movement in Steinerian
Education
Theory? Early Child Development and Care, 138: 21-28, Nov 1997. (Summary)
Miller
R: "Partial
Vision" in Alternative Education. SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative
Education,
14(3): 27-33, Summer 1997. (Summary)
Navascues
M: Waldorf
Schools: Seventy-Six Years of Early Language Learning. Learning
Languages,
2(2): 34-39,42, Winter 1997. (Summary)
Oberman
I: The
mystery of Waldorf: A turn-of-the- century German experiment on today’s
American soil. Annual Meeting of the American Education Research
Association
(AERA), Chicago, 1997.
Oberman
I: Waldorf
History: Case Study of Institutional Memory. Annual Meeting of the
American Education Research Association (AERA), Chicago, 1997.
Ogletree
E J: Eurythmy
in the Waldorf Schools. Education Resources Information Center,
1997.
Ogletree
E J: Waldorf
Education: Theory of Child Development and Teaching Methods.
University
of Chicago, December 1997.
Schmitt-Stegmann
A: Child
Development and Curriculum in Waldorf education. Elementary and
Childhood
Education (PS026174).
Sturbaum
M B: Transformational
possibilities of schooling: a study of Waldorf education. Dissertation,
Indiana University, 1997. (Ref)
Uhrmacher
P B: Evaluating
Change: Strategies for Borrowing from Alternative Education. Theory
into
Practice, 36(2): 71-78, Spring 1997. (Summary)
Woods
G, O’Neill
M, Woods P A: Spiritual Values in Education: Lessons from Steiner?
International
Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 2(2): 25-40, 1997. (Ref)
1998
Almon J:
Endangered
Childhood. Research Bulletin, The Research Institute for Waldorf
Education,
3(2): June 1998.
Busch
N: The therapeutic
kindergarten: a qualitative investigation of Waldorf education and the
inclusion of young children with special needs. Dissertation,
University
of Kansas, 1998. (Ref)
Buzzell
K: The
Children of Cyclops: The Influence of Television Viewing on the
Developing
Brain. Fair Oaks, CA: AWSNA Publications, 1998, 129 pp.
Hamilton
C: Wolakota
Waldorf School. Winds of Change, 13(1): 40-42, Winter 1998. (Summary)
Jarman
R: Teaching
Mathematics in Rudolf Steiner Schools for Classes I-VIII: How To Become
Imaginative and Holistic. Stroud, UK: Hawthorn Press, 1998, 297 pp.
Karnow
G F: Child
Development and the Coworking of Doctor and Teacher: A Waldorf School
Doctor's
Perspective. Education Resources Information Center, 1998.
Marshak
D: The
Common Vision: Parenting and Educating for Wholeness.
(Counterpoints:
Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education, Volume 48). New York:
Peter
Lang Publishing, 1998, 246 pp.
Ogletree,
E J: International
Survey of the Status of Waldorf Schools. Education Resources
Information
Center, 1998.
O'Shiel
P, O'Flynn
S: Education as an Art: An Appraisal of Waldorf Education. Irish
Educational
Studies, 17: 337-352, 1998. (Ref)
Willmann
C: Waldorfpädagogik.
Theologische und religionspädagogische Befunde (Waldorf Education.
Theological and Religious Educational Findings.) Köln/Weimar/Wien:
Böhlau Verlag 1998.
1999
Alm J S,
Swartz
J, Lilja G, Scheynius A, Pershagen G: Atopy
In Children Of Families With An Anthroposophic Lifestyle. Lancet,
353
(9163): 1485-8, May 1999. (Abstract)
Mazzone
A: Waldorf
teacher education: the implications for teacher education of Rudolf
Steiner’s
educational philosophy and its practice in Waldorf schools.
Dissertation,
Adelaide University, 1999 (Abstract
and thesis online)
Nichols
G W, Nichols
J D: Looping: The Impact on Parental Attitudes in the Educational
Environment.
International Journal of Educational Reform, 8(3): 274-79, July 1999. (Summary)
Oberman
I: Fidelity
and flexibility in Waldorf education, 1919-1998. Dissertation, Stanford
University, 1999.
Okumoto
Y:
An alternative possibility of identity development: a discussion of
Rudolf
Steiner and Waldorf Education. Dissertation, McGill University, 1999. (Ref)
Prescott
J O: A Day
in the Life of the Rudolf Steiner School. Instructor, 109(4): 21-25,
Nov-Dec
1999. (Summary)
2000
Black S:
Together
Again: The Practice of Looping Keeps Students with the Same Teachers.
American
School Board Journal, 187(6): 40-43, June 2000. (Summary)
Cox M
V, Rolands
A: The Effect of Three Different Educational Approaches
on Children’s Drawing
Ability: Steiner, Montessori and Traditional. British Journal of
Educational
Psychology, 70: 485-503, 2000. (Abstract)
Goral
M: A Connective
Pedagogy. Paths of Learning: Options for Families and Communities, 6:
54-60,
Autumn 2000. (Summary)
Götte
W M: Erfahrungen
mit Schulautonomie - Das Beispiel der Freien Waldorfschulen.
(Experiences
of School Independence - The Example of Independent Waldorf Schools.)
Pedagogical
dissertation, University of Bielefeld, 2000.
Lopata
P: Don't Miss
a Beat: Why Rhythm Is Used in Waldorf Education. Paths of Learning:
Options
for Families and Communities, 4: 44-53, Spring 2000. (Summary)
Masters
B: City of
Toy Falls to Plastic Horse--At What Level Can the Steiner Approach to
Education
Contribute to the Current Debate on the Early Years? Early Child
Development
and Care, 161: 1-13, Apr 2000. (Summary)
Nicholson
D W: Layers
of Experience: forms of representation in a Waldorf school classroom.
Journal
of Curriculum Studies, 32(4): 575-587, 2000. (Abstract)
Ogletree
E J: Creative
Thinking Development of Waldorf School Students: A Study. Trans
intelligence
magazine, 7: 2000.
Rawson
M, Richter
T: The Educational Tasks and Content of the Steiner
Waldorf Curriculum.
Forest Row, Sussex: Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship, 2000.
Schwartz
E: Waldorf
Education: Schools for the Twenty-First Century. Xlibris, 2000, 124
pp.
Weary
B F:
Perceptions of looping addressing the academic and social needs of
children:
Waldorf education and public schools. Dissertation, Temple University,
2000. (Ref)
Wilson
F R: The
Real Meaning Of Hands-On Education. Research Bulletin, The Research
Institute for Waldorf Education, 5(1): Jan 2000.
2001
Alm J S:
Atopy in
children: Association to Life Style. Doctoral Thesis, Karolinska
Institutet,
Sweden, 2001. (Abstract)
House
R: Stress and
the Waldorf Teacher: Towards Pre-emption through Understanding. Steiner
Education, 35(2): 36-41, 2001.
Kiersch
J: Where
is the Waldorf School Movement Going? Rudolf Steiner's pedagogy between
adaptation and progress. Research Bulletin, The Research Institute
for Waldorf Education, 6(1): Jan 2001.
Noakes
S: Educating
for Health - A Core Aim of Steiner Education. Connections - Glasgow,
39:
35-36, 2001. (Ref)
Oldfield
L: Free
to learn: introducing Steiner Waldorf early childhood education.
Stroud,
UK: Hawthorn Press, 2001, 256 pp.
Poplawski
T: Taming
the Media Monster. Renewal Magazine, 10(1): Spring/Summer 2001.
Prager
D R: Three
teachers in a Waldorf-inspired public elementary school: a case study
of
an effective urban learning environment. Dissertation, University of
Wisconsin
at Madison, 2001. (Ref)
Sassin
F: On the
Journey...To Becoming a Charter School. Paths of Learning: Options for
Families and Communities, 7: 28-35, Winter 2001. (Summary)
Selander
S: Waldorfpedagogiken
i det senmoderna samhället. En kritisk studie. January 2001. (Waldorf
Education in the Late Modern Society. A Critical Study. January
2001.)
Schieffer
J, Busse
R T: Low
SES Minority Fourth-Graders' Achievement. Research Bulletin, The
Research
Institute for Waldorf Education, 6(1): Jan 2001.
Trostli
R: Main
Lesson Block Teaching in the Waldorf School. Research Bulletin, The
Research Institute for Waldorf Education, 6(1): Jan 2001.
Ward
G: Education
for the Human Journey: personal narrative in the primary classroom.
Australian Association for Research in Education International
Conference,
Freemantle, 2-6 December 2001.
2002
Edwards
C P: Three
Approaches from Europe: Waldorf, Montessori, and Reggio Emilia.
Early
Childhood Research and Practice, 4(1): Spring 2002.
Gilbert
H: Phases
and Transitions in Waldorf Education. Research Bulletin, The
Research
Institute for Waldorf Education, 7(1): Jan 2002.
Petrash
J: Understanding
Waldorf education: teaching from the inside out. Beltsville, MD:
Gryphon
House, 2002, 192 pp.
2003
Coulter
D J: Montessori
and Steiner: A Pattern of Reverse Symmetries. Montessori Life,
15(1): 24,
Winter 2003. (Summary)
2003-2005
Dahlin
B,
Andersson C, Langmann E: Waldorfelever i högre utbildning - en
uppföljningsstudie.
Projektet Waldorfskolor i Sverige. Karlstads universitet, Institutionen
för utbildningsvetenskap (Waldorf pupils in higher education - a follow
up study [6 parts]. Summaries
of partial reports 1-4. Project: Waldorf schools in Sweden.
Institution
for educational science,
University
of Karlstad).
Dahlin B,
Andersson C, Langmann E. (2003). Introduktion.
En undersökning av hur stor del av waldorfeleverna som går vidare
till högre utbildning och hur de lyckas med sina studier. [1.0
MB] (Rapport 2003:1) Karlstad: Institutionen för Utbildningsvetenskap,
Karlstads universitet. (Waldorf pupils in higher education. [Report
2003:1]
Karlstad: Institution for educational science, University of Karlstad.
Summary, see above)
Dahlin
B, Andersson
C, Langmann E. (2004). Waldorfskolorna
och segregationsfrågan. En undersökning av waldorfföräldrars
sociala och kulturella homogenitet. [0.3 MB] (Rapport 2004:1)
Karlstad:
Institutionen för Utbildningsvetenskap, Karlstads universitet. (Waldorf
schools and the segregation question. [Report 2004:1] Karlstad:
Institution
for educational science, University of Karlstad. Summary, see above)
Dahlin
B, Langmann
E, Andersson C. (2004). Waldorfskolor
och medborgerligt moralisk kompetens. En jämförelse mellan
Waldorfelever
och elever i den kommunala skolan. [3.8 MB] (Rapport 2004:2).
Karlstad:
Institutionen för Utbildningsvetenskap, Karlstads universitet. (Waldorf
schools and civic moral competency. A comparison of Waldorf pupils with
pupils in public schools. [Report 2004:2] Karlstad: Institution for
educational
science, University of Karlstad. Summary, see above)
Dahlin
B, Langmann
E, Andersson C. (2005). Kunskaper
i Svenska,
Engelska och Matematik samt attityder till undervisningen. En
jämförelse
mellan Waldorfelever och elever i den kommunala skolan. [0.5 MB]
(Arbetsrapport
2005:1) Karlstad: Institutionen för Utbildningsvetenskap, Karlstads
universitet. (Knowledge of Swedish, English and Mathematics, and
attitudes
to the teaching. [Report 2005:1] Karlstad: Institution for educational
science, University of Karlstad. Summary, see above)
Langmann
E, Andersson
C, Dahlin B. (2005) I
mötet mellan
två pedagogiska kulturer. Waldorflärarutbildares,
utbildningssamordnares och studerandes uppfattningar om utbildningen
Lärarexamen
med waldorfprofil. [0.5 MB] (Arbetsrapport 2005:2) Karlstad:
Institutionen
för Utbildningsvetenskap, Karlstads universitet. (The meeting between
two pedagogical cultures. The views of the educators of Waldorf
teachers,
coordinators of the education, and the Waldorf teacher students.
Teachers'
exam with a Waldorf profile). [Report 2005:2] Karlstad: Institution for
educational science, University of Karlstad.
Liljeroth
I, Naeser
M, Dahlin B. (2006). Waldorfpedagogiken
och elever med inlärningssvårigheter och funktionshinder. Synsätt
– bemötande – arbetssätt. [0.4 MB] (Arbetsrapport September
2006). Karlstad: Estetiskt-filosofiska fakulteten. Avdelningen för
organisation, utbildning och samhälle, Karlstads universitet. (Waldorf
education and pupils with learning disabilities and functional
problems.
Views - Reception - Ways of working.) [Report September 2006]
Karlstad:
Estethic-Philosophical Faculty, Department for Organisation, Education,
and Society, University of Karlstad.
Jelinek
D, Sun L-L:
Does
Waldorf Offer a Viable Form of Science Education? Research
Monograph,
Waldorf Science Education Research Monograph, 2003. (Commentary)
Marshak
D: The Common
Vision: Parenting and Educating for Wholeness. Montessori Life,
15(1):
21-23, 25, Winter 2003. (Summary)
Milne
J: But, When
Do They Do Their Lessons? The 'Outdoor Classroom' at the South Devon
Steiner
School. Horizons-Penrith, 24: 12-17, 2003. (Ref)
Stehlik
T: Parenting
as a Vocation: Lifelong learning can begin in the home. International
Journal
of Lifelong Education, 22(4): 367-379, 2003. (Abstract)
Stehlik
T: Each Parent
Carries the Flame: Waldorf schools as sites for promoting lifelong
learning,
creating community and educating for social renewal.
Flaxton,
Queensland:
Postpressed, 2003.
Williams
C L: A comparison
of Waldorf education and developmentally appropriate practice.
Dissertation,
Penn State, 2003. (Ref)
2004
Bair K:
Reverence
towards the natural world: establishing and integrating a school
gardening
program in a Waldorf setting. Dissertation, Mount Mary College,
Milwaukee,
2004. (Ref)
Breaux
E: The art
of teaching third grade math in a Waldorf school. Dissertation, Mount
Mary
College, Milwaukee, 2004. (Ref)
Lim
B: Aesthetic
Discourses in Early Childhood Settings: Dewey, Steiner, and Vygotsky.
Early
Child Development and Care, 174(5): 473-486, Jan 2004. (Abstract)
Majorek
M, Tuchelmann
T, Heusser P: Therapeutic Eurythmy-movement therapy for children with
attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a pilot study. Complementary
therapies
in nursing and midwifery, 10(1): 46-53, Feb 2004. (Abstract)
McGill
J: Reflecting
on the Pace of Schooling. Reflecting on ... Series, Toronto Waldorf
School, Nov 2004.
Nielsen
TW: Rudolf
Steiner's Pedagogy Of Imagination: A Case Study Of Holistic Education.
Bern: Peter Lang Publishing, 2004, 268 pp.
Prendergast
B: Educating
the feeling life through painting: a public Waldorf school experience.
Dissertation, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, 2004. (Ref)
Rader
A M: Treasures
of thought: developing informational materials that feature stories as
teaching tools in the early grades of the Waldorf school. Dissertation,
Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, 2004. (Ref)
2005
Adams D:
Organic
Functionalism: An Important Principle of the Visual Arts in Waldorf
School
Crafts and Architecture. Research Bulletin, January, 2005 Volume
10,
Number 1. The Research Institute for Waldorf Education.
Baldwin
F, Gerwin D, Mitchell D: Research
on Waldorf Graduates in North America, Phase I. [1.2 MB] The
Research
Institute for Waldorf Education. April 2005.
Mozzini
A S: Learning
for life: the social and academic outcomes of a Waldorf education.
Dissertation,
Humboldt State University, 2005. (Ref)
Mulica
T A: An architecture
of resistance: an urban Waldorf High School. Dissertation, University
of
Washington, 2005. (Ref)
Sagarin
S K: The
Seer and the Scientist (Steiner and Piaget). Research Bulletin, The
Research Institute for Waldorf Education, 11(1): Autumn 2005.
Schram
D, Doekes
G, et al: Bacterial
and fungal components in house dust of farm children, Rudolf Steiner
school
children and reference children. Allergy, 60(5): 611-618, May 2005.
(Abstract)
Wessling
A B: A case
study of the life history of a Waldorf school through the lens of
parental
participation. Dissertation, University of Missouri St. Louis, College
of Education, 2005. (Ref)
Woods
P, Ashley M,
Woods G: Steiner
Schools in England. Department for Education and Skills and
University
of the West of England, Research Report RR645, June 2005. (Summary)
2006
Flöistrup
H,
Swartz J, et al: Allergic
disease and sensitization in Steiner school children. Journal of
allergy
and clinical immunology, 117(1): 59-66, 2006.
Nielsen
TW: Towards
a pedagogy of imagination: a phenomenological case study of holistic
education.
Ethnography and Education, 1(2): 247-264, June 2006.
PLANNED
AND ONGOING
STUDIES
1998
Smith P:
Essentials
of Waldorf Education Study. Research Bulletin, January, 1998 Volume
3, Number 1. The Research Institute for Waldorf Education.
1999
Payne K, Zajonc A,
Hadley M:
The Waldorf Approach to Attention Related Disorders. Research
Bulletin,
June, 1999 Volume 4, Number 2. The Research Institute for Waldorf
Education.
Smith
P: Can
Waldorf Education Be Practiced in Public Schools? Learning Through
Dialogue.
Research Bulletin, January, 1999 Volume 4, Number 1. The Research
Institute
for Waldorf Education.
2000
Anderson
B: LEAP
Project:Waldorf Learning Expectations and Assessment Project.
Research
Bulletin, January, 2000 Volume 5, Number 1. The Research Institute for
Waldorf Education.
2001
Jelenic
D, Barbier
P-Y, Sun L-L: Waldorf
Science Education: An Investigation of Curriculum & Practice.
Research
Bulletin, June, 2001 Volume 6, Number 2. The Research Institute for
Waldorf
Education.
2002
Gerwin
D: Waldorf
High School Research Project: Who is the Teenager Today? Research
Bulletin,
January, 2002 Volume 7, Number 1. The Research Institute for Waldorf
Education.
Payne
K J, River-Bento
B, Skillings A: Initial
report of the Waldorf ADHD Research Project. Research Bulletin,
January,
2002 Volume 7, Number 1. The Research Institute for Waldorf Education.
STUDIES
RELATED
TO ISSUES IN WALDORF EDUCATION
1997
Chirico
D: Impact
of Computer Use on Neural and Cognitive Development. Research
Bulletin,
January, 1997 Volume 2, Number 1. The Research Institute for Waldorf
Education.
Schad
W: Organology
and Physiology of Learning. Research Bulletin, June, 1997 Volume 2,
Number 2. The Research Institute for Waldorf Education.
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