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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456672203321

Autore

Richards Mary Caroline

Titolo

Toward wholeness [[electronic resource] ] : Rudolf Steiner education in America / / by Mary Caroline Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c1980

ISBN

1-283-16872-3

9786613168726

0-8195-6971-2

Edizione

[[1st ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Disciplina

370.1

370/.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Education - United States

Anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 TeacherEleven 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

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating study about a uniquely artistic individual.