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https://doi.org/10.32728/mo.18.1.2023.01
WALDORF SCHOOL. EX POST FACTO CASE STUDY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHIES OF CHILDREN OF ONE FAMILY
Lea Herenčić
; Osnovna Škola Vladimira Nazora, Zagreb
Tomislav Topolovčan
orcid.org/0009-0005-8813-9465
; Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
The Waldorf school has existed for more than a hundred years. There are over a
thousand of Waldorf schools around the world. Due to its pedagogical and didactic
features and the ideas of the founder Rudolf Steiner, it is intriguing, both for parents and
(non)experts. Since this is an alternative free school, it is epistemologically interesting
to use a qualitative approach in reconstructing the biographies of adult former students
of the Waldorf school. Therefore, the aim of the qualitative ex post facto research of the
case study was to examine and understand the role that the Waldorf school played on
the later formal education and lifestyle of former students, i.e., four adult siblings from
one family1
. It is evident that the Waldorf school has an impact on later education
in state schools as well as the lifestyle of former adult students. However, one should
not consider it superior nor inferior to other alternative or state schools. Therefore, it
is justified to say that the Waldorf school, in its hundred years of existence, has been
positively evaluated in practice. The established perspective of educational sciences
which claims that there is no such thing as the best school and that school is powerful,
but not omnipotent verifies the aforementioned statement. This paper presents and
discusses the theoretical premises and results of the case study
Ključne riječi
education, qualitative methodology, reform pedagogy, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf pedagogy
Hrčak ID:
316577
URI
Datum izdavanja:
2.5.2024.
Posjeta: 97 *