Research Papers - Steiner Pedagogy

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	2011	Steiner Waldorf Education and the Irish Primary Curriculum: A time of Opportunity The object of this research was to study the implications of Steiner Waldorf pedagogy delivered in National Schools, and to consider both its viability and usefulness. This research used both qualitative and quantitative methods of primary and secondary research. by Jonathan Angus, July 2011	Primary education, state inclusion
	2011	Justification of school marks within the risky group and top group by Wallner-Paschon, C. (2009) in B. Suchan, Ch. Wallner-Paschon & C. Schreiner (Hrsg.), PIRLS 2006. The reading competence at the end of the primary school. Austrian expert report (S. 45–51). Graz: Leykam N.B. Please see details of the ECSWE and Austrian Association of Waldorf Schools Council Meeting and Conference, Austria, 2011 for more information related to this topic & biographies of all speakers, including C. Wallner-Paschon.	Features of waldorf pupils
	2011	Competences and individual features of waldorf pupils in comparison by Wallner-Paschon, C. (2009) in C. Schreiner & U. Schwantner (Hrsg.), PISA 2006. Austrian expert report on science (S. 387–399). Graz: Leykam N.B. Please see details of the ECSWE and Austrian Association of Waldorf Schools Council Meeting and Conference, Austria, 2011 for more information related to this topic & biographies of all speakers, including C. Wallner-Paschon.	Features of waldorf pupils
	2011	Upper School Teaching at Steiner Waldorf Schools: Cognitive Challenges for the Embodied Self - Part One by Dr. Wilfried Sommer, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Download in English / Download in German N.B. Please see details of the ECSWE and Austrian Association of Waldorf Schools Council Meeting and Conference, Austria, 2011 for more information related to this topic & biographies of all speakers, including Dr.Wilfred Sommer.	Upper school teaching, cognitive challenges
	2011	Upper School Teaching at Steiner Waldorf Schools: Cognitive Challenges for the Embodied Self - Part Two by Dr. Wilfried Sommer, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Download in English / Download in German N.B. Please see details of the ECSWE and Austrian Association of Waldorf Schools Council Meeting and Conference, Austria, 2011 for more information related to this topic & biographies of all speakers, including Dr.Wilfred Sommer.	Upper school teaching, cognitive challenges
	2008	Developing Collaborative Parent-Teacher Practices in Steiner Waldorf Schools This M.A thesis focuses on issues and ways forward with regard to parent-teacher collaboration in Steiner Waldorf schools, and includes the example of  an innovative parent-teacher project in Norway by Esa Mäkinen	Parent teacher collaboration, dialogue, Finland, Norway
	2007	Tilling the Soil of the European Higher Education Area, stage one In the context of Bologna and Lisbon, the ideals of lifelong learning, staff-student mobility, mutual recognition and accreditation appear realisable, given active partnership, collaboration and the exercise of trust married to professionalism. By John Burnett, Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth	Teacher training, international cooperation on evaluation
	September 2005	Can One Teacher Know Enough to Teacher Year Six Everything? Lessons from Steiner Waldorf Pedagogy This paper provides an account of what has been learned about teachers’ professional knowledge through the author’s lead role in conducting the case studies of Steiner Schools for the DfES Paper given at the British Educational Research Association, Annual Conference, University of Glamorgan, by Dr Martin Ashley	Method and quality of teaching, generalist versus specialist
	2004	Striking the Veins of Interest A review of a body of knowledge exploring the role and the function of imagination in education, with specific reference to Steiner’s pedagogical ideas. by Trevor Mepham	Imagination in education
	July 2003	Rudolf Steiner’s Pedagogy of Imagination: a phenomenological case study Seven imaginative teaching methods are introduced via phenomenological methods, followed by analysis and discussion. Paper given at the 1st International Conference on Imagination in Education, Vancouver, Canada, by T. W Nielsen	Imagination in education
	2003	A Goethean Way of Seeing Inclusively. An exploration of Goethe’s way of seeing as a tool for new insights into education, looking specifically at the area of inclusion. European Journal of Special Needs (October 2003), by Iddo Oberski, University of Stirling	Inclusion, mental frameworks, ways of seeing, Goethe
	2002	Zwei biographische Schlüsselerlebnisse Rudolf Steiners, Zur Entwicklung und Ausbreitung der Waldorfpädagogik Teachers’ autonomy and a greater respect for their vocational capacities are prerequisites for addressing the questions raised by the inclusion of spiritual concepts in education. by Detlef Hardorp	After a Waldorf education
	1998	The Spiritual Dimension and Autonomy Teachers’ autonomy and a greater respect for their vocational capacities are prerequisites for addressing the questions raised by the inclusion of spiritual concepts in education. The Journal of Spirituality, by Christopher Clouder	Spiritual and moral development, educational reform

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