Critically Assessing the Reputation of Waldorf Education in Academia - and the Public: Recent Developments the World Over, 1987200

The second of two volumes dedicated to this little-explored topic continues to gather international perspectives to critically assess how Waldorf education has been perceived and discussed in both public and academic arenas.

List of contents

1: Steiner Education in Japan - Its Development and Potential
2: Waldorf Education in Israel: Dazzling Success amidst Resounding Failure
3: The Late Deployment and Consolidation of Waldorf Pedagogy in Spain
4: School of Imagination, School of Threats, Discourses around Waldorf School in Poland
5: Adopting and Adapting Waldorf Education: Returning to the Roots Through Waldorf Education in Kenya
6: Debating a Pedagogy without Talking about Pedagogy: The Controversies around Waldorf in the French General Press
7: Waldorf Education in Slovenia
8: Waldorf Education, a Lighthouse for Forgotten Chinese Pedagogical Wisdom
9: Patterns, Players, Perspectives. Epilogue on the International Reputation and Discussion on Waldorf Education

About the author

Ann-Kathrin Hoffmann is Research Assistant at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.
Marc Fabian Buck is Lecturer at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Ann-Kathrin (University of Hagen Hoffmann
• Assisted by: Marc Fabian Buck (Editor), Ann-Kathrin Hoffmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032569291
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256929-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, EDUCATION / Comparative, EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / General