The Concept Behind Waldorf Education

Before what we have the education system today, many theorist like Socrates and Rudolf Steiner wanted to know the process of leanings. Most of their ideas continue to influence many of school today and treat them as traditional educators. Especially for Rudolf Steiner who found the Waldorf education since on early of 19th century. It serves as alternative education today and teaches most of our children by showing the concept of different method of learning.

From the concept of Steiner’s Waldorf education, according to them children’s development into three stages: from age seven, children began to learn the primary of his knowing from imitating. From seven onward to fourteen, the feelings and emotions predominate and after age fourteen, the development occurs with independency in reasoning skills which plays most of the part.

As Waldorf Education goes, they want to emphasize arts and crafts, movement and music especially when the children are at the younger ages. They also maintain the self awareness as an individual that came for learning process.

They believe that environment plays the great part in learning. With a clean environment they can develop their observational skills and the self appreciation for the beauty circled on him. With their own enthusiasm and awareness they can learn their meaning to this world as well as their purpose in the sense that they continue learning through themselves.