During discussion in small groups in CD 356, we discussed each article that was read in regards to Waldorf Education and it’s curriculum model. One of the group members discussed an article that took a neuroscience point of view look at the affects and benefits on Waldorf education. She stated that it was very scientific. The article pertaining to Waldorf education that was read by me, was an article titled RUDOLF STEINER’S PEDAGOGY OF IMAGINATION A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY By Thomas William Nielsen, PhD (2003). Nielsen discussed the importance of imaginative teaching within schools and that current curriculum models are detrimentally harming children’s imaginations.
Nielsen, T. W. (2003) Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogy of imagination: A phenomenological case study, The 1st International Conference on Imagination in Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 16-19 July. Available in conference proceedings: http://www.ierg.net/documents/proceedings/july2003/
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