Critically Assessing the Reputation of Waldorf Education in Academia and the Public

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.

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.

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