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Download full textOgletree, Earl J. – 1997
This paper examines the educational philosophy underlying Waldorf Education, focusing on Rudolf Steiner's concept of "vital" or etheric energy and comparing Piaget's and Steiner's stages of cognition. The paper begins with a discussion of school readiness and the trend toward lowering the school entry age, and maintains that this trend…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Philosophy
