The Waldorf School - Cultivating Humanity? : A report from an evaluation of Waldorf schools in Sweden

Abstract

This report is a summary of an extensive evaluation of Waldorf schools in Sweden, carried out between 2003 and 2005. The evaluation dealt with several questions, such as former Waldorf pupils in higher education, the civic-moral competences developed by Waldorf pupils, how Waldorf schools care for children with learning problems, and questions concerning Waldorf teacher training. In addition, the results are related to the idea of cultivating humanity inherent in Waldorf education, as well as to issues of social and political philosophy discussed today, for instance the notion of a (global) civil society. Bo Dahlin is Professor of Education at Karlstad University.