The Value of Art for the Adolescent
Category: Art in Education | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: A.W. Mann Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site Published in Education as an Art Vol. 29, No. 2 – Spring/Summer 1971 Source: http://www.waldorflibrary.org/articles/29-the-value-of-art-for-the-adolescent Before us on the screen is the figure of a Pharaoh. His body is uncomfortably still and rigid. He looks as if he...
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Category: Art in Education | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: Van James Date published: Unknown Contact details: enquiries@christopherushomeschool.org (Reprinted with kind permission from Child and Man, Vol.24, No.1, nov 1989) Have you ever heard the complaint, “Why do all the children’s paintings look the same?” If you’ve asked yourself this question after having viewed the work of students in the lower...
READ MOREPainting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools: Class 1 – 8
Category: Art in Education | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: Thomas Wildgruber Date published: February 01, 2013 Contact details: Option available to comment on article A Review by Donna Simmons There was great excitement in the Christopherus office when a great, fat envelope from Floris Books arrived. I was in town visiting the office and Leigh and I had just sat down with some coffee to review sales reports when the mail...
READ MOREFinding Truth in Art, Beauty in Science
Category: Art in Education | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: Eileen Hutchins Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site Originally published in Child and Man (UK), Vol 5, #2 Winter 1968 THE attitude towards music, painting and rhythmical movement as school subjects has very much changed during the last 50 years. A few decades ago these were not part of the normal curriculum but were...
READ MOREArt and the Adolescent
Category: Art in Education | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: Ted Roberts Date Published: In Child and Man, Volume 12, #1, 1977 (UK) The age of puberty has never provoked as much controversy as it does today; educationalists, sociologists, psychiatrists and parents are confronted with problems which become increasingly difficult almost day by day. Educationalists call for parent participation, parents call for stricter guidelines...
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