Tipología del material en la Educación de Waldorf

Abstract

[EN]Rudolf Steiner released Waldorf Pedagogy. Emil Molt, manager of Waldorf Astoria cigarettes factory (Stuttgart, Germany), was interested in Steiner’s ideology, so the first school was released there in 1919 for workers’ children. For Steiner, the main objective of the school would be educating for life and, in this task, the chosen material is quite important. In this research, the purpose consists of a check of whether it would be possible an accurate classification of the material used in Waldorf pedagogy for 0-6 years old. It is selected the qualitative research as the type of study for being the most indicated in this case. The four used data collection techniques (discussion group, interview, visual data and observation) have made it possible to collect a large amount of accurate information, which was categorized and coded into an index tree. In conclusion, it was proven that 90% of the material used comes from nature. Only 9% of the materials, and a minimum part (1%) is considered waste material.