It was great to meet/see some of you last night! I am new to this
group and excited about the possibilities.
After the meeting last night I was interested in finding out more about Waldorf and, specifically, the similarities and differences between Montessori and Waldorf education. In that (brief!)quest, I found one article that seemed to be the most neutral (many comparisons seemed to come from either Waldorf or Montessori websites and were somewhat biased towards one or the other for that reason). There is a link at the bottom of this post to the article, Three Approaches from Europe: Waldorf, Montessori and Reggio Emilia. Just copy and paste the link into your address window if you are interested in reading it. I liked the article because it gave a brief history of each these approaches and compared them along three domains: (1) Child development theory and curriculum, (2) Roles of the teacher, and (3) Assessment, Evaluation and Research. I found it to be brief but quite useful.
If anyone has other books/ articles/ resources on Waldorf I would be interested in borrowing them. I have a couple Montessori books that I could circulate if anyone is interested.
Thanks!
Britt
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=famconfacpub
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Britt,
Thanks for the resource and I hope you aren't too startled to find your intended email as a blog post. It can be removed at any time. But I think it should stay as valuable information! Also, thanks for the offer of lending out Montessori materials.
Alicia
Thanks for setting this up Alicia! One comment, is the link at the bottom of my original email suppose to be active? I tried clicking, but couldn't....I just want to be sure that folks can access the article if interested.
BR
Thank you Britt! My tech-savvy and always helpful husband has informed me that I needed to put http:// at the beginning of the link. It should now work, but let me know if it doesn't. PS I read this and fixed it after sending out the last email notification (Why are we doing this?). But moving forward, it should work! Thanks again.
Alicia
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