Connections and links
Collaboration
Center for Anthroposophy actively collaborates with the Research Institute for Waldorf Education (RIWE). The Institute is chiefly responsible for the publication twice a year of the Research Bulletin, edited by Ilan Safit, and the management of the Research Institute’s Online Waldorf Library. The Research Institute also fosters research related to Waldorf education and child development, as well as collaborating with other pedagogical research organizations worldwide.
Affiliations
CfA is affiliated with a number of local, regional and national organizations that focus on shared goals and support CfA’s mission:
Links to libraries and other research resources:
- Online Waldorf Library (OWL) of the Research Institute
- Research on Steiner Education (RoSE)
- Rudolf Steiner Archive
- Rudolf Steiner Library (Hudson, NY)
- SteinerBooks
- StoryCorps:Â https://archive.
storycorps.org/search/ interviews/?q=Douglas+Gerwin - StoryCorps:Â https://archive.
storycorps.org/search/ interviews/?q=Torin+Finser - Waldorf Resources (of the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum)
Links to Waldorf institutions and schools related to CfA
- Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA)
- AWSNA’s Teacher Education Delegates (TED) Circle
- Hague Circle (International Council for Waldorf Steiner Education)
- High Mowing School
- Parzival Centrum (Karlsruhe, Germany)
- Spacial Dynamics Institute
- The Alliance for Public Waldorf Education (APWE)
- Waldorf100
- Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)
- World Language Teachers in Waldorf Schools (WLTWS)
- Waldorf Teacher Education at Antioch University New England
Links to leading anthroposophical organizations and medical institutions
Friends of Waldorf Education
The association Friends of Waldorf Education (Freunde der Erziehungskunst), based in Germany, supports initiatives worldwide striving to educate children in ways which will enable them to take active part in shaping the future. Founded in 1971, the Friends are dedicated to advancing Rudolf Steiner’s educational impulses worldwide and supporting all attempts to ensure freedom in education.
The first Waldorf School opened in September 1919 in Stuttgart. Today there are some 12,500 Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in 70 countries.
There are also 2,000 Waldorf Kindergartens, 600 remedial education institutions, over 100 teacher training centers for Waldorf Education, and a large number of social work institutions.Â
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