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- Are young people becoming addicted to social media and the internet?Are the internet and social media addictive, especially for the young? Read on!
- Drawing Pictures Is Great for Children’s DevelopmentWaldorf students draw pictures every day of their school life in Waldorf Schools! Read how neuroscience demonstrates the power of this practice. Read More
- World Health Organization Recommends No More Than One Hour of Screen Time for Most Children Under 5The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its strong opinion that child under 5 should have no screen time (or no more than and hour) along with adequate sleep, quiet time and other recommendations we all appreciate! Read here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2019/04/world_health_organization_issues_guidelines_on_screen_time_among_children_under_5.html
- Multicosts of MultitaskingThe Dana Foundation, host of the important research from 2007, Learning Arts and the Brain, reports on findings about the high costs of multitasking. http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/2019/Multicosts_of_Multitasking/
- Science Says Silence is Vital for Our Brains“Silence is golden,” the saying goes. Research reveals that silence might just be essential! Read about it here: https://www.enlightened-consciousness.com/science-says-silence-is-vital-for-our-brains/
- Is Screen Time Bad for Kids’ Brains?https://youtu.be/_J3u6yRSNSU A study featured on “60 Minutes” is sure to alarm parents. Here’s what scientists know, and don’t know, about the link between screens, behavior, and development. Read More
- The Diminishing Role of Art in Children’s LivesThink the arts are not necessary in child’s upbringing and healthy psychological development? Think again! https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/the-diminishing-role-of-art-in-childrens-lives/532674/
- The Brain — A Mediating OrganThomas Fuchs delineates the nature of the brain and its development: https://eliant.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Conference2017/The_Brain_-_A_Mediating_Organ.pdf
- A neuroscientist explains what tech does to the reading brainThe impact of reading on screen is described by a neuroscientist. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/27/17787916/reader-come-home-maryanne-wolf-neuroscience-brain-changes
- Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’For those who might think handwork and handwriting are useless in school, here’s a doctors lament that manual dexterity is in decline in new medical students, as a result of screen time instead of hands-on craft time, rendering them now so able in the operating room. https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46019429
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| Waldorf Research | Research Relevant to Science in Support of Waldorf Education A "Bibliography" of articles that support the effectiveness of Waldorf Education in healthy child development and brain development. | 66.9 KiB |
| Lisa Freund, Ph.D. | Nurturing the Developing Brain in Early Childhood Here is a clear, pictorial powerpoint describing the developing brain of children in early years. The need for the human voice, human contact and stimulation around language are well described in this comprehensive Power Point. | 3.6 MiB |
| Thomas Fuchs | Learning in Relationships Translated from German by Nina Kuettel | 72.3 KiB |
| Thomas Fuchs | Learning in Relationships Power Point presentation | 6.3 MiB |
| Richard Knox | The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet Interview on NPR with Richard Knox on research into the physical chracteristics of the brains of teenagers and how these differ from adult brains. | 97.2 KiB |
| Dr. Regalena “Reggie” Melrose | Why Waldorf Works: From a Neuroscientific Perspective Dr. Melrose, neuroscientist, explains how Waldorf Education supports rich and healthy brain development. | 61.5 KiB |
| Claudia Wallis | The impacts of media multitasking on children’s learning & development: Report from a research seminar A group of scholars assembled for a one-day seminar on media multitasking and its impact on children’s learning and development at Stanford University on July 15, 2009. | 899.1 KiB |
