The Research Institute for Waldorf Education

Summary of Activities Supported by the Research Institute

Board of Directors, Staff, and Research Bulletin

Supporting Members

Subscriptions

The Research Institute for Waldorf Education is an initiative working on behalf of the Waldorf movement. It has received support and guidance from the Pedagogical Section of the School of Spiritual Science and financial support through the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA), the Midwest Shared Gifting Group and the Waldorf Schools Fund and The Waldorf Curriculum Fund.

The Research Institute was founded in 1996 in order to deepen and enhance the quality of Waldorf education, to engage in serious and sustained dialogue with the wider educational-cultural community and to support research that would serve educators in all types of schools in their work with children and adolescents.

The Research Institute has responded to the call for research as a top priority of the Waldorf movement by becoming a supporting organization of AWSNA and by co-sponsoring research projects with the Association.

We have supported research projects that deal with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention-related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

The Research Institute has sponsored colloquia and conferences that have brought together educators, psychologists, doctors, and social scientists. We have published a Research Bulletin twice a year for the last nine years, and we are developing and distributing educational resources to help teachers in all aspects of their work.

The Research Institute is a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization.

The Research Institute for Waldorf Education
Douglas Gerwin and David Mitchell, Co-Directors P.O. Box 307 Wilton, NH 03086
Phone: (603) 654-2566 Fax: (603) 654-5258
email: researchinstitute@earthlink.net

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Summary of Activities Supported by the Research Institute

Research Projects
Art in Human Development
Attention Related Disorders Research Project
Exploring the Four Polarities in Child Development
Evaluation of the Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee
Waldorf High School Research Project
Learning Expectations and Assessment Project
Waldorf Graduates Survey Colloquia and Conferences
Towards Wholeness in Knowing; Pathways of Healthy Child Development
Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 1
Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 2
Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 3
Research on Consequences of High Stakes Testing
Study of Parent Volunteerism

Colloquia
High School Grammar Colloquium
High School Physics Colloquium
Chemistry Colloquium
Mathematics Colloquium
Colloquium on the Computer and Information Technology
AWSNA High Colloquium on Life Science and Environmental Studies
    Andover Proceedings:Tapping the Wellsprings of Health in Adolescence
Colloquium on World History
Colloquium on US History
Colloquium on English
Power of Grammar
Physics Colloquium


Resource Development
Computers in Education – a handbook for teachers
Being on Earth – a sourcebook for scientists and teachers
Themes in Waldorf Education- a compilation of Rudolf Steiner's indications on teaching language arts.
Online Waldorf Library - a comprehensive website of resources for Waldorf education

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Board of Directors
Arthur Zajonc, President
Susan Howard, Secretary
Virginia Flynn, Treasurer
David Mitchell, Co-Director
Douglas Gerwin, Co-Director
Douglas Sloan
Alice Bennett Groh
Natalie Adams
Hansjörg Hofrichter
Jost Schieren

Staff
Douglas Gerwin, Co-Director
David Mitchell, Co-Director
Administrator: Milan Daler
Online Waldorf Library: Marianne Alsop

Research Bulletin
Editor: Elan Leibner
Art/cover: David Mitchell
Copy editing: Douglas Gerwin
Proofreading: Ann Erwin
Production/layout: David Mitchell

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Supporting Members

Academe of the Oaks
Alan Howard Waldorf School
Ashwood Waldorf School
Aurora Waldorf School of Alaska
Austin Waldorf School
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
Camellia Waldorf School
Camphill Special School - Beaver Run
Cape Ann Waldorf School
Center for Anthroposophy
Chicago Waldorf School
City of Lakes Waldorf School
Denver Waldorf School
East Bay Waldorf School
Emerson Waldorf School
Escuela Waldorf de Cuernavaca
Eugene Waldorf School
Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School
Green Meadow Waldorf School
Haleakala Waldorf School
Halton Waldorf School
Hartsbrook School
Hawthorne Valley School
High Mowing School
Highland Hall Waldorf School
Honolulu Waldorf School
Kimberton Waldorf School
Lake Champlain Waldorf School
Les Enfants de la Terre
Marin Waldorf School
Merriconeag Waldorf School
Monadnock Waldorf School
Pasadena Waldorf School
Pine Hill Waldorf School
Portland Waldorf School
Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto
Rudolf Steiner College
Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor
Rudolf Steiner School, NY
Sacramento Waldorf School
San Francisco Waldorf School
Santa Cruz Waldorf School
Santa Fe Waldorf School
Seattle Waldorf School
Shining Mountain Waldorf School
Sound Circle Center for Arts and Anthroposophy
Spring Garden Waldorf School
Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm
Susquehanna Waldorf School
The Waldorf School, Lexington
The Winkler Center for Adult Learning
Toronto Waldorf School
Tucson Waldorf Education Association
Vancouver Waldorf School
Waldorf High School of Massachusetts Bay
Waldorf School of Garden City
Waldorf School of Orange County
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh
Waldorf School of Princeton
Waldorf School of San Diego
Waldorf School of the Peninsula
Washington Waldorf School
Waldorf Teacher Training, Eugene