Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, a spiritualist movement holding that pure thought can access a spiritual world through disciplined inner development. In 1919 he founded the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, designing a curriculum meant to match the developmental stages of childhood through art, imagination and rhythm alongside conventional academics; the model has since spread to thousands of schools worldwide.
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BirthplaceKraljevec, Austrian Empire (present-day Croatia) 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounded Waldorf education (1919), a curriculum built around anthroposophy that structures teaching to match distinct developmental stages of childhood and stresses imagination, art and rhythm alongside academics. 1 Notable WorkThe Education of the Child (1907) 1 Connections
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Institutions Founded
Steiner founded and directed the pedagogy; factory director Emil Molt provided funding, buildings and the first pupils, so the founding is genuinely shared between the two.
Source Waldorf 100, The History of Waldorf Schools
Theories and Approaches Developed
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, nationality there.
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Waldorf 100, The History of Waldorf Schools
Institutions Founded: Freie Waldorfschule Stuttgart, History section, founding accountQuote, Institutions Founded: Freie Waldorfschule Stuttgart, History section, founding account
The children of workers at the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company came in response to the initiative of founders Emil and Berta Molt.
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