Thanks Paul, I know of Steiner, we have a son who went to a Waldorf school. We choose a Montessori school for our other kids, which I like much better.
Anyway, I was specifically looking for someone both knowledgable in education *and* technology, and writing about the intersection of the two. - Bert - Am Jan 18, 2007 um 15:23 schrieb Paul D. Fernhout: > Bert- > > Thanks for the kind words. > > Well, I would not agree with everything he has to say, but I would > expect > the Austrian Rudolf Steiner > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner [auf Deutsch] > as the originator of the "Waldorf education" method > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_schools > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf-P%C3%A4dagogik [auf Deutch] > might have written much in German? See here: > http://www.sab.org.br/steiner/biogr-eng.htm > From the English Waldorf link: > "Waldorf education (also called Steiner education) is based upon > the > educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, and stems from his > spiritual/religious philosophy anthroposophy. [1] [2] This sees child > development as a process of the child's soul and spirit incarnating > into a > developing living, physical organism.[3] Waldorf education > emphasizes an > imaginative and holistic approach to education.[4] Spiritual values > are > central both to the curriculum [5] and to the training of teachers. > [6] [7] > [8] [9] Waldorf education is practiced in more than 900 [citation > needed]established independent private Waldorf schools located in > about > sixty different countries, in "Waldorf-method" government-funded > schools, > in homeschooling environments; and in special education." > > Personally I'm not into Waldorf education as a big picture, but I > like a > lot of the parts, especially their stand against media for young > kids. I'd > say the same about the Montessori method too (the other big well known > alternative). > > And then of course there is bablefish automatic translator, > http://babelfish.altavista.com/ > though it is obviously an awkward mechanical translation: > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? > lp=en_de&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.johntaylorgatto.com > [That link translates a page on Gatto's site from English to German > and > continues to translate as you click on links; it breaks sometimes] > See also: > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? > lp=en_de&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.johntaylorgatto.com%2funderground% > 2findex.htm > http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? > lp=en_de&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.johntaylorgatto.com%2funderground% > 2ftoc1.htm > > It's really interesting to at least try bablefish; it seems a > miracle it > works at all; I've used it a couple of times for translating > Spanish sites > about programming -- it's a funny experience to suddenly have such > a site > in a different language make (some) sense.. > > All the best. > > --Paul Fenrhout > > Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> Am Jan 18, 2007 um 6:45 schrieb Paul D. Fernhout: >> >>> so no matter how cheap you made distributing a >>> diversity of text books or related educational materials, >>> schools would >>> not want any but the standardized ones to be used at the >>> standardized >>> times. The point of conventional schooling was then ansd still is to >>> produce a standard graded product, not amplify differences. As I >>> point out >>> in my previously linked essay >>> "Why Educational Technology Has Failed Schools" >>> http://patapata.sourceforge.net/ >>> WhyEducationalTechnologyHasFailedSchools.html >>> computers linked to the internet have revolutionized just about >>> every >>> area >>> of life today related to information access and education -- except, >>> ironically, schooling. I think there is a reason. Schools are >>> *actively* >>> in the way of everything the better side of the world wide web >>> promises -- >>> diversity, expression, disintermediation, innovation, etc. >> >> >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> I *very* much enjoy reading your thoughts on technology and >> education. >> I wish they were in German, to be able to show them to people >> here ... >> Do you know any German writer with similar views? >> >> - Bert - _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
