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To meet the increasing opportunities for Waldorf education to become a major source of educational renewal in our time requires of the Waldorf School movement that it continue to deepen its own work, to enter into open and informed conversation with the larger society and educational world, and to demonstrate that its educational understanding and experience will enable our children to meet with well-grounded confidence the ever-increasingly uncertain future they surely face.

As a response to this challenge, the Research Institute for Waldorf Education was established in 1995. The Research Bulletin is published by the Research Institute for Waldorf Education and has the following aims:

  • To serve as a newsletter announcing ongoing research and related activities
  • To carry brief but substantive discussions of fundamental research issues and questions
  • To describe research projects currently underway
  • To provide for the exchange of information and views within a growing body of readers

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Spring 2010, Volume 15 Number 1
From the Editor by Stephen Sagarin
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
What Can Rudolf Steiner's Words to the First Waldorf Teachers Tell Us Today? by Christof Wiechert
Social-Emotional Intelligence: The Basis for a New Vision of Education in the United States by Linda Lanteri
Rudolf Steiner's Research Methods for Teachers by Martyn Rawson
Combined Grades in Waldorf Schools: Creating Classrooms Teachers Can Feel Good About by Lori L. Freer
Educating Gifted Students in Waldorf Schools by Ellen Fjeld Kottker and Balazs Tarnai
How Do Teachers Learn with Teachers? Understanding Child Study as a Case for Professional Learning Communities by Marsha Plotnik
Does Our Educational System Contribute to Attentional and Learning Difficulties in Our Children? by Susan R. Johnson, M.D. FAAP
Survey of Waldorf School Trustee Education by Martin Novon and Jean Yeager
News from The Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Autumn 2009, Volume 14, Number 2
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Sagarin
The Social Mission of Waldorf School Communities by Christopher Schaefer
Identity and Governance by Jon McAlice
Changing Old Habits: Exploring New Models for Professional Development by Thomas Patteson and Laura Birdsall
Developing Coherence: Meditative Practice in Waldorf School Colleges of Teachers by Kevin Avison
Teachers' Self Development as a Mirror of Children's Incarnation, Part 2 by Renate Long-Breipohl
Social- Emotional Education and Waldorf Education by David Mitchell
Television in, and the Worlds of, Today's Children: A Mounting Cultural Controversy by Richard House
Russia's History, Culture and the Thrust Toward High-Stakes Testing: Refelections on a Recent Visit by David Mitchell
Da, Valdorvskii! Finding an Educational Approach for Children with Disabilities in a Siberian Village by Cassandra S. Hartblay
One Hundred Meters Squared by Michael D'Aleo
Basic Schools and the Future of Waldorf Education by Peter Guttenhofer
When One Plus One Equals Three: Evidence, Logic and Professional Discourse by Douglas Gerwin
Waldorf School Parent Roles and Perspectives by Martin Novom
News from The Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Spring 2009, Volume 14, Number 1
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Sagarin
Sleeping on It: The Most Important Activity of the School Day by Arthur Auer
Advantages and Disadvantages of Brain Research for Education by Christian Rittelmeyer
What Makes Waldorf, Waldorf? by Stephen Sagarin
Love and Knowledge: Recovering the Heart of Learning through Contemplation by Arthur Zajonc
Teachers' Self Development as a Mirror of Children's Incarnation, Part 1 by Renate Long-Breipohl
Of Seeds and Continents: Reliability, Predictability, and Scientific Knowing by Michael D'Aleo
Honest, Complete Assessment and Social Renewal: A Revolution by Patrice Maynard
Crises in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School by Joan Almon
Henry Barnes and Waldorf Education: A Personal Tribute by Douglas Sloan
Reports from Current Projects of the Research Institute by Calisa O'Keefe, Marianne Alsop
Autumn/Winter 2008, Volume 13, Number 2
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Sagarin
Rhythm and Learning by Dirk Cysarz
Thinking and the Consciousness of the Young Child by Renate Long-Breipohl
Assessment without High-Stakes Testing Protecting Childhood and the Purpose of School by David Mitchell, Douglas Gerwin, Ernst Schuberth, Michael Mancini, and Hansjorg Hofrichter
The Art of Education as Emergenct Aid: How Waldorf Education Enables the Souls of Traumatized Children to Breathe Again by Barbara Schiller
What Have We Learned? Comparing Studies of German, Swiss and North American Graduates by Jon McAlice
Disturbances in the Child's Relationship to Inner and Outer Pictures of Reality by Christian Rittelmeyer
Cultivating Humanity against a "Monoculture of the Mind" by Stephen Sagarin
"Learning, Arts and the Brain" - The Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition by Patrice Maynard
Waldorf Around the World by James Pewtherer
The Intercultural Waldorf School of Mannheim, Germany by David Mitchell
The Health and Heartiness of Waldorf Graduates by Douglas Gerwin
Report: The Power of Grammar - A Working Weekend by Anne Greer
Report: Teaching Sensible Science by Michael D'Aleo
Report: The Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Autumn 2007, Volume 13 Number 1
Report from the Co-Directors by Douglas Gerwin and David Mitchell
From the Editor by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Human Development and Moral Force: An Antropology of Moral Education by Ernst-Michael Kranich
The Moral Reasoning of High School Seniors from Diverse Educational Settings by Christine Hether
Can Moral Principles be Taught? by Magda Lissau
Transformative Education and the Right to an Inviolate Childhood by Christopher Clouder
The Riddle of Teacher Authority: Its Role and Significance in Waldorf Education by Trevor Mepham
Religious and Moral Education in the Light of Spiritual Science by Rudolf Steiner
Profits and Paradigms, Morality and Medicine by Philip Incao, M.D.
Visions of Peace: Joining Tibet and Hawai'i in Social Exchange by Michael Mancini
Blinking, Feeling, and Willing by Eugene Schwartz
From Virtue to Love by Arthur Zajonc
Reports from Current Projects of the Research Institute: Teaching Sensible Science Heads West; News from the Online Waldorf Library
Spring, 2007 Volume 12 Number 2
Report From the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Sagarin
Standing Out Without Standing Alone: Profile of Waldorf School Graduates by Douglas Gerwin and David Mitchell
Reading in Waldorf Schools, Part 3 - Beginning in Sound and Form by Arthur Auer
Living Language in Waldorf Education by Helen Lubin
Anthroposophy and the Riddle of the Soul by Rudolf Steiner
Playing "SteinerSays": Twenty Myths About Waldorf Education by Stephen Sagarin
New Research on the Power of Play by Susan Howard
High-Stakes Testing by Eugene Schwartz
Rethinking the Waldorf High School: Two European Examples by David Mitchell
Teaching Science Through Experience and Discernment: Teaching Sensible Science, An Interview with Michael D'Aleo by Bob Amis
News from the Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Schools of the Future: Meeting the Needs of the Children in the New Millenium by Michael Mancini
Mathematics and Memory by Lori MacKinder
Excerpts from "Tilling the Soil of the European Higher Education Area" by John Burnett
Autumn 2006, Volume 12, Number 1
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Sagarin
Reading in Waldorf Schools. Part II: Beginning in Flow and Warmth by Arthur Auer
Rudolf Steiner on Teaching Left-Handed Children by Daniel Hindes
The Tricky Triangle: Children, Parents and Teachers by Dorit Winter
Healing Children Who Have Attentional, Emotional, and Learning Challenges by Susan Johnson M.D.
What Will Today's Children Need for Financial Success in Tomorrow's Economy? by Judy Lubin
The Development of the Hand in the Young Child by Jane Swain
On Spiritual Research by Rudolf Steiner
Work of the Research Fellows: Do Festivals Have a Future? by Eugene Schwartz
Spirituality in Higher Education - A UCLA Study by Arthur Zajonc
Quicksand and Quagmires of the Soul: The Subconscious Stimulation of Youth through Media by David Mitchell
Waldorf Graduate Research, Phase II Update by Arthur M. Pittis
Teaching Sensible Science by Bob Amis
Working With Slower Paced Math Students by Lori MacKinder
Report from the Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Spring 2006, Volume 11, Number 2
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Reading in Waldorf Schools Begins in Kindergarten and Avoids Clouding the Mind's Eye by Arthur Auer
The Challenge of the Transition from Kindergarten to Elementary School by Martyn Rawson
Awakener of Consciousness by Van James
An Artistic View of Child Development by Madga Lissau
Education and Healing: by Rudolf Steiner
A Research Strategy for Waldorf Schools by Askel Hugo
Nature Deficit Disorder by David Mitchell
On Creativity by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Allergic Disease and Sensitization in Waldorf/Steiner School Children by Philip Incao, M.D.
Left-handedness: A Call for Research by Douglas Gerwin
Assuming Nothing: Judith Harris on Nature vs. Nurture by Eugene Schwartz
Against Agriculturalism: A Review of Two Books by Kay Hymowitz by Jon Mc Alice
A New Website for Waldorf School Graduates and Teachers by Douglas Gerwin
Reports from Current Projects of the Research Institute
Waldorf Graduate Research Phase II by Arthur Pittis
Reading Writing and Reading Comprehension by Paul Gierlach
Rudolf Steiner Library Accommodates Sleuths from the Research Institute - by David Mitchell
Teaching Sensible Science
Report on the Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Autumn 2005, Volume 11, Number 1
Report from the Co-Directors by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
From the Editor by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Puberty as the Gateway to Freedom by Richard Landl
Soul Hygiene and Longevity for Teachers by David Mitchell
The Emergence of the Idea of Evolution in the Time of Goethe by Frank Teichmann
The Seer and the Scientist by Stephen Keith Sagarin
The Four Phases of Research
Report on the Work of the Pedagogical Research Center of the German BUND
Beyond Cognition: Children and Television Viewing by Eugene Schwartz
International Student Assessment and Computer Use: What Do Recent PISA Surveys Show? by Jon McAlice
State Funds for Waldorf Schools in England by Douglas Gerwin
On Looping by David Mitchell
The Children's Food Bill by Christopher Clouder
All Together Now!
Oscilations of Heart Rate and Respiration
Synchronized During Poetry Recital by Review by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Reports from Current Projects of the Research Institute
Waldorf Graduate Research, Phase II by Arthur M. Pittis
Remedial Mathematics Project by Lori MacKinder
Reading,Writing, and Reading Comprehension by Paul Gierlach
Teaching Sensible Science by Gary Banks
Report on the Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
Waldorf High School Senior Survey by Waldorf High School Research Project
Rigor Asked for in High Schools by Review by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Contents from Past Research Bulletins
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
June 2005,Volume 10, Number 2
From the Editor by Douglas Sloan
The Current Debate about Temperament by Walter Riethmüller
Waldorf Education:Transformation Toward Wholeness by Vladislav Rozentuller and Steve Talbott
The Art and the Science of Classroom Management by Trevor Mepham
Spiritual Research: Casting Knowlege into Love by David Mitchell and Douglas Gerwin
Research on Waldorf Graduates in North America: Phase 1 by Faith Baldwin, Douglas Gerwin, David Mitchell
Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology by Alliance of Childhood by Reviewed by Sharna Olfman, Ph D
The Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
January 2005, Volume 10, Number 1
From the Editor by Douglas Sloan
Science and the Child by Steve Talbott
Can Meditation Take the Place of Exercise? by Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Non Verbal Education: A Necessity in the developmental Stages by Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Organic Functionalism: An Important Principle of the Visual Arts in Waldorf School Crafts and Architecture by David Adams
The Lowering of School Age and the Changes in Childhood: An Interim Report by Claudia McKeen, Reiner Patzalff, Martyn Rawson
The Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
Announcement: New Course on Teaching Science
June 2004, Volume 9, Number 2
From the Editor by Douglas Sloan
Wellspring of the Art of Education: Three Reversals in the Work of the Waldorf Teacher by Christof Wiechert
Discovering the True Nature of Educational Assessment by Paul Zachos
The Kindergarten Child by Peter Lang
The Teaching of Science by David Mitchell
Evolution of Consciousness, Rites of Passage, and the Waldorf Curriculum by Alduino Mazzone
All Work and No Pay... How Educational Reforms are Harming our Preschoolers by Sharna Olfman, Reviewed by William Ward
Correspondence: by Stephen Sagarin Responds
What Studies have Been Published on Waldorf Education?
The Online Waldorf Library by Marianne Alsop
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
January, 2004 Volume 9, Number 1
From the Editor by Douglas Sloan
Rudolf Steiner and the New Educational Paradigm by Christof Weichert
Teaching as Learning in a Steiner Setting by Christopher Clouder
Education towards Health is Education towards Freedom by Johannes Denger
The Stranger in the Mirror: Reflections on Adolescence in the Light of Movement Education by Jaimen McMillan
Pulling the Grass Doesn't Make it Grow any Faster by Gerald Huether
The New Generation of Children by Renate Long-Breipohl
The Mysteries of the Social Encounter by Dieter Brull by reviewed by Scott Olmsted
Extraordinary Lives: Disability and Destiny in a Technological Age by Steve Talbott, reviewed by Lowell Monke
The Online Waldorf Library Project by A Progress Report by Marianne Alsop
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
June, 2003 Volume 8, Number 2
From the Editor by Douglas Sloan
The Vital Role of Play in Early Childhood Education by Joan Almon
In What Respect Are Star Children Different? by Georg Kuhlewind
The Hague Circle Report to North American Waldorf Schools by Monique Grund and James Pewtherer
The Push for Early Childhood Literacy; Taking a Careful Look by Editorial Note
Moving in Slow Motion by Barry Sanders
The Push for Early Childhood Literacy: A Risk Factor in Childhood Psycopathology by Sharna Olfman
The Push for Early Childhood Literacy: The Loss of Nature by William Crain
The Push for Early Childhood Literacy: A View from Europe by Christopher Clouder
Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society by By William Crain - Reviewed by Edward Miller
Correspondence: No Such Thing?
The Online Waldorf Library Project - A Progress Report by Marianne Alsop
The Research Institute for Waldorf Education - Looking Towards the Future by Susan Howard, Director
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
January, 2003 Volume 8, Number 1
From the Editor by Douglas Sloan
No Such Thing: Recovering the Quality of Rudolf Steiner's Educational Work by Stephen Keith Sagarin
Beyond Innovation: Education and Ethos in an Era of Ceaseless Change by Langdon Winner
How Poems Teach us to Think by Gertrude Reif Hughes
Educating the Will: Part 3, Common Will and Comprehensive Will by Michael Howard
Whom are We Teaching? by Susan Kotansky
June, 2002 Volume 7, Number 2
The Research Institute for Waldorf Education - A Progress Report by Roberto Trostli
On Forgetting to Wear Boots by Steve Talbott
Organizations as Living Organisms: Developing a Seven-fold View by Magda Lissau
Educating the Will - Part II: Developing Feeling Will in Contrast to Sense/Nerve Will by Michael Howard
"Let's quickly go over that again..." Recapitulation and the Waldorf Curriculum by Alduino Mazzone
Online Waldorf Library Project - A Progress Report by Dave Alsop
Being on Earth - A Sketch of a Forthcoming Book by Stephen Edelglass, Georg Maier, and Ron Brady
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
January, 2002 Volume 7, Number 1
Creating a Sense of Wonder in Chemistry by David Mitchell
Science a Process or Dogma? The Case of the Peppered Moth, by Craig Holdrege
Spirit Will and Ethical Individuality, Part 1 by Michael Howard
Did Rudolf Steiner Want a Seven-Grade Elementary School Configuration? by Mark Ricco
Phases and Transitions in Waldorf Education by Harlan Gilbert
Waldorf High School Research Project: Who is the Teenager Today? by Douglas Gerwin
Initial Report of the Waldorf ADHD Research Project, by Kim Payne, Bonnie River-Bento, Anne Skillings
International Survey of the Status of Waldorf Schools, by Earl Ogletree
Case Study Research: The Waldorf Teacher by Nina Ashur
Research Institute Publications
About the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
June, 2001 Volume 6, Number 2
Trained to Kill by Dave Grossman
Education of the Will as the Wellspring of Morality by Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Hand Movements Sculpt Intelligence by Arthur Auer
The Online Waldorf Library Project by Dave Alsop
Waldorf Science Education: An Investigation of Curriculum & Practice by David Jelenik
Rudolf Steiner Library Information
January, 2001 Volume 6, #1
Confronting the Culture of Disrespect, by Langdon Winner
Where Is the Waldorf School Movement Going? by Johannes Kiersch
Computers in Education: Why, When, How by Lowell Monk and Valdemar Setzer
Low SES Minority Fourth-Graders' Achievement, by Jennifer Schieffer and R.T. Busse
Balancing the Four Polarities by Dorit Winter
Education As An Art by Michael Howard
Main Lesson Block Teaching in the Waldorf School by Roberto Trostli
Rudolf Steiner Library Information
June, 2000 Volume 5, #2
Balance in Teaching, Balance in Working, Balance in Living by Roberto Trostli
Adult Education in the Light of Anthroposophy by Michael Howard
Setting Priorities for Research by Susan Howard, Douglas Sloan and Roberto Trostli
Update: Attention-Related Disorders (ARD) Study, by by the Research Team
Update: Learning Expectations and Assessment Project (LEAP), by by staff
Update: Cultural Renewal for the New Millennium: Major Challenges and Educational Tasks by by staff
January, 2000 Volume 5, #1
The Real Meaning of Hands-on Education, by Frank Wilson, M.D.
America's Gold Rush: Can It Be Redeemed? by Dorit Winter
Atopy in Children of Families with an Anthroposophic Lifestyle, by Johan Alm, M.D. et. al.
Update: The Alliance for Childhood and State of the World Forum on Childhood, by Joan Almon
Update: LEAP Project by Bob Anderson
Update: San Francisco Conference on the Four-fold Heart of Waldorf Education, by Cindy Bajema
Update: The Work of the Waldorf Education Research Institute by Susan Howard
June, 1999 Volume 4, #2
Human Biography and its Genetic Instrument, by Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Challenges and Opportunities in Evolution Education by James Henderson
Genes and Life-The Need for Understanding by Craig Holdrege
The High Stakes of Standardized Testing, by Edward Miller
Ecology-Coming Into Being Versus Eco-Data by Will Brinton
Update: ARD: A Waldorf Approach to Attention Related Disorders by Kim Payne, Arthur Zajonc, and Martha Hadley
Update: Forming An Alliance for Childhood by Colleen Cordes
Update: Waldorf High School Research Project by Douglas Gerwin
Book Review: Sensible Physics Teaching, by Michael D'Aleo and Stephen Edelglass
January, 1999 Volume 4, #1
ADHD-the Challenge of Our Time by Eugene Schwartz
Helping Children: Where Research and Social Action Meet by Joan Almon
Computers, Brains, and Children, by Stephen Talbott
Movement and Sensory Disorders in Today's Children by Dr. Peter Stuck
Update: The Research Institute: The First Three Years by Susan Howard and Douglas Sloan
The Nature Institute by Craig Holdrege
Concerning Anthroposophical Research by an interview with Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Can Waldorf Education Be Practiced in Public Schools by Patti Smith
June, 1998 Volume 3, #2
Educating the Whole Person For the Whole Life by Gerald Karnow, M.D.
Understanding the Etheric Organization in the Human Being: New Insights Through Anthroposophical Research by Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Endangered Childhood by Joan Almon
January, 1998 Volume 3, #1
Schooling the Postmodern Child by David Elkind
Developing a Culture of Leadership Learning and Service in Waldorf Schools, by Christopher Schaefer
The Third Space by Henry Barnes
What Conditions Are There for Taking Responsibility in an Independent Life of Culture? by Heinz Zimmermann
Update: Essentials of Waldorf Education Study by Patti Smith
Update: Racism in Waldorf Education by staff
June, 1997 Volume 2, #2
Towards Wholeness in Knowing: Notes from the Invitational Research Consultation by staff
A New Educational Paradigm by Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Organology and Physiology of Learning by Wolfgang Schad
The Middle Passage-Out of Diversity We Become Whole by Cindy Weinberg
New Health Problems of Children and Youth by the University of Bielefeld
Research into Changes in Brain Formation by Michael Kneissle
Rudolf Steiner's Efforts to Encourage Cultural Diversity by Detlef Hardorp
January, 1997 Volume 2, #1
Technology issue including:
Violence and the Electronic Media by Joan Almon
Meetings with a Snake by Stephen Talbott
Impact of Computer Use on Neural and Cognitive Development, by Donna Chirico
Book Review: The Wholeness of Nature by Henri Bortoft
Book Review: The Marriage of Sense and Thought, by Stephen Edelglass, et. al.
Book Review: Silicon Snake Oil, by Clifford Stoll
Book Review: Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle
June, 1996 Volume 1, #2
Racism and Waldorf Education by Ray McDermott and Ida Oberman
Reflections on the Evolution of Consciousness by Douglas Sloan
Standardized Testing by Eugene Schwartz
January, 1996 Volume 1, #1
Introducing the Waldorf Research Institute of North America, by Douglas Sloan and Susan Howard
Encounters in Education - A Tribute to Ernst Boyer by Eugene Schwartz
Waldorf Education in an Inner City Public School System: A Report, by Douglas Sloan and Susan Howard
The Urban Waldorf School of Milwaukee: A Summary Report by Ray McDermott