How Do Waldorf Students Fare Socially?
Because the grade school class teacher works with a group of children over an extended developmental period, the social issues that inevitably emerge between children and between teacher and child are worked out in a healthy and nurturing fashion. Teachers encourage discussion and cultivate the children’s natural respect for others. The classroom resembles a healthy and developing family. As in any healthy family, the best in each individual is nurtured and the importance of human relationships is stressed. As a result, Waldorf students do very well socially. The evidence suggests that they function easily in social situations and are influential members of their peer groups as they move on to non-Waldorf pursuits in college and beyond.
Because the grade school class teacher works with a group of children over an extended developmental period, the social issues that inevitably emerge between children and between teacher and child are worked out in a healthy and nurturing fashion. Teachers encourage discussion and cultivate the children’s natural respect for others. The classroom resembles a healthy and developing family. As in any healthy family, the best in each individual is nurtured and the importance of human relationships is stressed. As a result, Waldorf students do very well socially. The evidence suggests that they function easily in social situations and are influential members of their peer groups as they move on to non-Waldorf pursuits in college and beyond.
Because the grade school class teacher works with a group of children over an extended developmental period, the social issues that inevitably emerge between children and between teacher and child are worked out in a healthy and nurturing fashion. Teachers encourage discussion and cultivate the children’s natural respect for others. The classroom resembles a healthy and developing family. As in any healthy family, the best in each individual is nurtured and the importance of human relationships is stressed. As a result, Waldorf students do very well socially. The evidence suggests that they function easily in social situations and are influential members of their peer groups as they move on to non-Waldorf pursuits in college, and beyond.
