Waldorf Education aims to integrate life experiences and experiential learning through reflection and refinement of content, materials, environment and processes. It is based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and sees both students and teachers as members of a learning community. Waldorf schools strive to provide universal access and accommodate diversity to support holistic development. They emphasize developing self-awareness, social skills, thinking skills and collaboration through relationship-based learning and continuous self-reflection among teachers.

1. ~Lalit Kishore

2.  Waldorf Education (WE) aims at integrating
life and experiential learning as an
evolutionary process through recurrent active
reflection and refinement of content, learning
materials, learning environment and learning
processes
 Founded in the early 20th century, WE is based
on the insights, teachings and principles of
education outlined by the world renowned
artist and scientist- Rudolf Steiner.

3.  In WE, both learners and teachers are seen as a
members of the learning community who are
thinking, feeling and willing individuals with
diverse ways of learning and interacting.
 A WE-inspired institution is based on
providing universal access, accommodating
diversity and individualization for holistic
development of learners.
 The WE school often work to increase diversity
and access to all sectors of society.

4.  It is thought that developmental
psychology has its base and divides
human development in 7-year
phases, each characterised by
physical, emotional, and cognitive
dimensions with an identified
learning style to support learners'
balanced development.

5.  In the WE set-up, self-awareness,
social competence, life skills, process
skills and thinking sills are stressed
with the teacher working as a guide
to each student and class as a whole
to support collaboration and
relationship-based social pedagogy.

6.  For school management, participatory
relationships with parents, colleagues,
neighbourhood, social workers, community
leaders and volunteers are seen essential
 The WE teachers have the collective responsibility
to creatively address the assessed developmental
needs of learners for interventionist and designed
inclusive approaches for all learners.
 Also, there is emphasis on continuous
engagement of teachers in their on learning
through formative self-reflective practices that
support ongoing improvement.

7.  At the individual, classroom and school
levels, teachers and management reflect
on the basis of observations of the
students' performance and of the
educational process.
 Essential aspects of school-wide work and
professional development include self-
reflection, peer review, recurrent faculty
capacity building and individual study,
action research, lesson studies, artistic
activity, and evidence based innovations.