tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28858096.post1299517832572267584..comments2019-10-18T02:10:31.697-04:00Comments on Anthromama: Steiner and RacismHenitsirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430635582414038738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28858096.post-75367191251609200192007-10-22T09:35:00.000-04:002007-10-22T09:35:00.000-04:00Caroline: Thanks for your comment. I think indeed ...Caroline: Thanks for your comment. I think indeed there are aspects of the pedagogy that do not work for all children, and in fact may not be appropriate at all...I wonder about modifying much of the "Germanic" structures for American culture, for example.Henitsirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430635582414038738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28858096.post-22724120379433136932007-10-22T03:37:00.000-04:002007-10-22T03:37:00.000-04:00I have other issues with Steiner education but I n...I have other issues with Steiner education but I never thought the racism issue was a problem. Even if we assume he was a racist, I do think that it is possible that there are other elements of his pedagogy that were good and that one should not throw out the baby with the bathwater, so to speak. I have bigger problems with delaying scientific explanations to children, delaying reading until age 7 (even if a child is clearly ready much earlier), the total emphasis on fantasy to the exclusion of learning about the real world, but I am a Montessorian at heart.The Globetrotter Parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305801540206827722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28858096.post-24505655930124348712007-07-25T12:35:00.000-04:002007-07-25T12:35:00.000-04:00Just had to say thanks for such a thoughtful post ...Just had to say thanks for such a thoughtful post -- very well done.<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com