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The World of Waldorf in 2019: Celebrating 100 Years and Looking to the Future

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The final chapter gives a picture of Steiner/Waldorf Education in 2019 and discusses the likely challenges, opportunities and innovations that the movement might experience and embrace going forward; against an analysis of Twenty-First Century developments in the broader educational and societal environment that the Waldorf Schools operate within. Will their growth continue to be exponential or will they plateau or even succumb to modern pressures? The chapter and the book conclude with a final reflection and response to the initial question posed for this review of Steiner/Waldorf Education in its centenary year: Is there a universal essence of Waldorf education that can be recognised in different social and cultural contexts?

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Stehlik, T. (2019). The World of Waldorf in 2019: Celebrating 100 Years and Looking to the Future. In: Waldorf Schools and the History of Steiner Education. Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31631-0_9

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