How Waldorf alumnus Shane Alexander embraced the yoga art form and psychology.
Education from a Deeper Perspective – The Waldorf Philosophy
Shane Alexander
Education from a Deeper Perspective was a good tagline, I thought, when I grew old enough to understand Waldorf’s marketing scheme. They were trying to convince possible new parents that we look deeper into things than the public school system. It wasn’t until a few years ago when I realized that Waldorf actually did.
Toronto Hip-Hop Artist Makes Reading Cool
Shane Alexander
As a former hip-hop promoter in the Toronto area, I was able to make friends with a bunch of the unsigned hype in the city. Since I first met many of them over a decade ago, all of them have made moves in the city to evolve and progress their selected craft – be it [...]
The Green School: Not a Dream Anymore
Shane Alexander
I stumbled upon a TED video with John Hardy talking about his dream school – The Green School. After some investigating, I realized that his dream was very similar to the Waldorf Schools. The philosophy, concept, the design. Even the wooden chairs and tables looked familiar. One thing. It isn’t Hardy’s dream anymore. It’s his reality.
The Big Bully in the Room
Shane Alexander
While sipping on my morning coffee the other day, blasting passed different TV shows and sport highlight reels, I came across this documentary on CNN about bullying. I watched it for a bit. During the commercial, I started my surfing again. A few channels down, I again came across a little thing about bullying. “This [...]
Why Waldorf Works
Shane Alexander
Why Waldorf works has more to do with how the brain develops and functions optimally than Rudolf Steiner ever could have known. Sure the educator and founder of Waldorf Education theorized convincingly about how children learn best, but until MRIs and other sophisticated measures of the brain were developed, we had no way to prove or disprove any of Steiner’s theories, not with the kind of precision and accuracy we can now. An overwhelming body of evidence from the last 20 years of neuroscientific inquiry supports Steiner’s theories, including some of the most fundamental foci of Waldorf Education.
