Focusing on private schools, this book makes an important
contribution to our understanding of schools as social settings,
illustrating their potential to create alternative cultures.
Intriguing comparisons are made between the Waldorf School, a clear
example of holistic education, and St. Catherine's, a traditional,
elite college-preparatory school. The characteristics of each
school are examined and compared. On the one hand, the Waldorf
School, embracing an holistic model, advocates an aesthetically
enriching life in harmony with nature for its students. Its
emphasis on natural materials, as well as its developmental view of
the child and curriculum focused on music and the arts, is unique.
The Waldorf School asserts a romantic and progressive view of
education that is relevant in a world that is becoming increasingly
alienating and dehumanizing. On the other hand, St. Catherine's
represents an academic elite model of education and faces the
problems of our modern society in a different way, by teaching
students to compete and excel in a competitive world while holding
onto moral and ethical values. The schools' meanings are shown to
be imbued through five cultural domains: history and myths;
curriculum; rituals; time and space; and social relationships. The
analysis reveals the schools' quite different responses to the
world, to others, and toward the individual self.
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