THE INFLUENCE OF WALDORF PEDAGOGY PRACTICES ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - A LOOK AT THE RUBICON
Waldorf Pedagogy. Pedagogical practices. Human development. Rubicon crisis.
This research aimed to understand the influence of Waldorf pedagogy practices on human development, highlighting the support for the Rubicon crisis. The initial intention was to find out if this pedagogical proposal brings answers to the social needs of the emergence of a new model of human being capable of building improvements for the world from the strengthening of the "I" through the school reality. The context of the research took place in a class of the 4th year of Elementary School at a Waldorf school in the city of Cuiabá in the state of Mato Grosso. The participating subjects are three class teachers, two mothers and three students, all involved with the 4th year process. The collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews, as the research is qualitative. The theoretical contribution was based on Anthroposophy, a spiritual science developed by Rudolf Steiner that underlies the Waldorf pedagogy. His works: The art of education: the general study of man, a basis for pedagogy (1988), The healthy development of the human being (2008) The art of education II – Methodology and didactics in Waldorf teaching (1992), Contou- supported by authors within this approach such as Rosely Romanelli through her works A Pedagogia Waldorf -Cultura, Organization and Social Dynamics (2017) and A Pedagogia Waldorf - Formation Humana e Arte (2018); Rudolf Lanz Waldorf Pedagogy – Path to a more humane teaching (2005 ); Bernard Lievegoed Unraveling Growth (1994); Elaine Marasca: Health is learned, education is healing – From Waldorf Pedagogy to Salutogenesis (2009); Koepke The Child at Nine (2014); Tobias Richter Pedagogical Purpose and Teaching Goals of a Waldorf School (2002); FEWB – Federation of Waldorf Schools in Brazil – For the structure of teaching from 1st to 8th year in Waldorf Schools (1999). The methodological basis was guided by Hermeneutic Phenomenology with the author Viggiani Bicudo Phenomenology – confrontations and advances (2000) and Qualitative research – According to the phenomenological view (2011). The research contributions show the strengthening of children involved in the Rubicon crisis from the experience of the Waldorf Pedagogy curriculum practices, revealing that the schooling process promotes health from the development of an "I" that is directed towards self-reliance. Realization. It also revealed that this pedagogy is effective from the personal development of the teacher who involves students and families in the process. We found that the experience of the Waldorf school can favor the emergence of sensitive and active adults for the transformation of a new social reality.