tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post881083751183284574..comments2024-02-02T06:15:27.813+10:30Comments on the new ussr [illustrated]: Steiner: the good, the bad and the sillyStewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08994304766961822770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post-68222985201630827422007-08-31T00:00:00.000+09:302007-08-31T00:00:00.000+09:30I think the worries about creeping Steinerism are ...I think the worries about creeping Steinerism are exaggerated, and I've heard that some of his approaches to creativity work wonders for some kids, but the complaints made in the program I heard seemed to involve sticking too rigidly to his more discredited theories, such as his colour theory, which disvalued dark tones. Steiner himself apparently wrote some silly things about dark-skinned people having less life-force than light-skinned people, and apparently a dark-skinned kid doing a Steiner stream in a Victorian school recently was encouraged not to draw people in brown! <BR/>These aren't quite supernatural theories, but they're not too well grounded. What's important, as you suggest, is separating the wheat from the chaff - and in looking at what works, figuring out why it does. And if these means doing damage to Steiner's holistic approach, so be it.Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994304766961822770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post-70619498648998971342007-08-29T19:19:00.000+09:302007-08-29T19:19:00.000+09:30I'm not sure you can say that belief in the supern...I'm not sure you can say that belief in the supernatural is at the centre of Steiner education. And I doubt it's Steiner spiritualism which is being taken up by state schools - (I don't know what is as I haven't heard about it in any schools near me.) I've had some contact with Steiner and although I'm critical of some of their educational practices, I like other aspects eg the emphasis on play and low-tech creativity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com