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An approach to music education based on the indications of Rudolf Steiner : implications for grades 1-3

University of British Columbia

This study provides an introduction to Rudolf Steiner's ideas on music and music education and describes how these ideas have been adapted and applied in Grades One through Three in North American Waldorf Schools. Included in the study are: Steiner's basic philosophical concepts relating to music and music education; Steiner's rationale for aesthetic and music education; a description of the Waldorf approach to music teaching; results of a questionnaire sent to twenty-three Waldorf Schools in North America; a comparison of Steiner's key ideas on music education with those of Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze.

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2010-10-29

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29681

Art Education

University of British Columbia

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