Pamela Carol Jewett | Britannica

Pamela Carol Jewett

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY Associate Professor, Language and Literacy Program, College of Education, University of South Carolina. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (2010) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

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Waldorf school

Waldorf school, school based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian educator and the formulator of anthroposophy. Steiner’s first school opened in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany, for the children of the Waldorf-Astoria Company’s employees; his schools thereafter became known as…

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (January 2010)

For a free 30-day online trial to this title, visit www.sagepub.com/freetrialEducational reform, and to a lesser extent educational dissent, occupy a prominent place in the annals of U.S. education. Whether based on religious, cultural, social, philosophical, or pedagogical grounds, they are ever-present in our educational history. Although some reforms have been presented as a remedy for society′s ills, most programs were aimed toward practical transformation of the existing system to...