Waldorf Approaches to Organization of the Pedagogical Process and Their Influence on the Quality of Education of Ukrainian Junior Schoolchildren

Olena Ionova, Kharkiv H. S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical University, Oksana Gres, Wiktoriia Partola, Svitlana Luparenko, Kharkiv H. S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv H. S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv H. S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical University
2018 The New Educational Review  
With the aim of determination of the infl uence of Waldorf approaches to the organization of the pedagogical process on the quality of education of Ukrainian junior schoolchildren, the presented experimental research was carried out over the period 2014 -2016. Th ird grade schoolchildren of general educational institutions were involved in the experimental research. Th e organizational forms and methods of Waldorf school were implemented. Th ey were: rhythmic organization of the pedagogical
more » ... ess, artistic teaching, limited use of standard textbooks and schoolchildren's work on drawing up their own work notebooks, involvement of art elements in the study of all subjects, diff erentiated exercises for children with diff erent types of temperament, use of active-practical projects, active exercises and games. Th e positive infl uence of Waldorf approaches on the quality of schoolchildren's knowledge (fullness of knowledge and level of their assimilation) and development of their personal-motivational sphere (junior schoolchildren's attitude to learning, levels of their cognitive activity) was detected. An increase in the level of schoolchildren's activity and autonomy in educational-cognitive activity was found. Th e obtained data makes it possible to disseminate Waldorf educational experience for improving the quality of education of junior schoolchildren.
doi:10.15804/tner.2018.54.4.11 fatcat:36vi4c673zcwzhru3yxtbfih2e