What is Waldorf Education?

Waldorf education is the full hands on experience of music, dance, theater, writing, literature, legends,
and myths. As stated on the website "Waldorf students cultivate a lifelong love of learning as well as
the intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual capacities to be individuals certain of their paths and
to be of service to the world."Rudolf Steiner developed this learning style in 1919. This style addresses the needs of the growing child. This type of education highly promotes learning as an art. The Waldorf curriculum is constructed to respond to three different phases of childhood: birth to 6 or 7, 7-14, and 14-18 years old. It is believed that by providing age appropriate materials to students they can grow and learn healthily. Imagination is highly promoted in the curriculum rather than learning each subject by itself. The educational philosophy's goal is to produce independent, responsible, and free students.
I do agree that a hands on and lenient curriculum is a successful learning style. I do not believe it should have to be practiced in separate schools. I think Waldorf Education should be incorporated into public school curriculum. I do not believe that Steiner would agree with the Banking Concept at all. He does not look at students in a general concept. He understands each student to be their own individual person who learns things in their own way. He would not agree with just piling information into a students head and expecting them to learn.