Ann-Kathrin Hoffmann is Research Assistant at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.Marc Fabian Buck is Lecturer at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

"This project represents a new step in international research on Waldorf education, bringing together scholars from different parts of the globe to examine Waldorf schooling through a variety of perspectives while engaging in transnational and cross-disciplinary dialogue. It offers an opportunity for comparative study of a contested form of alternative pedagogy in a range of societal contexts."- Peter Staudenmaier is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University, USA.

• 1: Steiner Education in Japan – Its Development and Potential2: Waldorf Education in Israel: Dazzling Success amidst Resounding Failure3: The Late Deployment and Consolidation of Waldorf Pedagogy in Spain4: School of Imagination, School of Threats, Discourses around Waldorf School in Poland5: Adopting and Adapting Waldorf Education: Returning to the Roots Through Waldorf Education in Kenya6: Debating a Pedagogy without Talking about Pedagogy: The Controversies around Waldorf in the French General Press7: Waldorf Education in Slovenia8: Waldorf Education, a Lighthouse for Forgotten Chinese Pedagogical Wisdom9: Patterns, Players, Perspectives. Epilogue on the International Reputation and Discussion on Waldorf Education

Ann-Kathrin Hoffmann is Research Assistant at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.Marc Fabian Buck is Lecturer at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

"This project represents a new step in international research on Waldorf education, bringing together scholars from different parts of the globe to examine Waldorf schooling through a variety of perspectives while engaging in transnational and cross-disciplinary dialogue. It offers an opportunity for comparative study of a contested form of alternative pedagogy in a range of societal contexts."- Peter Staudenmaier is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University, USA.

• 1: Steiner Education in Japan – Its Development and Potential2: Waldorf Education in Israel: Dazzling Success amidst Resounding Failure3: The Late Deployment and Consolidation of Waldorf Pedagogy in Spain4: School of Imagination, School of Threats, Discourses around Waldorf School in Poland5: Adopting and Adapting Waldorf Education: Returning to the Roots Through Waldorf Education in Kenya6: Debating a Pedagogy without Talking about Pedagogy: The Controversies around Waldorf in the French General Press7: Waldorf Education in Slovenia8: Waldorf Education, a Lighthouse for Forgotten Chinese Pedagogical Wisdom9: Patterns, Players, Perspectives. Epilogue on the International Reputation and Discussion on Waldorf Education

Ann-Kathrin Hoffmann is Research Assistant at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.Marc Fabian Buck is Lecturer at the Department of Educational Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

"This project represents a new step in international research on Waldorf education, bringing together scholars from different parts of the globe to examine Waldorf schooling through a variety of perspectives while engaging in transnational and cross-disciplinary dialogue. It offers an opportunity for comparative study of a contested form of alternative pedagogy in a range of societal contexts."- Peter Staudenmaier is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University, USA.

• 1: Steiner Education in Japan – Its Development and Potential2: Waldorf Education in Israel: Dazzling Success amidst Resounding Failure3: The Late Deployment and Consolidation of Waldorf Pedagogy in Spain4: School of Imagination, School of Threats, Discourses around Waldorf School in Poland5: Adopting and Adapting Waldorf Education: Returning to the Roots Through Waldorf Education in Kenya6: Debating a Pedagogy without Talking about Pedagogy: The Controversies around Waldorf in the French General Press7: Waldorf Education in Slovenia8: Waldorf Education, a Lighthouse for Forgotten Chinese Pedagogical Wisdom9: Patterns, Players, Perspectives. Epilogue on the International Reputation and Discussion on Waldorf Education