Kate Attfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 6694825 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Attfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Attfield |
| SIGNATURE | ATTFIELD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1547-4578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The humane education of Waldorf
In this perspective paper I propose to explore the remarkable humanity-centered education designed by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), along with his legacy in the form of the Waldorf schools that still serve children aged 3–18. Steiner was a polymath who could have been influenced by figures including the Roman playwright Terence, a freed slave who valued “humanity,” as well as the 16th Century Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam, …
Notes from the Field of the Scholar–Practitioner
Kirsten and Kate are scholar–practitioners studying the people with whom they interact and operate. In this empirical paper, based on their auto/ethnographic reflections, they study some often-neglected circumstances and by-products of scholar–practitioner research. They review aspects of entering research situations with which they are connected, participating in them, leaving them behind, and revisiting them. Kirsten is an ethnographer, both wo…
The “feeling-life” journey of the grade school child
Rudolf Steiner’s international Waldorf education is comparatively under-researched for a hundred-year-old education movement which thrives globally. What is further unknown in academic educational circles is the specific study of the “feeling-life”, the middle period of childhood in Waldorf education, of children aged seven through fourteen. This article assesses the holistic nature of the Waldorf grade school, and its child-centered, creative pe…
You don’t know how big this heart is’
Triple X is largely unheard of: in global medical science where there is only a partial knowledge, and in welfare and community-based institutions which have virtually no knowledge of it at all. This article focusses on the unheard voices of Triple X families: on the reflections of ten UK parents on nurturing their daughters with Triple X throughout their childhood and into adulthood and the world of work. Layers of daughters' individual characte…
Triple X superwomen
The further and higher educational experiences and consequent employability of women with the under-researched Triple X syndrome are arguably unknown. This research study examines their special educational needs (where relevant), and their negotiation of conventional educative systems, throughout the stages of post-compulsory education and into the world of work. The prevalent individualist societal focus means that education bodies promote their…
The young child’s journey of ‘the will’
Within the education academic arena, there is almost no established research on the alternative Waldorf (or Steiner) education movement in the US or UK. This primary research investigates Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy of early childhood Waldorf education, and its child-centered and inclusive core. Ten kindergarten teachers in the US and UK educating children ages three through seven were interviewed on their values and practices, and on intrinsic n…
Triple X supergirls
You don’t know how big this heart is’
Triple X is largely unheard of: in global medical science where there is only a partial knowledge, and in welfare and community-based institutions which have virtually no knowledge of it at all. This article focusses on the unheard voices of Triple X families: on the reflections of ten UK parents on nurturing their daughters with Triple X throughout their childhood and into adulthood and the world of work. Layers of daughters' individual characte…
The young child’s journey of ‘the will’
Within the education academic arena, there is almost no established research on the alternative Waldorf (or Steiner) education movement in the US or UK. This primary research investigates Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy of early childhood Waldorf education, and its child-centered and inclusive core. Ten kindergarten teachers in the US and UK educating children ages three through seven were interviewed on their values and practices, and on intrinsic n…
Triple X supergirls
Triple X superwomen
The further and higher educational experiences and consequent employability of women with the under-researched Triple X syndrome are arguably unknown. This research study examines their special educational needs (where relevant), and their negotiation of conventional educative systems, throughout the stages of post-compulsory education and into the world of work. The prevalent individualist societal focus means that education bodies promote their…
The young child’s journey of ‘the will’
Within the education academic arena, there is almost no established research on the alternative Waldorf (or Steiner) education movement in the US or UK. This primary research investigates Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy of early childhood Waldorf education, and its child-centered and inclusive core. Ten kindergarten teachers in the US and UK educating children ages three through seven were interviewed on their values and practices, and on intrinsic n…
The “feeling-life” journey of the grade school child
Rudolf Steiner’s international Waldorf education is comparatively under-researched for a hundred-year-old education movement which thrives globally. What is further unknown in academic educational circles is the specific study of the “feeling-life”, the middle period of childhood in Waldorf education, of children aged seven through fourteen. This article assesses the holistic nature of the Waldorf grade school, and its child-centered, creative pe…
You don’t know how big this heart is’
Triple X is largely unheard of: in global medical science where there is only a partial knowledge, and in welfare and community-based institutions which have virtually no knowledge of it at all. This article focusses on the unheard voices of Triple X families: on the reflections of ten UK parents on nurturing their daughters with Triple X throughout their childhood and into adulthood and the world of work. Layers of daughters' individual characte…
The humane education of Waldorf
In this perspective paper I propose to explore the remarkable humanity-centered education designed by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), along with his legacy in the form of the Waldorf schools that still serve children aged 3–18. Steiner was a polymath who could have been influenced by figures including the Roman playwright Terence, a freed slave who valued “humanity,” as well as the 16th Century Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam, …
Notes from the Field of the Scholar–Practitioner
Kirsten and Kate are scholar–practitioners studying the people with whom they interact and operate. In this empirical paper, based on their auto/ethnographic reflections, they study some often-neglected circumstances and by-products of scholar–practitioner research. They review aspects of entering research situations with which they are connected, participating in them, leaving them behind, and revisiting them. Kirsten is an ethnographer, both wo…
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Education Methods and Practices (3 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)