Journal:China Nonprofit Review
Abstract:Public primary and secondary education in China often fallsinto the strange circle of exam-oriented education. Some dissatisfied parentsand teachers begin to seek alternative education models. Therefore，some pri-vate non-profit schools that advocate the practice and concept of holistic edu-cation came into being. The Waldorf education system introduced from Germa-ny is one of the large-scale educational practices in contemporary China's pri-vate non-profit education. Since the first Waldorf school was founded in Chinain 2004，it has caused a “fever”of Waldorf education in China. Throughethnographic research，the author finds that Waldorf education in China isnot only a response to the dissatisfaction of mainstream school education，butalso involves a series of self practice and life arrangement dominated by themiddle class. In a series of educational practices，such as school education，teacher education，family education and self-education，a subculture groupwith style significance is regenerated: “sub-culture circle of Waldorf ”.
First Author:Jiexiang Zhao
Co-author:Jiangang Zhu
Volume:26
Issue:2
Page Number:137-156
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2020-12-31