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Bak, Tao – Educational Review, 2023
This paper traces the introduction of Steiner programmes in publicly funded school settings in Victoria, Australia, through a recent history covering approximately 1990-2011. Three programmes are examined through interviews with Steiner educators focusing on some of the challenges of working with these alternative educational ideas in these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Public Schools, Educational History
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Bak, Tao – History of Education, 2018
Education in Victoria, Australia not only underwent significant change in the 1970s, but was witness to a widespread educational reform project. Whilst exploration of the more widespread alternatives has been of some interest, the smaller progressive traditions that emerged in some ways "alongside" the broader reforms have rarely been…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Aesthetics
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Bak, Tao – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2021
Contributing to the understanding of Steiner education as a localised practice, this paper traces the creation of two "second generation" Steiner schools in 1980s Victoria. A period of expansion for Steiner education in Australia, the 1980s saw the number of Steiner schools increase from 5 to 31. These schools were started mainly by…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Philosophy