Claim: In grades one through eight at the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor, the task of the teacher is to provide an environment recognizing that each student has unique academic, artistic and physical gifts, and to present each subject through a story, poem or idea to teach to the widely varying intellectual capacities and learning styes of the students.
Evidence: Grades 1-8 All Rudolf Steiner School teachers recognize that each student has unique academic, artistic and physical gifts. The task of the teacher is to provide the inspiration and environment in which these gifts can be cultivated. Each subject is initially presented artistically through a story, poem, drama, drawing or song. This artistic doorway is one through with the students with widely varying intellectual capacities and learning styles can readily enter.