Nazarin ilimin Waldorf

An yi nazari da dama kan ilimin Waldorf a cikin ƙasa, ƙasa da ƙasa, da kuma batutuwa daban-daban. A shekarar 2005, masu binciken ilimi na Birtaniya Philip Woods, Martin Ashley da Glenys Woods sun tantance makarantun Steiner-Waldorf na Sashen Ilimi da Ƙwarewa na Burtaniya. A wani ɓangare na bincikensu, marubutan sun kimanta yanayin binciken tun daga shekarar 2005 kuma sun ce

 "Binciken da aka yi nazari a kansu yana ba da cikakkiyar fahimtar dangantaka mai kyau tsakanin makarantun Steiner da ilmantarwa, nasara da ci gaban ɗalibai na ilimi, ƙirƙira, zamantakewa da sauran iyawa masu mahimmanci a cikin ci gaban mutum gaba ɗaya. Duk da haka, dole ne a fassara shaidar binciken da taka tsantsan. Nazarin galibi ƙananan ne kuma ana gudanar da su a cikin yanayi daban-daban na al'adu da ƙasa waɗanda zasu iya shafar kwarin gwiwar da za a iya amfani da su don haɗa sakamakon zuwa wasu wurare. Gabaɗaya, akwai rashin bincike mai zurfi kan tasirin ilimin makarantar Steiner akan koyo da nasara kuma ƙaramin bincike wanda ke kwatanta Steiner da makarantun yau da kullun cikin tsari." 

 Nazarin Jami'ar Jihar California ta 2003 kan ilimin kimiyya na ɗaliban da suka yi karatu a Waldorf 
Wani bincike da David Jelinek da Li-Ling Sun suka gudanar a shekarar 2003, dukkansu daga Kwalejin Ilimi da ke CalState - Sacramento, sun yi bincike kan ingancin ilimin kimiyya a jerin makarantun Waldorf. Sun kuma yi nazari kan manhajar makarantar Waldorf ta farko kamar yadda Rudolf Steiner ya tsara. An kimanta waɗannan manhajoji idan aka kwatanta da ka'idojin gargajiya na koyon ƙwarewa, ci gaba, manhajar karkace, hankali na Triarchic, da kuma basira da yawa. Marubutan sun kuma yi amfani da gwaje-gwajen fahimta da na ilimi da dama don tantance aikin ɗaliban da suka yi karatu a Waldorf idan aka kwatanta da takwarorinsu da suka yi karatu a makarantar gwamnati da suka yi shekaru. An yi ƙoƙarin kawar da tasirin son zuciya na masu bincike ta hanyar haɗa masu nazari waɗanda ba su da asali a Waldorf da kuma amfani da hanyoyi da yawa don tattara bayanai masu yawa da inganci, wanda daga nan aka yi nazari ta amfani da ma'aunin ƙididdiga daban-daban, gami da yanayin tsakiya, bambancin rabe-raben mita, alaƙa, komawa baya, gwaje-gwajen t da gwaje-gwajen chi-square.

Sakamakon binciken Jelinek da Sun yana da sarkakiya. Na farko, ya bayyana wa marubutan binciken tun da farko cewa makarantun Waldorf ba su dace da ƙa'idodin ƙasa na ilimin kimiyya ba. Duk da haka, sun kuma bayyana cewa akwai wasu fa'idodi na ilimin Waldorf dangane da tunani da bincike mai buɗewa. Duk da haka, akwai ka'idoji da ra'ayoyi da yawa da suka mamaye a cikin manhajojin da aka yi nazari a kansu waɗanda suka kasance na kimiyya na ƙarya kuma sun cika da tunani mai sihiri . Waɗannan ra'ayoyin sun haɗa da ra'ayin juyin halitta cewa dabbobi suna tasowa daga mutane, cewa ruhohin ɗan adam suna rayuwa cikin "halayen rai waɗanda suka bayyana kansu cikin nau'ikan dabbobi daban-daban," cewa tsarin ƙasa na yanzu a Duniya ya samo asali ta hanyar zamanin da ake kira "Lemurian" da "Atlantiean", ko kuma cewa masarautun yanayi guda 4 "ma'adinai, shuka, dabba, da mutum." Duk waɗannan sun saba wa kai tsaye ta hanyar ilimin kimiyya na yau da kullun kuma ba su da tushe a cikin kowace irin kimiyya ta al'ada. Marubutan sun yi jayayya cewa waɗannan ra'ayoyin sun bambanta da duk wani kuskuren gaskiya da aka samu a cikin littattafan makarantun gwamnati na zamani, domin rashin daidaiton da ke cikin na ƙarshe yana da takamaiman yanayi kuma mai sauƙi wanda ya samo asali daga ci gaban kimiyya. Na biyun (waɗannan rashin daidaiton da ke cikin littattafan Waldorf), duk da haka, sakamakon yanayin tunani ne wanda ba shi da tushe mai inganci a cikin hankali ko tunani. [1]

 Manazarta 
Jelinek, David; Sun, Li-Ling. "Does Waldorf Offer a Viable Form of Science Education? A Research Monograph" (PDF). California State University College of Education. California State University Press. Retrieved 29 November 2018.