ABSTRACT
Education science is critical of Waldorf education. Ullrich finds it important to point out that anthroposophy is not only the background of an otherwise successful education movement, but that it dominates all its manifestations. Compared to Prange, Ullrich is more ambivalent. He also sees positive aspects in Waldorf education: its aesthetic and humanistic orientation based on experience or sense perception, on personal commitment, and high pedagogical ideals. Anthroposophy rather than Waldorf education is at the center of the criticism by education science as represented by Ullrich. However, Rudolf Steiner was very much aware of Waldorf education's worldview problem, warning explicitly against allowing anthroposophy to directly inform the Waldorf schools. Regarding Waldorf education itself, and particularly to Waldorf teacher education, such commitment to neutrality and distance is rarely recommended.
