Organizational Forms in ELT: Their Influence on Development of Teamwork in the Context of Waldorf and Traditional Primary School

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to introduce the Waldorf school as a type of alternative school, to identify the importance of cooperation in Waldorf and traditional schools based on selected educational documents and to prove that the quality of cooperation if higher in Waldorf schools than it is in traditional schools. This thesis also focuses on organizational forms and the frequency of their usage in ELT. This thesis consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part provides practical part with the theoretical background. In the theoretical part, selected educational documents are presented with emphasis on the topic of cooperation. Alternative schools are introduced, together with their basic types and characteristics. Waldorf School is dealt with in detail. Its principles, characteristics and aims are presented, together with the main ideas of its creator, Rudolph Steiner. The organizational forms are introduced. Their types, advantages and disadvantages of their usage are described with a special emphasis on the organizational forms with potential for development of teamwork. The practical part comprises of the description and results of the research, conducted in the Waldorf primary school and the traditional primary school.