Salutogenic Education? Movement and Whole Child Health in a Waldorf (Steiner) School

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-156

  Sobo, Elisa J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Becoming; Child health and development; Deleuze; Mind body problem; Movement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHILOSOPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SCHOOLS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932197680     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12140     Document Type: Article

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