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NAMTA Journal 25/2 14 Innovation within Limits: How Is It Possible? – A Participart's Perspective

In The NAMTA Journal, Volume 25, Number 2, 2000, Spring

Pages: 231-235

Provides a participant's commentary on a seminar discussing authentic progress in innovative educational practices such as those of Maria Montessori and Frank Lloyd Wright. Notes that there was agreement among participants regarding basic parameters around which innovation within limits was possible. Concludes that innovation is possible when followers understand and internalize a philosophy.

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Verschuur, Mary B.

Publisher: North American Montessori Teachers' Association

Type of Resource: Article

Language: English

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