Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 06 Characteristics and Needs of Adolescents: A Comparative Study Provides a comparative overview of the developmental characteristics and needs of adolescents according to (1) the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development's report "Turning Points"; (2) Gayle Dorman's "Planning Programs for Young Adolescents"; (3) Maria…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 07 A World Core Curriculum Robert Muller's "World Core Curriculum" is designed to give children: a good picture of planet Earth and the universe; a correct picture of the commonalities and diversity of the human family; an accurate picture of the time period into which they are born;…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 04 A Montessori Vision of Adolescence Describes the activities of the Lake Country school in Minneapolis, cofounded by Larry Schaefer in 1976 with the goal to create a Montessori school for children aged 2.5 to 18. In 1982, the school began a junior high program, with the goal to help adolescents…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 05 The American Adolescent: Facing a "Vortex of New Risks" Excerpts from the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development's report "Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century," issued in 1989, indicate the need to develop a more adolescent-centered approach to education in the middle grades that is…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 02 Designing for the Needs of Adolescents: An Interview with John McNamara This interview focuses on the Montessori adolescent program begun by John McNamara in 1978 at Ruffing Middle School in Ohio, describing the adolescent-centered curriculum, activities, and materials utilized in the program. Suggests that such programs need to…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 03 Montessori Adolescent Education: Toward an Emerging Framework Addresses the development of different curriculums and approaches to implementing Montessori programs at the middle school level, including a humanities-centered approach, interdisciplinary minicourses, master-apprentice programs, and team teaching approaches…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future Discusses the four "planes of development" posited by Maria Montessori: (1) from birth to age 6; (2) from age 6 to 12; (3) from age 12 to 18; and (4) full maturity. Although Montessori schools have been successful in dealing with children during the first two…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/2 11 Philosophy and Practice: Primary Considerations for the Implementation of an All-Day Montessori Program Challenges Montessori instructors and advocates to address the complex issues of staffing, scheduling, and maintaining a consistency of approach with respect to all-day Montessori instruction.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/2 10 Old Truths, New Children Suggests that the formation of habits is the basis of character and morality. Supports this suggestion with citations from Henry James and other writers, and with examples of intellectual diligence from the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Frank.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 18/2 08 What Are the Language Arts For? Depicts the isolation which results when education, particularly language arts education, is concerned primarily with the acquisition of skills. Urges educators not to lose sight of the fundamental purpose of the language arts, which are to help people make…
