Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 33 Adolescent Engagement and Alienation Delineates the mismatch between adolescent needs and school contexts, pointing out necessity for more hand-and- head work for better integration of abstract and concrete processes, sensory richness, and a variety of engagement opportunities. Suggests that…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 34 Towards a Positive Education for Adolescents: An Example from the Humanities Offers specific rules for using humanities studies in Montessori schools to guide personality formation and social interest during adolescence, focusing on biography. Presents biography as a portrayal of mind connected with action, the success of individual…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 32 Geometry and Erdkinder Chronicles a teacher's first year teaching geometry at the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Huntsburg, Ohio. Instructional methods relied on Euclid primary readings and combined pure abstract logic with practical applications of geometry on the land. The…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 30 Occupations and the Farm Describes "occupation" as a Montessori term, which the Hershey Montessori Farm School, in Huntsburg, Ohio, has adopted for any task arising from the needs of the farm that then generates a scientific or historic study. Includes lists of occupations pursued…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 31 The Prepared Environment Uses Havighurst's 11 developmental tasks for normal adolescence as a basis for a discussion of the prepared environment for the adolescent; tasks include adjusting to a new physical self and intellectual abilities, establishing adult vocational goals, and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 28 Hershey Montessori Farm School, 2001: Unmasking Individual Truth Presents information on the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Huntsburg, Ohio, after a year of operation. Includes beginning case studies, which represent individual change to a higher level of personal realization and social cooperation. Focuses on…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 29 What Does It mean To Study The Humanities in a Farm School Context? Describes the implementation of a humanities program in the context of a developing Erdkinder program in a Montessori secondary school set on a farm. Describes the curricular approach for the developing Erdkinder learning community in the first 3 years…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/3 27 The Farm in Montessori Adolescent, History: The First Year Details, first-hand, start-up year experiences of the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Huntsburg, Ohio. Describes the emerging organization of the project, including: full-time staff roles; the typical daily schedule; occupation projects for the 2000-2001…
