Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/2 07 Emerging Adolescence: Finding One's Place in the Cosmos Discusses emerging characteristics of early adolescents from a Montessorian perspective. Considers adolescents' revelations related to cosmic education, their need to serve, their need to think and to feel, and their need to know the cosmos through finding…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History This article focuses on Maria Montessori's pedagogy of history. Part one traces the development of Montessori's thoughts on the pedagogy of the past, and parts two and three are meditations on "cosmic history": one on creation and the creation story and the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/2 04 Developing a Positive Vision for the Whole School Applies the principles of development and integration to the maturation of Montessori schools. Suggests that evaluative inquiry be used as the basis for community inquiry and problem solving by Montessori staff so that reflection, questioning, and decision…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/2 02 Positive Psychology: The Emerging Paradigm Discusses positive psychology, which focuses on health and well-being utilizing the elements of belief, hope, self-esteem, responsibility, elation, and wisdom as the basis of psychological theory and practice. Describes efforts to change the psychology field,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions Describes in operational terms the benefits of Montessori's developmental perspective for children from birth to 3 years, and from 3 to 6 years. Identifies optimal outcomes for social, moral, cognitive, and emotional development to be used in educational and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 13 Montessori and Early Childhood Education: A Contemporary Perspective Surveys constructivism and developmental psychology, including work by Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner, Gardner, Kamii, and DeVries. Considers the influence of Montessori pedagogy on early childhood education in contrast to its neglect in professional literature.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 14 Metanoia for Montessorians Discusses the process of implementing the whole-school Montessori approach in a Dallas, Texas, school that served poor and minority children. Considers the transitions of the school to a unified, "organic" perspective. Summarizes on-going struggles within the…
