Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 12 Encouraging the Creative Voice of the Child Examines the role of creative expression in educational practices. Briefly outlines the work of educational leaders, including Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Howard Gardner, and Robert Sternberg, who are proponents of multi-faceted learning and creativity…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 11 Creativity and Structure Discusses the meaning of discipline and the absence of coercion within a Montessori framework, noting the importance of social skills for the development of creativity. Highlights aspects of teaching methodology for elementary and high schools.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 10 Pedagogy of Place: Becoming Erdkinder, The Montessori Program Design School, Program Design Position… Discusses the pedagogical practices of the Montessori Farm School for adolescents. Examines the progressive stages of community involvement that lead to an understanding of civilization and place, including uses of technology, local lore, and history; the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 09 The Child and the Natural Environment Discusses the importance of developing a child's relationship with nature in Montessori education. Surveys natural outdoor activities for the toddler and 3- to 6-year- old child, including addressing the planet's functions and destiny through maps,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 07 The Montessori Preschool: Preparation for Writing and Reading Discusses guidelines for the use of the Montessori prepared environment in addressing special needs students, focusing on writing and reading difficulties. Examines the value of Montessori's motor and sensory education as a bridge for both typically and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 08 Nurturing the Respectful Community through Practical Life Discusses the importance of Montessori's Practical Life exercises for building character and self-esteem, more concern for others, better understanding for academic learning, and a self-nurturing, respectful classroom community. Considers aspects of movement…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 05 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Personal Pilgrimage Discusses the interpretive nature of Montessori education by characterizing the Montessori teacher as an observer of a living, growing, human design. Describes experiences working with Mother Isabel Eugenie in Philadelphia during the 1960s.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 06 Montessori to Romania: Project Update Discusses the progress of the Montessori to Romania Project, noting the problem solutions involving social reform that celebrates diverse educational formats, which articulate freedom as a component of human development. Describes the organizational efforts…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 04 The Casa Dei Bambini: Paths to Culture Considers the child's development journey from a Montessorian perspective to explain how personal development recapitulates the historical complexity of human exploration and rational discovery in mental processes that connect the individual with the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 03 Foreword to The Secret of Childhood Discusses the basic discoveries of Montessori's Casa dei Bambini. Considers principles of Montessori's organizing theory: the absorbent mind, the unfolding nature of life, the spiritual embryo, self-construction, acquisition of culture, creativity of life,…
