| contain them so that they don't
do too much damage to the work
of the others. It's easy to dis-
count the theory… |
| next step of our development of Montessori's ideas, where we will put
normalization at the center of our practice, then… |
| "I'd never thought about [attracting children to the material] as my
main activity, but it really is. Everything… |
| "No, I'm not the most vital part of the classroom environment at all.
In fact, I love the whole idea of being… |
| The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and
brought to light.
After many episodes of normalization… |
| EVOLUTION OF ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi states that "growing up"… |
| does not experience interest (e.g., Iran-Nejad & Cecil). If interest en-
hances the learning process, it should be of… |
| A MONTESSORI COMMUNITY FOR
ADOLESCENTS
by Camillo Grazzini and Baiba Krumins
Indicating the theoretical underpinnings for… |
| INTRODUCTION
Before considering Erdkinder specifically, let us recall what
Montessori says about work, the adult's work… |
| This work is completely different and therefore the laws and character-
istics of the work are completely different. Instead… |
| 1. ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND MONTESSORl'S ANSWER
Knowledge of the adolescent's characteristics, physical and physi-… |
| Montessori also speaks of the environment in a more inclusive sense
when she speaks of a trinity made up of the child, the… |
| The one element that is absolutely
fundamental and irreplaceable, that
we absolutely cannot renounce as
far as the… |
| order to make it bear fruit; the earth as the countryside where we can live
in conditions that are healthy for both body and… |
| Obviously these past experiments that were undertaken by
Montessori's contemporaries can be used as a source of ideas, so… |
| exploratory investigation be undertaken. Information and documenta-
tion could be gathered on the main institutions for… |
| formidable rival nominations backed by the Anglo-Saxon world: the
International Red Cross and the Bernadotte Foundation.… |
| 8. WHICH ADOLESCENTS?
If it is true that Montessori education is based on planes of devel-
opment which are quite distinct… |
| The Erdkinder community team of adults or experts is made up of
teachers, both living in and also coming in from outside, and… |
| . . . what needs to be set up is not an
Erdkinder teacher training center, but a
single permanent organizing committee
for… |
| Then, as Montessori informs us: "Study need not be restricted by the
curricula of existing secondary schools and… |
| does not hinder study, but even makes it possible to study better"
(Adolescence, Schocken 104).
The research into… |
| United States), a few of the more significant ones could be selected. On
the basis of this documentation, it would be possible… |
| What guarantee, after all, can the
Erdkinder community offer parents?
There are no existing Erdkinder com-
munities (in the… |
| tradition of sending adolescents to boarding school. Therefore parents
might well ask why they should send their sons and… |
| (b) An outline of a plan for setting up the boarding/residential
school, including the student hostel, the farm, the… |
| In other words, what is needed now is a single integrated plan, both
for each component aspect of the Erdkinder community and… |
| REFERENCES
Buys Town. Dir. Norman Taurog. Perf. Spencer Tracy. MGM,
1938.
Carroll-Abbing, John Patrick. A Chance to Live:… |
| THE ERDKINDER STORY:
IN THE BEGINNING
by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker and David Kahn
This informal paper summarizes the recent work… |
| story, is clearly touched by the Montessori ideas-whether they have
ever heard ofMaria"Montessori or not, whether or… |
| • Do people in our society give adolescents the respect Maria
suggested?
• Does anyone outside of the Montessori teaching… |
| is necessary to consider not only the active occupations but the
need for solitude and quiet, which are essential for the… |
| history flow chart touching classical civilizations, the Middle Ages, the
Renaissance and Enlightenment, and the Industrial… |
| Pendleton, Renee, comp. & ed. The Adolescent Colloquium:
Summary of the Proceedings. Cleveland, OH: Montessori Teacher… |
| CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION: INVOLVING
YOUNG CITIZENS IN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CARE
by Roger A. Hart
As… |
| These philosophers believed that symbols, not simply nature or nur-
ture, were the sine qua non of how we come to know in this… |
| STORY UPON STORY
by Kathleen Allen
Kathleen Allen demonstrates what it means to be a II storyteller of the truth."… |
| follow the interests of the children and our own interests, too. We must
be readers, scholars, "storytellers of the… |
| Hakim, Joy. "Reading, Writing, and ... History." History Mat-
ters! (May 1996): 19 pars. 1 Dec. 1998 <… |
| MARIA MONTESSORI:
A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN
by Robert G. Buckenmeyer
In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco… |
| phenomenon have more disas-
trous effects than in education.
Teachers have the best inten-
tions, but best intentions kill… |
| The attitude of the regular teacher is entirely different. She
teaches something. The results she wishes to obtain are results… |
| She characterizes the "old-
fashioned type of professor" as
having a "high desk upon a plat-
form… |
| Montessori provides her audience with the example of Koch, "the
discoverer of the bacterium of tuberculosis,"… |
| Montessori provides her audience with a character sketch of this
11 new teacher": The more such a teacher "… |
| After all, when adults become accus-
tomed to control the learning envi-
ronment through word means,
whether verbal or… |
| through verbal presentation, so they presumed that learning occurred
through external verbal transfer to the child as learner… |
| Montessori limits the "new" teacher to telling the child" only that which
is necessary and the… |
| birth of new life. "The personality of the mother," she observes, "is
characterized by this: with… |
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