| developed a program for the third plane of development. For the
children at that age she created the term Erdkinder.
The word… |
| A difficulty, certainly felt in Europe-but in this country too-is
the anxiety related to curriculum: that students might not… |
| to become ready for success in later life. Actually, Montessori main-
tains that fulfilling their present needs is the most… |
| The upshot of all of this is that the
English text of the Erdkinder essay,
long considered inferior and second-
ary to the… |
| movements of Germany at the time. Why attach a German name to a
concept that was originally presented in Italian and published… |
| and Holland, where the interest was greatest, Montessori told her
followers that she wasn't yet ready to discuss this… |
| Montessori lectured in Italian. The "Erdkinder" essay was included
in this book by no later than the third… |
| School it is not a question of keeping the child active but of
seeing that the child is impelled to activity out of its own… |
| techniques of gardening. These courses eventually developed into
multi-week excursions to the country, where fire-building,… |
| ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta-
tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much… |
| D1scuss10N
The purpose of establishing that Montessori launched her own
ideas against the background of the… |
| road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps
the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when… |
| from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of
becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on… |
| Although Montessori certainly saw many benefits to placing a
boarding school on a functioning farm, we have seen that her… |
| lighted, is her emphasis on earning a wage and becoming economi-
cally independent to the greatest degree possible. This… |
| larger educational universe? How can we assure that our Erdkinder
efforts might be different? What could a detailed study of… |
| really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac-
tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire… |
| INTERNATIONAL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF TEXTS CONCERNING
ERDKINDER
Excerpted from Winfried Bohm. International Montessori Bibliogra… |
| Secondary Literature
Entries marked with an askerisk (•) are reprinted in this issue of
The NAMT A Journal.
Bodi, John.&… |
| Epstein, Paul. A Montessori Program for the 7th and 8th Grade.
Pamphlet. Glenndale, MD: CEkos, a Foundation for Edu-
cation,… |
| *Kahn, David. "The Kibbutz, Boys' Town, Williamsburg
and the Montessori Erdkinder." NAMT A Quarterly 4.… |
| Marchetti, Maria Teresa. "La scuola per gli adolescenti-
IJI." Vita del/'lnfanzia 2.3 (1953) 7+.… |
| deeper and ask what specific character traits might be developed
through a child's work with plants and animals in… |
| e. 1/ie .JI~ M~
ujaJUH, Schoo-/,
THE FARM IN MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT
HISTORY: THE FIRST YEAR
by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker
Laurie… |
| students and their families, neighbors, local volunteers, teachers and
administrators from other schools, people who saw the… |
| HERSHEY MONTESSORI FARM SCHOOL,
2001: UNMASKING INDIVIDUAL TRUTH
by David Kahn
After one year of farm school operation, Mr.… |
| that the student's memory is rich, full, and innocent. The student's
own take is that the student's individual… |
| THE FUTURE OF ERO KINDER
The school where the children live, or rather their country
homes, can also give them the… |
| WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STUDY THE
HUMANITIES IN A FARM SCHOOL CONTEXT?
by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker
Laurie Ewert-Krocker's… |
| Our job is not to teach history, not to cover
a certain amount of information, which
will result in the student's… |
| But cynicism will not save humanity. The adolescent-who
rep-
resents the future "man in society"-must
have… |
| higher on the land. Expectation for moving to the farm builds. Own-
ership is strong. The students help to design the lockers… |
| 2. We would like to offer more choices to students and not
prescribe so much. To that end, we are working on framing the… |
| OccUPATIONS AND THE FARM
by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker
The word occupation is a Montessori term which the Farm School has adopted… |
| cut and cleared, studied the watershed and then the waste treatment
system as it was being installed, made maple syrup (like… |
| requirements of head and hand. Montessori actually says that the
methods should allow the student to alternate his or her… |
| THE PREPARED ENVIRONMENT
by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker
Using Robert Havighurst's Developmental Tasks of Normal Adoles-
cence… |
| So according to Montessori, the task of the educator is to "prepare
an environment" with scientifically… |
| So the position I am standing in right now is in many ways
excruciatingly awkward-not
only because the idea of emphasizing… |
| deprive them of the concrete experience that demonstrates the abstrac-
tion, or the concrete experience that makes the… |
| respond to this need? How does one develop a sense of identity? As
John McNamara has often said, the answer lies in… |
| REFERENCES
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Barbara Schneider. Becoming
Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for the World of Work… |
| GEOMETRY AND ERDKINDER
by Nathaniel J. McDonald
Nate MacDonald's chronicle of his first year of teaching geometry at the… |
| with this rebirth in Montessori geometry, I set out to design an Erdkinder
approach that would incorporate the concreteness of… |
| 2. The development of practical skills and knowledge related to
geometry through applications on the land.
3. The ability to… |
| the first principles-definitions,
postulates, and common notions.
Thus, although the language can be archaic and the… |
| Montessori has given us a good start with the inductive approach,
going from the concrete to the abstract. But for the third… |
| Montessori discussed two important
"streams of energy" that were in
perpetual interchange and in need of… |
| Sometimes, however, staying interested meant becoming more ab-
stract and objective; at these times, stories were told about… |
| Some teachers will be skeptical of the argument being presented
here. They will note a contradiction and ask, "If the… |
| TOWARDS A POSITIVE EDUCATION
FOR ADOLESCENTS:
AN EXAMPLE FROM THE HUMANITIES
by David J. Shernoff
Dr Shernoff s deep… |
| ualization of flow and Montessori's idea of normalization as a period
of deep absorption at the heart of normal… |
| THE MONTESSORI
PAST AS PRELUDE TO A MONTESSORI
HIGH SCHOOL
Montessori adolescent education takes place squarely in the con… |
| Timeline: Montessori Secondary Development
1907-Rome: Opening of tht Ctlsa dri Biim&mi, the flm MonleSiori e,iperiment… |
| Hershey Montessori School, Coo:ord Twp., OH (Laurie Ewert-l<rockex)
Adolescent Program at Salila, SWedE!II 0enn y Marie… |
| • Understanding work as a product of commerce necessary to
community life, leading to a beginning view of economic… |
| • Accepting the needs of others through reciprocity, exchange,
service, and economic relationships through a set of workable… |
| resources through the use of ur-
ban educational, cultural, and
business institutions. At the same
time, The Montessori High… |
| • Opportunities for social, athletic, and artistic participation
that are creative and individual; and
• Progressive opening… |
| cation in ways that are appropriate for the older adolescent, thus
completing the vision of Maria Montessori from birth to… |
| • Case Western Reserve University, which is currently prototyping
a Montessori high school biology course at its University… |
| The Montessori High School will be developed under the auspices
of Montessori Development Partnerships (MOP) for the planning… |
| • Begin site and facilities development work
• Begin student recruitment
• Finalize staff, drawing in part from the advisory… |
| Jan Koning is Professor Emeritus of Pedagogics at the University
of Amsterdam. He was the first principal of a secondary… |
| land, OH). He also teachessports,music, and mathematics at the Farm
School.
John McNamara is teaching principal of Ruffing… |
| For All Your
Montessori
Materials ...
Nienhuis Montessori has been
working with Montessorians since
the1920's. We… |