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Sequence 1COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini… |
Sequence 1COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini… |
Sequence 7Very often young people approach their academic work in a complex manner when, in reality, the tasks are relatively simple.… |
Sequence 10of individual worth as an adult rests upon the acquisition of competence in a work role during adolescence. A sense of… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI, POVERTY, AND THE SPECIAL CHILD by Jon R. Osterkorn, Ph.D. With wit and substance, Dr. Osterkorn exposes the… |
Sequence 3the widening gulf between affluent and improverished people, and the diversion of societal resources to military expenditures… |
Sequence 6Orthodox: A Study to Determine the Relative Improvement of the Preschool Child with Brain Damage Trained By One of Two Meth-… |
Sequence 2this experiment with children so impoverished that two of them did not even have homes, but slept at night with their mother… |
Sequence 1RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOUS MONTESSORI PROGRAM by Joseph A. Fairbanks Red Cloud Indian School is located on the Pine Ridge… |
Sequence 9acquire more "school-type" behaviors. Most of these studies were done in the 1960's and were in Head… |
Sequence 5research on teaching and childrearing has pointed to the superiority of an "authoritative" or "… |
Sequence 4issues. Comer (1984) showed that this involvement reduces parents' misunderstanding about and distrust of school programs… |
Sequence 7by producing dysfunction in the very delicately interrelated hormonal system of the body that The Pill accomplishes its task.… |
Sequence 17That deity, of course, is none other than Mother Nature, whose domain, the universe, is intended for the happiness of its… |
Sequence 21'Aquinas, T. $1<1111110 Theologica. Thinl Part (Suppl.) Q. 4!l, a.:{. Reprinted in Ci,il<l a11d Frrmily. 16… |
Sequence 1A SELECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR MONTESSORIANS By Charlene S. Trochta Twenty-Five Favorites: Some New, Some Old… |
Sequence 5bond. If we can work together to liberate the child from a type of education that is stuck in a quagmfre of old belief systems… |
Sequence 1EDITORIAL: AMI MONTESSORI: BACK TO THE FUTURE By David Kahn We are in the turmoil of becoming. And as one undergoes the… |
Sequence 2easy for him to make the bed each morning. A small Pinocchio hat rack held his pajamas and his outdoor coat. A large piece of… |
Sequence 2credentials. Thirty-eight percent reflected either random multi-age groupings or no multi-age groupings. Indeed, without… |
Sequence 4CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The purpose of this book is to analyze research on the Montessori method of education and its effects… |
Sequence 2essential principles, and which he believed were an improvement over her materials. These materials are not described, however… |
Sequence 3This study is interesting because it is the only research in the liter- ature which specifies Montessori materials by age-… |
Sequence 5Earlier research had shown that economically disadvantaged children came to school lacking readiness to learn and profit from… |
Sequence 27Kohlberg then studied a group of children who attended an extended follow-through program in the Ancona Montessori School and… |
Sequence 4CHAPTERS OTHER STUDIES OF MONTESSORI CHILDREN OF MIDDLE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS This section reviews a variety of studies of… |
Sequence 1the monster and how another child would feel. No significant differ- ences were found on this measure between Montessori and… |
Sequence 1THE ACTIVITY AND ART OF READING by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren Dr. Adler's cw.ssicrendering of the thinking… |
Sequence 1New Montessori Scholarship__; THE ACQUISITION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE THE NEBULA HYPOTHESIS by Annette Haines ThefoUowi:ng two… |
Sequence 1LEARNING BY CLASS DISCUSSION 1 by J ournet Kahn The following transcript of Dr. Kahn's presentation in Minneapolis… |
Sequence 10Elements of the Definition of Class Discussion I. An interchange between students, not primarily between stu- dents and… |
Sequence 1Teaching, Learning, and Their Counterfeits (1976; 1987) by Mortimer Adler In "Teaching, Learning, and Their… |
Sequence 1Evolution and Creation: Do We Have to Choose? by Ernan McMullin Ernan McMullin's analysis of the "creation… |
Sequence 9language approach in which all aspects of language study support the acquisition of meaning from print and from oral… |
Sequence 3THE THREAD OF LIFE by Monique Baudet PREFACE by Dr. R. Callee The thread of life: if it holds, it takes on a shape of its… |
Sequence 7Dewey, John. (1956). The ch:ild and the curriculum: the sclwol and soci.ety. Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago Press. Hunt,… |
Sequence 5we can virtually watch them incarnating the environment), and with other humans. From three to six, we help the child's… |
Sequence 10complex civilizations that the Mexican philosopher and educator Jose Vasconcelos dubbed them "the cosmic race.&… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI EDUCATION AND CHILDREN PLACED AT RISK OF SCHOOL FAILURE by Christopher Harris Mr. Harris' short but… |
Sequence 6Staff Development Montessorians should provide assistance to schools and districts in the effort to improve staff development… |
Sequence 1SCHOOLING AND THOUGHTFULNESS by Rexford Brown Mr. Brown 8 view of restructuring American educai:ion is a tacit request for… |
Sequence 912. Wilson, Edward 0. Biaphilia (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). 13. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why… |
Sequence 2It is then clear to me that the instant start-up of toddler programs throughout the United States may be well-intentioned, but… |
Sequence 3(developmentally speaking), who want more information about child development in order to offer more effective parenting… |
Sequence 2surrounding Geauga County indicate that affordable, convenient, qual- ity day care is a critical concern for area parents… |
Sequence 1ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal… |
Sequence 1KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MONTESSORI ROOTS An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena In an interview with Damd Kahn, Mildred Guna:… |
Sequence 4where he sees only the sky. This is the difference between Montessori and normal education. I don't think Montessori will… |
Sequence 7torture approach" exemplified by bulletins that "educate" working- poor and linguistically… |
Sequence 3media acclaim, but was subsequently suppressed by American educators until Montessori schools all but disappeared by 1923.… |
Sequence 2the young in the way they should go, on rearing them to meet the demands of industry, there were always adversary voices -… |
Sequence 1THE OB)ECl1VFS OF THE PAIDEIA PROPOSAL* by Mortimer J. Adler "Piecemeal refonn measures beget piecemeal results, if… |
Sequence 1WHOLE L\NGUAGF.: A WHOLE EDUCATIONAL REFoRM by Yetta M. Goodman and Kenneth S. Goodman Citing the progressive movement of… |
Sequence 8builds thought, language, and concepts. And this need for integration aero~ the curriculum guides the organization of time,… |
Sequence 3• Enables all Americans to panicipate fully and intelligently in making sound personal, social, and political decisions… |
Sequence 1COAUTION OF ~ENTIAL SCHOOLS by Michael Goldman In straight-forward language, Michael Goldman challenges the conference to… |
Sequence 8stand that you can't teach biology or anything else unless you're a philosopher. So those are some examples. I could… |
Sequence 1of the school districrs we studied in the United States was committed to fostering, on a wide scale, the kinds of activities… |
Sequence 18partnership provided support for people to implement those things in those schools. We have tried to work on the collaborative… |
Sequence 19Ass~MEN'f AND REFORM by Ramsay Selden The "right kind of assessment, " asserts Ramsay Selden, can… |
Sequence 11we can teach them something. The whole parent issue is tied up because if we really care about parents, then we're going… |
Sequence 7Footnotes 1. Thomas Berry. (1988). The dream of the earth. Sierra Club, p. 206. See also: (a) Thomas Berry, "Coming… |
Sequence 1THE CAsE FOR CREATION THEOLOGY by Peggy Stern Peggy Stern believes that today more than ever we need to re/,ate our… |
Sequence 9process for the spirit of the child. The words of'Abdu'I-Baha come co mind in this regard: Therefore must th.e… |
Sequence 18References 'Abdu'l-Baha. (1982). The promul,gation of universal peace. Wilmette. Baha'{ Publishing Trust.… |
Sequence 4Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the lase… |
Sequence 5In the beginning our data consisted of interviews and questionnaires. To achieve greater precision we developed with time a… |
Sequence 15le is clear from an analysis of human development that education is an indispensable function in che formation of man.… |
Sequence 1NEEDS OF THE ELEMENTARY-AGE CHILD MONTESSORI PRINCIPLES, STRATEGIES, AND THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS by Rajendra K.… |
Sequence 20The lesson table should be placed ar a spot where the director can view rhe whole class. A chalkboard ac least 3 feet by 6… |
Sequence 1THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT: FRAMEWORKS FOR INVENTION by David Kahn Extrapolating from the primary and elementary curriculum… |
Sequence 2the period of schooling increased, leading to the development of more complex educational arrangements. The emergence of… |
Sequence 4perspective, education becomes a process of assisting human develop- ment, working coward full and whole construction. le… |
Sequence 11(AMI), established by Dr. Montessori in 1929, provides the most com- prehensive approach to teacher training. Other training… |
Sequence 1THE IMPORTANCE OF MONTESSORI 2000 New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) was founded in 199 l by Lamar… |
Sequence 2in the United States. With all educational levels currently operating in America, the year 2000 calls for the first… |
Sequence 3thousand Montessori private schools and one hundred public schools in seventy school districts. Montessori schools are… |
Sequence 17Academy will encourage training centers to adopt infant and adolescent teacher education programs under the same auspices as… |
Sequence 2ASSESSMENT Montessori 2000 provides an extremely important opportunity to further an unfulfilled assessment need that has… |
Sequence 5PHASE 2 0 YEAR Two IMPLEMENTATION AT PILOT SITES 1993 - 1994 Two weU-established, exemplary Montessori programs representing… |
Sequence 3Key Personnel • David Kahn, Project Director David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the… |
Sequence 5Key Institutions • The following institutions are key to the development of the Montessori 2000 project. Montessori… |
Sequence 13Participating Schools Phase 2 and Phase 3 Public Montessori Schools Carson Montessori School Brenda K. White Clissold… |
Sequence 5Participating Schools Phase 2 and Phase 3 Public Montessori Schools Carson Montessori School Brenda K. White Clissold… |
Sequence 13Key Institutions • The following institutions are key to the development of the Montessori 2000 project. Montessori… |
Sequence 15Key Personnel • David Kahn, Project Director David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the… |
Sequence 23PHASE 2 0 YEAR Two IMPLEMENTATION AT PILOT SITES 1993 - 1994 Two weU-established, exemplary Montessori programs representing… |
Sequence 33ASSESSMENT Montessori 2000 provides an extremely important opportunity to further an unfulfilled assessment need that has… |
Sequence 68Academy will encourage training centers to adopt infant and adolescent teacher education programs under the same auspices as… |
Sequence 88thousand Montessori private schools and one hundred public schools in seventy school districts. Montessori schools are… |
Sequence 92in the United States. With all educational levels currently operating in America, the year 2000 calls for the first… |
Sequence 93THE IMPORTANCE OF MONTESSORI 2000 New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) was founded in 199 l by Lamar… |
Sequence 7Direct application of ideas conceived through observations and interpre- tation of the work of children is curriculum… |
Sequence 1EDITORIAL REINVENTING MONTESSORI: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES by David Kahn To what degree is the fundamental test of… |
Sequence 24to a cultural environment shaped by centuries of elaboration of the thinking techniques made possible by literacy. Second, it… |
Sequence 34features of orality that are bon a penser. Their ability to think and learn is, in general, sophisticated, but structured… |
Sequence 37Levi-Strauss, C. (1966). The savage mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Levi-Strauss, C. ( 1969). The raw and the… |
Sequence 2They bear on the human quite evidently, but as we look at a discipline like macroeconomics, it hardly seems to fit easily into… |
Sequence 6sample included only those third-year students who had a minimum of four years' experience in a Montessori program. To… |
Sequence 19The analysis of behaviors characterizing autonomy in this study implies the cyclical nature of its development, involving the… |