Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 09 The Spiritual Task of Religion in Culture Argues that culture and religion are deeply rooted in human beings and it is their task to understand how this is so and what difference it makes. Asserts that human consciousness must organize itself so that it can identify its most "life-giving" form and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 07 The Epic of Evolution Conference: Taking the Journey Back Home Provides a summary of the presentations at the "Epic of Evolution" conference held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (November 12-14, 1997). Describes the impact of the conference in relation to the work of Montessori and the work of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 06 To Touch The Spirit of The Child: A Multicultural Perspective Describes educational thinkers who pursue the intangibles in relation to children's education, and argues these intangibles are equally important as developing cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills. Enumerates the universal needs of the educational…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 04 Motivation: The Foundation of Successful Learning Argues children's natural drive to discover is intrinsic and that adults cannot instill it from the outside. Dispels common myths about child motivation and describes the optimal conditions for self-motivated learning. Provides examples of how the Montessori…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 05 Self-Discipline and the Arts Argues that a high priority should be placed on creative expression in early childhood settings, including the visual arts, music, dance, poetry, and drama. Stresses that creative potential must be nurtured and carefully cultivated, and argues that there can…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 03 Cultivating Spontaneous Self-Discipline Draws on contemporary sources to provide strategies for cultivating self-discipline. Advocates self-healing for the adult to be free from destructive attitudes and personal history that can keep adults from being mindful of the child's needs, perspective, and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 23/1 02 Beyond Bribes and Threats: How Not to Get Control of the Classroom Defines the distinction between a "doing to" approach to children as the imposition of adult will on children and the "working with" approach as good listening, responsive teaching, and a collaborative approach of community-building. Challenges Montessori…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 22/2 13 Discovering the Hidden Person Working from normalization theory, uses a graphical metaphor to illustrate the liberation of the "hidden self." Explains the layers of the metaphor, the "false person," the "intelligent, rational person," and the "hidden person," and offers several ways…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 22/2 14 The Growth of Complexity: Shaping Meaningful Lives As an outgrowth of the theory of flow, looks at some fine distinctions regarding the adolescent's optimal conditions for growth. Points to the importance of the adolescent's ability to reinterpret conflicts which crop up in raw experience, to overcome psychic…
