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,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 01 The Casa Dei Bambini: Primary Perspectives Through Time and Space
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 25/1 02 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Century Concept Reviews the early history of Montessori education from the Italian State Orthophrenic School to the opening of the original Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo, Italy on January 6, 1907. Includes a synopsis of Maria Montessori's progressive revelations of the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 24/3 10 The Power of Montessori's Positive Psychology in an Expanding Universe Relates Montessori theory of development with the concept of connection to the universe and natural world, noting Montessori education's role in nurturing reestablished connection with the natural world. Describes events leading to a fulfilled life as part of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 24/3 11 Art from the Universe Story: New Meaning for the Child Discusses the connections between Montessori pedagogy and Brian Swimme's ideas of a human authorship of a connection with the evolution of the universe and a need to reestablish a connection with the natural world. Describes the ways the art of 11- and 12…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 24/3 08 Animal Allies Discusses young teenagers' adoption of animal personas in their creative writing classes, and the way these classroom activities follow Montessori principles. Considers both the role of imagination in the animal identification and the psychological and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 24/3 09 The Cultural Significance of the Story of the Universe Explores effect of the cultural story of the creation of the universe and development of civilization on the course of human history. Notes that our current story leaves us at a crossroads between progressive disconnection from the natural world and…
