Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/2 07 Bribes for Behaving: Why Behaviorism Doesn't Help Children Become Good People Argues against using punishment and rewards to motivate children, maintaining that, although penalties and prizes may change behavior in the short term, they do not help children become responsible decision makers in the long term.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/2 05 Dr. Maria Montessori and the Child Discusses Maria Montessori's approach to educating and caring for young children, focusing on her early experiences with poor tenement children in 1907 and the development of the Montessori Method of exploratory, child-centered learning. Argues that children…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/2 06 The Child and the Adult Discusses young children's relationship with God and the place of religion in their lives, focusing on the role of adults in proclaiming the essential elements of Christianity to children. Argues that even very young children can understand the essence of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/2 03 Mother-Child Bonding Examines the nature of mother-child bonding from the prenatal stage through early infancy, discussing how the mother's actions, even before birth, stimulate her child's senses. Explains the crucial role that physical contact, breastfeeding, and visual stimuli…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/2 04 The Developmental Crises of the First Three Years Discusses the three "developmental crises" that take place during infancy and early childhood, namely birth, weaning, and opposition to parental authority. The latter crisis is best overcome by presenting toddlers with choices and working with them to…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/1 11 Scientific Pedagogy Revisited Examines the role of classroom-based research in relation to Montessori's thoughts about scientific pedagogy. Presents three models of on-site evaluation of pedagogical effectiveness that can be carried out by classroom teachers who work with children every…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 19/1 09 Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention To Be a More Effective Weapon Against Poverty Discusses successes and problems of Head Start. Suggests that Head Start's difficulties relate to its implementation, not its design. Proposes increasing the effectiveness of Head Start through a series of reform strategies that relate to interventions that…
