Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 09 Grace and Courtesy for the Whole School Mary Lou Cobb gives a framework from a very practical point of view, leaning on the aspects of grace and courtesy that are fundamental and arise out of a Montessori administrative point of view. Her examples are pragmatic, such as the grace and courtesy of a…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 08 Parents as Partners: Creating a Culture of Respect and Collaboration with Parents Parents as partners is a slight digression in title from the grace and courtesy theme of the journal, but it builds its argument around the concept of cooperative relations between the parents and the school. Sarah speaks of the perception of the teacher and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 07 Grace and Courtesy: Empowering Children, Liberating Adults Ginni Sackett delves into the many implications of grace and courtesy, from social relations and the basis of community to respect for the child's personality. Her point of departure is modern social living with grace and dignity. Hers is an exploration over…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 06 History and Civility Larry Schaefer's history of civility is a succinct summary of the implicit and evolving definitions of civility over 2500 years of civilization. Beginning with the Romans and the root word "civitas," meaning the rights and duties of citizenship, civility…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 05 Grace and Courtesy in the Elementary Community Don't be fooled by Elise Huneke-Stone's disarming beginning where she implies that grace and courtesy is not normally associated with the elementary. She goes on to elaborate that grace and courtesy is indeed everywhere: in project-based learning,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 04 Nurturing the Respectful Community through Practical Life Joen Bettmann's depiction of practical life exercises as character-building reveals how caring, careful, and independent work leads to higher self-esteem, more concern for others, better understanding for academic learning, and a self-nurturing, respectful…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 03 Living Grace and Courtesy in the Primary Polli Soholt looks at grace and courtesy from the 3-6 classroom perspective with clear theory explanations as they pertain to the larger classroom culture. She discusses the link between older and young children and the presence of the teacher as a model for…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 02 Grace and Courtesy and Beyond Taking up the cause of grace and courtesy across the planes of education, Pat Schaefer tells of the grace and courtesy of successive planes within a school culture and gives a glimpse of how the Montessori vision of a new society can look. Grace and courtesy…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/1 01 Grace and Courtesy Across the Planes of Development Pat Ludick's commentary on grace and courtesy is established by a philosophical orientation to development: Grace is oriented to the life of the interior that is consciousness and being, and courtesy moves outward to daily living where civility reflects on…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 11 Hawaiian Indigenous Education and the Montessori Approach: Overlapping Pedagogy, Values, and Worldview Nanette Schonleber makes a remarkable correlation as to why Hawaiian indigenous educators thrive with Montessori pedagogy. Compatible educators share values and goals, such as developmental learning, respect for parenthood, freedom of movement and…
