Digital Object NAMTA Journal 28/1 01 Aligning Montessori Schools with True Montessori Essentials Describes evolution of the Montessori perspective as Montessori adolescent programs attempt to reinforce the elementary and early childhood stages. Asserts that although development of these programs is experimental and undefined, a crystallization point…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 28/1 02 Aligning Montessori Schools with True Montessori Essentials Describes essential concepts related to the root of defining the child's motivation and the process of Montessori education. Emphasizes the "horme" (inner urge), normalization, the prepared environment, the Four Planes of Development, cosmic education, and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 14 Bringing the Biosphere Home Discusses an orientation to the local environment as the lens through which to detect global change. Discusses how students can relate to a structure that includes the intertemporal, interspatial, intergenerational, and interspecies realities of place leading…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 13 Building the Biocentric Child Advocates an environmentally congruent conception of child development and includes Montessori theory as part of a biocentric view where child development connects to the laws of nature. Explains orientations to the world informing development of a biocentric…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 12 The Natural World as Prepared Environment Weaves theoretical concepts of Maria Montessori and Edith Cobb to suggest that a moral, meaningful life is influenced by early contact with nature in which adults draw children's attention to its value. Suggests that nature is the prepared environment…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 10 Cosmic Education: Linking the Human to the Universe Describes cosmic education as the Montessori guide for educating 6- to 12-year-olds. Discusses practical consequences of Montessori's ideas, including the selection of the "great story," the need for physics at the elementary level to teach the laws of nature…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 11 Civility and Citizenship: The Roots of Community Connection Weaves into the adolescent concept of community those Montessori ideas related to laws of human personality, nature, and society. Examines components of Montessori practice and theory, including the importance of work, the prepared environment, social…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 08 The Good Work Describes spirituality as occurring when one invests energy in goals beyond the self. Summarizes research on cooperation and challenge and self satisfaction during high school and college. Identifies components of Montessori education contributing to…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/3 09 Reconciling Evolution with Religion: Blending Creation Theology and Science
