Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 10 Following the Hand: The First Three Years of Life Discusses the development of the human hand from birth to age three as it contributes to the formation of human personality. Considers how parallels in eye, hand, brain, and motor skill development portray the evolving complexity and adaptation of the human…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 06 Preparing for the World of Work Presents case studies of high school students engaged in age-appropriate work experiences, noting the educational and developmental value of these "learn-do" experiences and how these experiences illustrate Montessori principles.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 05 The Montessori Farm School: Erdkinder Beginnings 2000 Discusses the development of the Montessori Farm School in Huntsburg, Ohio, summarizing prototype activities of the Erdkinder project and discussing psychological and pedagogical outcomes. Considers areas of struggle in how the school opened and includes…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 04 Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional… Discusses Montessori theories for development of social, moral, cognitive, and emotional dimensions of the human personality during the second plane of development--age six to puberty--as these theories relate to the theory of optimal experience.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 03 A New Life, A New Brain Discusses the connection between brain development and human educational needs based on neuroscience research. Considers brain development from conception, including cell structure, myelination, and regional development of the brain, stressing the importance…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 01 Celebrating Montessori's Great Work: Our Gift for the Future Discusses the goal of Montessori education to develop environments for children that support their evolution as human beings. Proposes social, moral, cognitive, and emotional developmental outcomes for preschoolers, elementary children, and adolescents.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research Discusses similarities between Montessori method and optimal experience theory. Considers three conceptual similarities between these educational theories: the child as focal point of human society; the role of deep concentration in learning and the evolution…
