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Sequence 1COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini… |
Sequence 14Chart 2 THE GREAT RIUER Of course the chart of "The Great River" is only an impres- sionistic aid and is… |
Sequence 1COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini… |
Sequence 14Chart 2 THE GREAT RIUER Of course the chart of "The Great River" is only an impres- sionistic aid and is… |
Sequence 8prepared environment throughout all the hours that they spend in the Children's House. Surely we cannot ignore Dr.… |
Sequence 8final point. It is the passages that characterize the Montessori Method. If we say the passages are not the important thing we… |
Sequence 13The most peneti-ating statement of this universal driving force found in all living things is that of Aristotle, the father of… |
Sequence 21'Aquinas, T. $1<1111110 Theologica. Thinl Part (Suppl.) Q. 4!l, a.:{. Reprinted in Ci,il<l a11d Frrmily. 16… |
Sequence 22c) S11111u 2, Chap. :J. Cunents and Countel' Curl'ents in Medical Sdencc. Rep1·intecl in Cltild mul F11111i/!f. 1:~:… |
Sequence 23Reprinted as The Duty Of Nu,·sin,g Chilch-en in Child (Ill(/ Fa111i/y Reprint Booklet, The Nm":<ing Mother:… |
Sequence 4D(iys of U1e Mammoth Hunters, by Mary Elting and Franklin Folsom, and If Yo1.i Grew Up With Ge&rge Wash·ington by Ruth… |
Sequence 6The Cozy Book. Hoberman, Mary Ann, illustrated by Tony Chen. Viking, New York, 1982. Close Your Eyes. Man:ollo, Jean, pictw·… |
Sequence 18SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Plants: Activities with leaves and seeds. Florian, Douglas. Discovering Trees. New York: Charles… |
Sequence 3This study is interesting because it is the only research in the liter- ature which specifies Montessori materials by age-… |
Sequence 1beginning and end of the kindergarten program than those without this experience. However, on all measures there were no… |
Sequence 2Maria Montessori was well versed in philosophy. Her footnotes include allusions to Sequin, Tolstoi, Froebal, Pascal, Poincare… |
Sequence 6Montessori and the Humanities means a clarification of goals. We have a saying in Montessori - "Montessori is an aid… |
Sequence 2we have discovered ourselves, over generations, to be. As Maria Montessori-and earlier, Aristotle-understood, the natu- ral… |
Sequence 5The great works of the human mind in the western intellectual tradi- tion fulfill this requirement in a preeminent way. The… |
Sequence 1Teaching, Learning, and Their Counterfeits (1976; 1987) by Mortimer Adler In "Teaching, Learning, and Their… |
Sequence 2There is a broad spectrum of interest in the six year old, and Mont- essori suggests accordingly that we must sow as many… |
Sequence 6The Greek Educational Analogue We look to the classics at this point, not to suggest that a study of the ancient culture… |
Sequence 11The humanities also deal with the interpersonal. The child learns to discuss, to interpret, to act out what he knows,… |
Sequence 12all ... (ln relation to the Greeks, she writes in To Educate the Human Potential:) So a critical faculty of mind was awakened… |
Sequence 7generosity in his understanding and treatment of others in both private and public life-in marriage and in citizenship. I… |
Sequence 119. Ehrlich, Paul R. The Mcu;kin.ery of Nature: The Living World Around Us - And How It Works (New York: Simon and Schuster,… |
Sequence 10Useful Sources of Professional and Children's Books American Library Association 60 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois… |
Sequence 7Dewey, John. (1956). The ch:ild and the curriculum: the sclwol and soci.ety. Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago Press. Hunt,… |
Sequence 8already present in them so that the ext.ension and abduction of the lifted leg were to be observed with displacement of the… |
Sequence 63. The student demonstrates automatic execution of the skill. E.g: Can you tell me how "0 Come Little Children&… |
Sequence 912. Wilson, Edward 0. Biaphilia (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). 13. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why… |
Sequence 1CONSTRUCTING THE EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE: PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND CHILDREN by Antonia Lopez Th:is presenwt:ion on the school-… |
Sequence 1THE OB)ECl1VFS OF THE PAIDEIA PROPOSAL* by Mortimer J. Adler "Piecemeal refonn measures beget piecemeal results, if… |
Sequence 8We could cooperatively establish a curriculum using as a guide the student's goals, interests, and needs. Coming out of a… |
Sequence 1HAPP~ REvlSITED by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has spmt the last 25 years pursuing an understanding of… |
Sequence 1MORAL EDUCATION: A CONVERSATION WTIH ARIS'fOil.E by Steven S. Tigner The fallowing light-hearted rendition of Aristotle… |
Sequence 2here only about the part chat goes on in schools. That's partly why I say "to help cultivate" rather… |
Sequence 12University of California Press, 1980), pp. 395-435. 31 Plato Apology 29e. 32 See, e.g., Plato Protagoras 360d: courage is… |
Sequence 11References Eisley, Loren. (1964). The unexpected universe. New York. Harcou re, Brace, and World, Inc. Lorenz, Konrad. (1990… |
Sequence 2ASSESSMENT Montessori 2000 provides an extremely important opportunity to further an unfulfilled assessment need that has… |
Sequence 10Academic Year 1996-1997 Design and Task Force representatives conduct one mid-year seminar to trouble shoot implementation… |
Sequence 1PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT Montessori 2000 is a genuine partnership of administrators, post-secondary institutions, teachers,… |
Sequence 5Key Institutions • The following institutions are key to the development of the Montessori 2000 project. Montessori… |
Sequence 13Key Institutions • The following institutions are key to the development of the Montessori 2000 project. Montessori… |
Sequence 17PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT Montessori 2000 is a genuine partnership of administrators, post-secondary institutions, teachers,… |
Sequence 18Academic Year 1996-1997 Design and Task Force representatives conduct one mid-year seminar to trouble shoot implementation… |
Sequence 33ASSESSMENT Montessori 2000 provides an extremely important opportunity to further an unfulfilled assessment need that has… |
Sequence 91Montessori 2000 A Proposal Submitted to the New American Schools Development Corporation Submitted by David Kahn… |
Sequence 3implementation of the Montessori model but will provide a wealth of more general information about children's school… |
Sequence 8ogy (covering all of cosmic time back to I 0·30 seconds) is almost over, and Act Two (the attempt to elucidate what happened… |
Sequence 9Mover, itself unmoved. This Mover he called God. Aristotle's God was not the sort of being one would be inclined to… |
Sequence 20Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr… |
Sequence 7is commonplace to think of moving from teaching to administration as a promo- tion! Benjamin Franklin knew better, as he… |
Sequence 15The group read and reread books and essays already assigned to their students, such as Ibsen 's An Enemy of the People… |
Sequence 22Third, and finally, all excellent teaching-all-is done by practitioners of the intellectual life who teach. For these… |
Sequence 9Montessori Provides an Answer It is in fact Montessori's uniqueness that makes it a strong answer to the critics of Head… |
Sequence 21References Arnold, M. B. 0984). Memory and the Brain. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.… |
Sequence 23Hopkins, W.G. and Brown, M.C. 0984). Development of Nerve Cells and their Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity… |
Sequence 24Minsky, M. 0985). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. Montanero, S. Q. 0991). Understanding the Human Being:… |
Sequence 9At each of the above stages, children should be encouraged to write from one to several sentences about the topic which are… |
Sequence 21Loeffler, Margaret H. (1980). An Investigation of the Relationship of Protowriting (Invented Spelling) and Cognitive… |
Sequence 2LITERATURE AND GRAMMAR by Mrs. Francesca Claremont Transcribed and Edited by Jim and Frances Fitzpatrick Here follow two… |
Sequence 1Orn TRUTIIS, NEW CHIIDREN by Edwin J. Delattre, Ph.D. Holding up such exemplars of intellectual diligence as Helen Keller and… |
Sequence 4eve'fythlng' turns on the na- ture of the habits, Including ha&its of language, we Jorm by accident and… |
Sequence 6Surely, this is one of the lessons we as teachers should convey to our students by example and deed, and in our words. James… |
Sequence 19resolute without becoming impenetrable to evidence and losing all traces of intellectual and moral humility. It means, as one… |
Sequence 1THE AooLESCENT AND THE FUit.JRE by Margaret E. Stephenson Miss Stephenson presents adolescence in a definitive theorectl… |
Sequence 20Science Skits There are many discoveries in science that were, at the time, subject to intense debate among scientists, and… |
Sequence 10'?~~---------------- DISCIPLINE by Erna Furman Dr. Furman, drawing on her background in psychology and early childhood… |
Sequence 5together any civilization and compare their findings with modem times. For starters, the Montessori elementaty curriculum also… |
Sequence 11leadership. Montessori teachers, parents, and students are already prepared to enter into dialogue with visionary and… |
Sequence 10References Hubbard, R.S., & B.M. Power 0993). 7be art of classroom inquiry. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational… |
Sequence 1THE ECOLOGY OF TIIE MIND by Luciano Mazzetti The title of this lecture, "The Ecology of the Mind," comes… |
Sequence 1SEEKING A RIGHfFUL PLACE by Bruno Bettelheim Belong: In English usage when belong iS/ollowed by a preposi- tion, it is.… |
Sequence 1INmooucnoN THE NATURAL INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY Herbert Ratner's unique portrayal of nature's design of the fami~y… |
Sequence 9These differences set the female apart to be the primary caretaker of the newborn. Since nature fashioned the mammalian… |
Sequence 18If the ecologic era bears any message it is this: When nature is treated well she reciprocates. A persuasive case can be… |
Sequence 1REvlsITING THE NATIJRAL INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY FOR THE NINETIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. HERBERT RATNER by David Kahn Kahn… |
Sequence 1F~----------------- MONTESSORI AND LEARNING DISABIUTIES by Sylvia 0. Richardson American education is currently under attack… |
Sequence 33of thumb might be What I do cover I will do patiently and well. The subconscious of the child can make connections to other… |
Sequence 3THE ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN by Louise Chawla, PhD, and Roger A. Hart, PhD Louise Chawla and Roger A. Hart present a… |
Sequence 48THE ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN by Louise Chawla, PhD, and Roger A. Hart, PhD Louise Chawla and Roger A. Hart present a… |
Sequence 79of thumb might be What I do cover I will do patiently and well. The subconscious of the child can make connections to other… |
Sequence 1UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD by Nimal Vaz Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for granted. At a… |
Sequence 1COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Carnillo Grazzini The first section of Mr.… |
Sequence 14Chart2 THE GREAT RIUER J t, Of course the chart of "The Great River" is only an impres- sionistic aid and… |
Sequence 17REFERENCES Abram, D. (1996). The spell of the sensuous. New York: Pan- theon Books. Coles, R. (1990). The spiritual life of… |
Sequence 1TRANSFORMING CHILDREN INTO STORYTELLERS by David H. Millstone David Mi/stone's documentation of his original… |
Sequence 18In any case, when the conditions of flow are present, people tend to report an optimal state of inner harmony that they desire… |
Sequence 19THE CONSEQUENCES OF FLOW There are many reasons why experiencing flow is beneficial. Per- haps the most important is also the… |
Sequence 10Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered… |
Sequence 1THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION: A MODEL FOR EDUCATIONAL CHANGE by Rexford Brown Dr. Brown first highlights the ways in which a… |
Sequence 1THE GROWTH OF COMPLEXITY: SHAPING MEANINGFUL LIVES by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Reed Larson As an outgrowth of Dr.… |
Sequence 8corporate agriculture-farm owners don't want to live where they farm because it's boring, it's dirty; they… |
Sequence 18know it today will be destroyed or saved because of the West- maybe destroyed in the rain forest and maybe destroyed in… |
Sequence 4Mart doesn't care. All they care about is that you have 59 cents in your pocket, and you're the same as a person… |
Sequence 1London, England MONTESSORI AND THE DEEPER FREEDOM by Mario M. Montessori and Claude A. Claremont I am inclined to think that… |
Sequence 1EVOLUTION OF ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi states that "growing up"… |
Sequence 2... education researchers have shown that someone who experiences in- terest in a topic also demonstrates more complex… |
Sequence 5phers from Socrates, in the Apology, referring to himself as a midwife; through the early Medi- eval period, beginning… |