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Sequence 1A MONTESSORI VISION OF ADOLESCENCE by Lawrence Schaefer Dr. Schaefer's deve/,opmental outlook for the adolescent arises… |
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 23Reprinted as The Duty Of Nu,·sin,g Chilch-en in Child (Ill(/ Fa111i/y Reprint Booklet, The Nm":<ing Mother:… |
Sequence 8d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)… |
Sequence 1d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)… |
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 2impulses that even now throb in thine own little selfish heart. Lift up thy eyes, behold that life, and then tum away, and… |
Sequence 7generosity in his understanding and treatment of others in both private and public life-in marriage and in citizenship. I… |
Sequence 12References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San… |
Sequence 1THE OB)ECl1VFS OF THE PAIDEIA PROPOSAL* by Mortimer J. Adler "Piecemeal refonn measures beget piecemeal results, if… |
Sequence 8builds thought, language, and concepts. And this need for integration aero~ the curriculum guides the organization of time,… |
Sequence 1COAUTION OF ~ENTIAL SCHOOLS by Michael Goldman In straight-forward language, Michael Goldman challenges the conference to… |
Sequence 19But I think that these more basic issues of working on collaboration, working on redefining the role of the teacher, on… |
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 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 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 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 20Science Skits There are many discoveries in science that were, at the time, subject to intense debate among scientists, and… |
Sequence 5together any civilization and compare their findings with modem times. For starters, the Montessori elementaty curriculum also… |
Sequence 11Maclean, P. D. 0985b). The triune brain in conflict. Fam.if;y, Play, and the Separation Call, 12. Maturana, H. R., &… |
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 15sex and postponed marriage age into the late twenties, it opted for the one- child family. Had China consulted me on its… |
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 17You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 19Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 21Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 169You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 6Once a decision has been made to enroll a child, additional steps are taken to firmly initiate this partnership with parents… |
Sequence 14Assessment (1992, p. 7), and the future of testing in America depends on issues of equity and the improvement of opportunities… |
Sequence 1MARIA MONTESSORI: w ORLD PEACE THROUGH THE CHILD by E. Mortimer Standing E. Mortimer Standing's remarks concerning… |
Sequence 4that we are now faced with a crisis of global proportions. This situation takes the form of a crisis in energy, food, ecology… |
Sequence 14REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1915). The school and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, R. (1976). Maria… |
Sequence 1How ARE You SMART?: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES by Bruce Torff The question "How are you smart… |
Sequence 14When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'… |
Sequence 26MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (… |
Sequence 27John Dewey's American pedagogy and William Heard Kilpatrick's realization of this (Project-Method, 1918); Carleton… |
Sequence 28The Italian government did not join the IBE and thereby indirectly favored the dominating influence of the Geneva group of… |
Sequence 29willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant… |
Sequence 7space is not very large, but it allows the children access to the outdoors at any time. We use this space all year long for… |
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 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 19Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Trans. A. George. 1912. New York: Schocken, 1962. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of… |
Sequence 2... education researchers have shown that someone who experiences in- terest in a topic also demonstrates more complex… |
Sequence 25Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 4center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 2ogy and Semitic culture and history. Over the years, I slowly became aware that, in addition to Italian and Hebrew, Sofia… |
Sequence 5phers from Socrates, in the Apology, referring to himself as a midwife; through the early Medi- eval period, beginning… |
Sequence 6is why they start a search for know ledge of that Truth. Such is also the case with Montessori's search into how children… |
Sequence 17not yet fully formed: he has not yet gathered about him the last folds of his robe of flesh and of love which is made up of… |
Sequence 13Relationship, to speak somewhat paradoxically, turns out to be the very substance of things. Every entity is in some sense a… |
Sequence 20Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 12Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 21• the nature of the story (Homer, the Bible) • the nature of dialogue (Aristotle and Plato) • the history of religious… |
Sequence 10to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both… |
Sequence 2to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both… |
Sequence 78• the nature of the story (Homer, the Bible) • the nature of dialogue (Aristotle and Plato) • the history of religious… |
Sequence 227Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 12If you play a drum, the skin vibrates in waves. If you could get very close to it and slow things down considerably, you would… |
Sequence 34Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. 1957. Rev. ed. New York: New American Library, 1984. Sternberg, R. &… |
Sequence 4Naturally, one must ask what originally was the impulse that moved Plato to make such a happy distinction. As a human being… |
Sequence 1or Los Angeles. But the Greeks who began to live on the farm created a chauvinism about what they did and who they were.… |
Sequence 11was very well-meaning. But as soon as people got capital for them- selves, what did they do with it? Did they go out and buy… |
Sequence 19Selma. Wal-Mart doesn't care. All they care about is that you have fifty- nine cents in your pocket and you're the… |
Sequence 8HUMANITIES PROJECTS 2000-2001 Study of the Maya I. Study of Living Things II. Technology and the Building Up of Civilization… |
Sequence 13Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. 1936. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1966. Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life… |
Sequence 30In some ways, it started with our election study, when two people were invited to each represent the views of Gore and Bush on… |
Sequence 10Hopefully this weekend has given you a little renewal of this vision. I want to give you two quotes. One is from E.M. Standing… |
Sequence 10Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Clrildlrood. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1966. Standing, E.M.… |
Sequence 25Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Trans. Barbara Barclay Carter. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1936. Montessori, Maria… |
Sequence 6hormone levels. Conversely, if the baby is separated from the mother, high stress hormone levels may remain for as long as six… |
Sequence 27Philosophy of the Winnetka Curriculum, 1926); and those of two of Montessori's pupils: Makinden (Individual Work System)… |
Sequence 281929); Edouard Claparede (with "individualized" education, 1921); Roger Cousin et (with the teamwork method… |
Sequence 29The Geneva group, intent as they were on putting forward their own methods, excluded Montessori more and more. The result was… |
Sequence 30of the method and excluding others meant distorting the very nature of the method. 10 The final result was that, as Montessori… |
Sequence 16And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest… |
Sequence 86And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest… |