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Sequence 9condescend, we mutter hurried excuses and flee because we do not understand. There are millions of people who have difficulty… |
Sequence 1ONE WORLD, ONE DRUM by Tom Sipes My first teaching assignment was in a Catholic seminary in East Africa, in the town of… |
Sequence 3Review of the Literature There are different opinions as to what constitutes parent involve- ment in education. Gordon,… |
Sequence 11Summary and Conclusion During its first year of implementation, the Montessori program in the Denver Public Schools made… |
Sequence 20in things, and impose different relationships upon them, even those which do violence to nature, by contradicting the ends and… |
Sequence 5A Variety of Interesting Readers for Primary and Early Elementary I Can Read Se1'ies: Harper & Row, New York.… |
Sequence 33Montessori classroom had one teacher and an aid for 25 children of lower and middle class socioeconomic status. Stodolsky… |
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 5helping students to be total human beings is a more important aim of education. Too many specialists can have only minimal… |
Sequence 1New Montessori Scholarship__; THE ACQUISITION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE THE NEBULA HYPOTHESIS by Annette Haines ThefoUowi:ng two… |
Sequence 4mar is similar to Montessori 's nebula in that it is biologically based. The child learns language, he says, in the same… |
Sequence 5taneous differentiation and integration that constitutes the evolution of the noun phrase is more reminiscent of the… |
Sequence 7rational behaviorist thought that the small child could hide within him "spiritual germs" or "… |
Sequence 10Eugene "Bull" O'Connor, a notoriously brutish man and a segregation- ist to the core. When efforts to… |
Sequence 2this sense to accomplish his ends in a natural way, instead of having to keep intervening to add new things. In the 17th… |
Sequence 6each of us might have something to learn. Often, those who proclaim themselves fit to make ethical pronouncements for the… |
Sequence 5function of the child with regard to the formation of the human personal- ity (p. 15). Oui· civilization has not yet devised… |
Sequence 10history as (long after) bipedalism, and probably after tool use and enlargement of the brain, we had many different forms of… |
Sequence 12Passive listening to an external authority is replaced by an active search for the best means of expression and communication… |
Sequence 5my students how they found a practice audience: *"My little brother and sister." *"My morn when… |
Sequence 11abilities, that were entirely absent from the schoolroom in the previous ages. Consequently, attention of educationists was… |
Sequence 2newspapers, and magazines. People began to speak of the "Discovery of the Child," and the discovery of the… |
Sequence 4builds from the concrete to the abstract. Suzuki method teachers paral- lel this approach in their ordering of the pieces… |
Sequence 2"soup" to a "salad bowl" concept in which each ingredient maintains its separate flavor,… |
Sequence 1SCHOOLING AND THOUGHTFULNESS by Rexford Brown Mr. Brown 8 view of restructuring American educai:ion is a tacit request for… |
Sequence 8I have already said that the evolutionary engine ofnatw-al selection is a terrible one and, until very recently, we were as… |
Sequence 7satisfying relationships and of passing on that ability to their children. But in unstable homes, where parents, often single… |
Sequence 9measured by standardized tests. Ramsay Selden suggests that future tests should aaually embody activities and techniques &… |
Sequence 12References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San… |
Sequence 3My point, of course, is that the pathways to reform have always been multiple and winding. Sometimes a pathway is like Robert… |
Sequence 7alienated and the poor in our culture. All we can cite as success is the fact that a black middle class has moved out of the… |
Sequence 1THE OB)ECl1VFS OF THE PAIDEIA PROPOSAL* by Mortimer J. Adler "Piecemeal refonn measures beget piecemeal results, if… |
Sequence 2Let me give you a little background on the Coalition of Essential Schools. Ted Sizer, the chairman, whom you will meet… |
Sequence 10her clinical experience--if he or she had one, and if it was done well. These are big ifi. The kind of literacy that we are… |
Sequence 13References Brown, Rexford. (1989a). 'Testing and thoughtfulness." Education Leader- ship, 46 (7), 31-33. Brown… |
Sequence 9be based on what was known about curriculum, teaching, learning, and the conditions that would produce improved learner… |
Sequence 11Grumet, M.R (1989). "Dinner at Abigail's: Nurturing collaboration." NEA Today, 7(6), 20-25. Livingston… |
Sequence 15And to the European Congress of Peace in Brussels she said: Preventing conflicts is the work of politics; establishing peace… |
Sequence 1ORDER IN CoNSCIOUSNFs.5 by Jim Roberts As a Montessori primary teacher, Jim Roberts had often observed deep joy in his… |
Sequence 9Hildegard Solzbacher, Preschool Teacher Trainer, Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative 2l01 W. Good Hope Rd., Glendale,… |
Sequence 9Hildegard Solzbacher, Preschool Teacher Trainer, Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative 2l01 W. Good Hope Rd., Glendale,… |
Sequence 1APPENDIX IV SYSTEMIC REFORM by Rexford Brown ReJ.ford Brown outlines the approach of the Education Commission of the States… |
Sequence 1Plant Sale (Upper Elementary) by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker A venture into the business of growing and selling annuals and veg•… |
Sequence 12would wish to replicate all aspects of this phenomenon in our schools, it seems important to understand the nature of their… |
Sequence 1THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMY IN CHILDREN: AN EXAMINATION OF THE MONTESSORI EDUCATIONAL MODEL by Sharon Dubble Kendall, Ph.D… |
Sequence 10Communities: plant, animal, human Diversity and Stability: preservation, agriculture, forest and wildlife manage- ment, soil… |
Sequence 7mechanisms to decrease the connection strength when the two cells are not simultaneously activated. Through this mechanism,… |
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 5There are dozens of words that you can pick out to give to children. Bankrupt means someone whose bench has been broken (rupto… |
Sequence 10coming in on the noun which gives the stress and keeps the rhythm right. Each child speaks the noun when he comes in;… |
Sequence 2Existing Schools BuffaJo Dallas-Ft. Worth Minneapolis (Bennett Parkj /Daggettj !Sewardf Years In Operation or Projected… |
Sequence 3Proposed Schools Cincinnati Denver Prince George's St. Paul County, MO Years In Operation or Projected Fall, 1994… |
Sequence 13somehow transcends them. Many of the "teen-exploitation" movies, such as Ferris Beu bier's Day Off, or… |
Sequence 2which it is based. We have also seen that a gylanic 2 or partnership society, symbolized by life-sustaining and enhancing… |
Sequence 5as "an impediment" or "a danger" (p. 87). Thus, they can perceive service to others not as… |
Sequence 5to wh:11 was happening in ordinary life: There the children were disorderly, always leaving Lhings lying around, and the… |
Sequence 18chapter is called "Discipline and the Teacher," and in it, Montessori is sympathetic to the struggle of a… |
Sequence 3THE MONTESSORI APPROACH To Music by Elise Braun Barnett Returning recently from a meeting of the College Music Society, I am… |
Sequence 14THE MONTESSORI APPROACH To Music by Elise Braun Barnett Returning recently from a meeting of the College Music Society, I am… |
Sequence 94chapter is called "Discipline and the Teacher," and in it, Montessori is sympathetic to the struggle of a… |
Sequence 2the Montessori educational community, yet he made most of his discov- eries in his own classroom working with a group of… |
Sequence 5using knowledge-in ways and con- texts that build and strengthen them and the community. The best way to learn and practice… |
Sequence 2these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 5and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
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 5in each case. The distinct processes of thinking that each goes through cannot be confused. Extending the definition of… |
Sequence 12Several researchers have pointed out the value of apprenticeships for education both in school and out (Collins, Brown, &… |
Sequence 22Ceci, S.J., & Liker, J. (1987). IQ and reasoning complexity: The role of experience.Journal of Experimental Psychology… |
Sequence 24Resnick, L. (1987). The 1987 presidential address: Learning in school and out. Educational Research, pp. 13-20. Rogoff, B. (… |
Sequence 1RESPONSE TO .11p ARENTING FOR INDEPENDENCE" by Anne McNamara Anne McNamara, who submitted the original William… |
Sequence 13adult who can work for the good of humanity and can participate in humanity's (cosmic) mission on this Earth. This is… |
Sequence 26MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (… |
Sequence 4At the Primary level, the activities of practical life, with artistic use of "points of interest," provide… |
Sequence 31the theatrics of Laurence Davies and Bill Cook, Molly brings an old piece of cloth to her telling and she dashes back and… |
Sequence 33But why push children to tell stories? Why is it important to take that additional step? As we have seen, preparing a story… |
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 1THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION: A MODEL FOR EDUCATIONAL CHANGE by Rexford Brown Dr. Brown first highlights the ways in which a… |
Sequence 6thing coherent enough to be useful. Moreover, the proliferation of specialists leads to departmental turf battles and… |
Sequence 13other workers with access to the highest professional standards known, the best research, the most helpful networks, and… |
Sequence 5Phases of the Creative Process In fact, as you probably know, the creative process is usually seen as made up of four phases… |
Sequence 2presently dealing with. The notion expressed in this statement seems to me to be of the greatest importance since the adult in… |
Sequence 4tion of agrarianism, I will try to suggest to you, is tied to Western culture. In other words, Western culture would not have… |
Sequence 320 years, have lacked any governing standard, any consensus of design, and any documentation. To help build the needed… |
Sequence 9during the year. At the North Country School, there occurs a Harvest Day during the fall, in which the entire school… |
Sequence 7discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the… |
Sequence 9Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the… |
Sequence 18Pearce,Joseph Chilton. Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco,… |
Sequence 15With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the… |
Sequence 24Hart, R., & L. Chawla. The Development of Children's Concern for the Environment. Zeitschrift fur Umelweltpolitik… |
Sequence 4She characterizes the "old- fashioned type of professor" as having a "high desk upon a plat- form… |
Sequence 4center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 10AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 9And if we complain that the elements of our liturgy have lost their savor because we are no longer an agrarian culture, then… |
Sequence 9made possession with which he can do as he wishes. Rather he will be keenly aware that the child belongs to God much more… |
Sequence 22Tire Earthworm. Haughley, Suffolk: The Soil Association, n.d. Fil kin, David. Stephen Hawking's Universe. New York: Basic… |
Sequence 16The human is a great collaborator. And nature welcomes a gentle intervention. The trees' wounds will heal, and the maple… |
Sequence 11She "jumped off" into new territory without having a plan in place-and let her commitment to fighting for… |
Sequence 12Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.… |