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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 01 Of Roots and Wings

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OF ROOTS AND WINGS by David Kahn A philosophical outlook on the parent's role in Montessm-i, educa- tion, this article…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 03 Elementary Montessori and Parent Education

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I strongly urge Montessori directors and directresses to collect com- ments by their students on Montessori education. I began…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 01 The Botanical Cards

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THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 07 Cosmic Education and the Physical Sciences

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Footnotes 'Maria Montessori (1948) To Educate the Human Potential 5th Edition 1973, Kalakshetra Publica- tions Press,…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 10 Exploring with the Nine to Twelve Child

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scale, another time computing the relative distances between the plan- ets to a scale that would fit in the classroom. The…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 07 Montessori: The Humanities Connection—Minneapolis, March 2-4 1989 (Conference)

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The Humanities MONTESSORI: THE HUMANITIES CONNECTION Minneapolis, March 2, 3, 4, 1989 by David Kahn Minneapolis marks a…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 05 Montessori: The Humanities Connection—Mythos, Logos, and the Generalist Ideal

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There is a broad spectrum of interest in the six year old, and Mont- essori suggests accordingly that we must sow as many…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 12 Interview: Introducing Luciano Mazzetti

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INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center…
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from one learning stage to the next, the first must be completely mastered. But Bruner implies that the conceptualization…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 01 Montessori Education: Interactive Idea for Human Understanding

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The Montessori idea is unfinished by design. Some complain that the curriculum presented in Montessori training is incomplete…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 04 Response to Generous Understanding: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other (Terranova)

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RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER by Charles Torranova I want to thank David Kahn for…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 03 Movement

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takes place without any voluntary effort on the part of the child. It is a time when children project themselves, by activity…
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sensorially, they are simultaneously absorbing the world into them- selves. Children build their conception of self and…
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comparison, and choice, and since their interest is held by the movement provided by the apparatus, they are motivated to act…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 03 The Meaning of Educational Reform

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THE MFANING OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM by Jerome Bruner Jerome Bruner has the ability to view curriculum with its foll interactive…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 08 Whole Language: A Whole Educational Reform

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community members are viewed as resources and are involved in curricular planning and the evaluation of their children.…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 10 Coalition of Essential Schools

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oversee. I became daddy for 15 kids, something that also is built into the structure of the school. But within that advisory…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 05 Montessori and the Bahá'í Faith

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Although externally her life was affected by political forces, within she remained detached as this statement indicates: Not…
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&location must be considered as most imponant; for as diseases in the world of bodies are extremely contagious, so, in…
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this principle in this way will surely make a difference in our world. In The Promulgation of Universal Peace, 'Abdu…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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What causes us co distinguish between species is always their differences, never their likeness. What constitutes another…
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cioned above, Bruner and Coghill, have now accepted that face chat the creative process comes into play in growth and learning…
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10. Jerome S. Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Universiry Press, 1966). I l. Alexis Carrel,…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 12 Proposal for a Qualitative Research Component in the Evaluation of Montessori 2000

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implementation of the Montessori model but will provide a wealth of more general information about children's school…

NAMTA Journal 17/3 28 The Children's Garden

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The adolescents may choose to design the garden for community ser- vice: to beautify the city; to provide flowers to nursing…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 05 The Development of Autonomy in Children: An Examination of the Montessori Educational Model

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Montessori views personal autonomy as interconnected with social re- sponsibility and the evolution of human societies. The…
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The study supports the findings of Bruner, DeCharms, and others that self- motivation is part of a complex process In…
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The analysis of behaviors characterizing autonomy in this study implies the cyclical nature of its development, involving the…
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Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 08 What Are the Language Arts For?

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creation of a public space; Dewey talked consistently about an "articulate public" bringing a public sphere…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 07 A World Core Curriculum

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SAMPLER 7bese pragmattc descriptions of adolescent program components which provide an operational view…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 13 Discipline

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NAMTANEWs The Montessori Academy Is Full A new kind of summer program intended to encourage depth, The Montessori Academy…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 08 Who's Teaching the Children to Talk?

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opment guarantees the unfolding of basic "experience expectant" systems. Refinements of language, such as…
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the teachers do not already know tJ1e answer. Even when tJ1e form of the question seems to invite a variety of answers, tJ1ere…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the…
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Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 04 Montessori as an Aid to Life

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It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 05 Nurturing the Growing Brain

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as models and guides at every stage of devel- opment. Jerome Bruner calls this "loaning chil- dren our conscious…
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fail to instill in developing minds the fundamental skills of attention and reasoning. Increasing numbers of children today…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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fail to instill in developing minds the fundamental skills of attention and reasoning. Increasing numbers of children today…
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as models and guides at every stage of devel- opment. Jerome Bruner calls this "loaning chil- dren our conscious…
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It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex…
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Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to…
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concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 03 A Day with Dr. Maria Montessori and Her Youthful Charges Is an Eye-Opener for the Average Parent

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To the Montessori "bleachers" the serving of the luncheon of milk and crackers is the most interesting part…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 08 Commitment to Peace

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misery as it does in prosperity, in oppression as in freedom, in war as in peace, and that he did not really know what life is…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 02 If Binet Had Looked Beyond The Classroom: The Assessment of Multiple Intelligences

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Ceci, S.J., & Liker, J. (1987). IQ and reasoning complexity: The role of experience.Journal of Experimental Psychology…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 04 The Verbal/Linguistic and Visual/Spatial Intelligences

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At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 08 Maintaining the Montessori Metaphor: What Every Child Wants and Needs

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If you're a Bell Curve thinker, you think that a quarter of the people don't even have intel- lect and most of…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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"potentialities which determine his development"; "there exists within this inert being a global…
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full control of all one's energies, which is the result of the maturation that has been reached. The Four Planes In her…
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ergies that are repressed lead to inferiority complexes, the weakening of personality, lack of responsibility, listlessness,…
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Mon te.:;sori has drawn in the middle of her chart, between the drawing above and that below, between "nature&…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, "What is the point of all this?&…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 04 Motivation: The Foundation of Successful Learning

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he thinks he can go anywhere, and the urge to explore and discover his world has to be limited rather than pushed. Motivation…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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Introduction MARIO MONTESSORI: IN SEARCH OF A DEEPER FREEDOM A LIFE 1 S JOURNEY OF EDUCATIONAL IDEAS by David Kahn When…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 11 Art from the Universe Story: New Meaning for the Child

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words of Bob Samples, Sir Isaac Newton, and Jerome Bruner as cited in Samples' The Metaphoric Mind: The inventive…
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Yourn: But why say it's a green dragon when obviously it isn't? THOMAS: For several reasons. I call the universe a…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 13 Montessori and Early Childhood Education: A Contemporary Perspective

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Reeve), the distance between actual development and the potential level of development possible with guidance or help (…
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learner goes from one step to the next. Once mastered in that appropri- ate form, the learner can go on to more powerful, more…
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when first announced. Even after accepting the theory, the scientific community of chemists still had to "beat nature…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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when first announced. Even after accepting the theory, the scientific community of chemists still had to "beat nature…
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learner goes from one step to the next. Once mastered in that appropri- ate form, the learner can go on to more powerful, more…
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Reeve), the distance between actual development and the potential level of development possible with guidance or help (…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research

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this idea on its head, she once commented at a gathering to honor her, "The highest honor and the deepest gratitude…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 08 Designing for the Needs of Adolescents: An Interview with John McNamara

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Afterward: Extending beyond the six weeks was continued work on refining their mission statements in preparation for…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 11 Reflections from the Farm

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Everything about the children ment clearly urges middle schools to has a history, and if the stu- transform the fundamental…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 18 Some Characteristics of a Montessori Erdkinder Compromise

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have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 19 The Kibbutz, Boy’s Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder

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Joosten: I don't think there is a yes or a no. Is it either or? There is a blend. We can't go outside to an…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 21 Montessori High School

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The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 22 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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For all that, I thought it must be possible to apply certain funda- mental principles of the Montessori method to secondary…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 01 Child Development Under Three: The Foundations of the Personality, the Family, and the Montessori Method

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forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 04 Finding the Spiritual Thread in Montessori Work

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ables him to grow, teaches him to speak, and thus perfects him" (The Secret of Childhood 36). It was Betty…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 11 Project 2012: History Whither Bound from Childhood to Adolescence?

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ties that directly sustain him, but in the symbolic activities which give significance both to the processes of work and…
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Bruner, Jerome. "Man: A Course of Study." Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1966…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 06 Towards a Theory of Knowledge Framework for a Montessori High School

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independence, which is the scope and sequence of the Montessori developmental continuum from birth to adulthood. This…
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3. Global applications (from Lunds University): The global anthropological approach is not n macro theory. It is a framework…
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· To impart a sense of respect for the capacities and human- ity of man as a species. · To leave the student with a sense of…
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5. Economics can interact with almost any discipline as well as provide insight into the school's business and service…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 17 Montessori Secondary Education: Moving from Discipline-Based Integration to Whole Formative Synthesis

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REFERENCES Brnudel, Fernand. A History of Civilizntio11s. Trans. Richard Mayne. New York: Penguin, 1993. Bruner, Jerome S.…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 02 Why It Is Important to Know the Child

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In this book we shall consider the different stages of human de- velopment and try to understand their significance with the…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 15 Child Development Tips for Prenatal to Three: Insights and Suggestions from Montessori Teachers

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8. Prepare yourself for the birthi11g of your child. You may want to consider taking a birthing class and think about your…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 10 2009 NAMTA Baseline Special Education Survey

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cent Springs). Schools often provide a list of local resources and referrals for evaluation. 10. Sometimes a student can be…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 13 Helping Montessori Educators Reach All Kinds of Minds

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HELPING MONTESSORI EDUCATORS REACH ALL KINDS OF MINDS by Mary Jo Dunnington Schools Attuned is one of a suite of…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 15 Inclusion: A Preparation for Life

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INCLUSION: A PREPARATION FOR LIFE by Pam Shanks Rai11tree Montessori Sc1too/ is a model that deserves front and center…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 04 Montessori's Role in Twenty-First-Century Educational Reform

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saying, first of all, stop calling it a new century. It has to be mnde new, and human originality has to be exercised. Our…
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natural right. If our children are in despair in such large number during their adolescence and teenage years, then obviously…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 05 Teacher-Student Relationships for the Montessori Continuum

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Linda Davis began her Montessori work in 1971. She has an AMI Elementary diploma a11d has worked with children from ages three…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 12 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Elementary and Adolescent Continuity

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ln our classical elementary curriculum, there is a lot of biology, but of course, very Ii ttle of modern biology. Modern…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 14 The New Adolescent Ages 12-15 and 15-18: Optimal Roadmaps for Disciplines-Based Studies

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on gaining self-knowledge, and literature is a great tool for self- discovery. An excerpt from Sherwood Anderson's…
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Rota, Gian-Carlo, & Fabrizio Palombi. /11discrete Thoughts. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2008. Steen, Lynn Arthur…

NAMTA Journal 35/2 05 Technology and the Adolescent: Finding the True Balance in the Prepared Environment

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knowledge and intelligence. At risk of oversimplification, our ancestors shared stories around the fire. Fire was a…

NAMTA Journal 35/2 14 The Integrated Science and Mathematics of Dr. Claude Claremont, Disciple and Colleague of Maria Montessori

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to produce our own towers with nothing more than rulers, pencils, scissors, construction paper, some sguares of cardboard (for…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 09 Montessori Internationalism and Peace

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Emphasizing what I saw that was good, I was able to give talks to these teachers, but after all these years of internal…

NAMTA Journal 36/1 05 How Science and History Lead to Community Service

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We need to 111ake it clear to tlte children that there is so 111uclt left to discover. In this world of immediate information…

NAMTA Journal 36/1 08 Structure and Spontaneous Learning

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Pink writes: Ultimately, [intrinsically motivated] behavior depends on three nutrients: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. [This…

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