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

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…
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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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With the addition of Dr. Montessori's words, the room was complete-transformed into a model of an all-embracing environ…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…
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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…
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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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With the addition of Dr. Montessori's words, the room was complete-transformed into a model of an all-embracing environ…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…
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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 06 Transition: Urban Montessori Secondary to Erdkinder

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TRANSITION: URBAN MONTESSORI SECONDARY TO ERDKINDER by David Kahn A survey of the current Montessori urban secondary…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 02 A Montessori Cultural Environment with Southeast Asian Refugee Children

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hundred children on the waiting list. In September, 1985 the center opened its doors to fifty disadvantaged children, 80…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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Montessori did, however, write extensively on the will and the development of will in young children. Later interpreters of…
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requires participation. And finally, but importantly, silence should only be initiated at normal times when the room and those…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 14 AMI Montessori: Back to the Future

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of beliefs, its ability to ignite the enthusiasm and commitment of teach- ers, stems from a spiritual and undiluted energy…
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tofight mediocrity, and renew our own fires by returning to the first flames, the sources of Montessori. These sources are,…

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 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…

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

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This idea of presenting the whole universe to the child is explained by Maria Montessori's grandson, Mario M. Montessori…
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Doesn't it sound like falling back into the ways of earlier educators, defining goals for education in looking at the…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 08 Cosmic Education: Sowing Life, Not Theories

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stresses the same idea in her writing: "the child must learn by his own individual activity, being given a mental…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 09 Preface: Montessori Research and Montessori Public Education

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CONTENTS Preface ............................................................................................... ii 1.…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 05 The Elementary Curriculum Dialectic: Essentialist vs. Structuralist

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The Essentialists' Viewpoint Essentialism is not a Montessori phenomenon; it is a nationwide trend. What is really…
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Footnotes l Sofia Cavalletti, "The Spiritual Development of the Child," Montessori Thlks to Par- ents,…

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

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Montessori's insight suggests that for the child's full development a general history of human development is…
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all ... (ln relation to the Greeks, she writes in To Educate the Human Potential:) So a critical faculty of mind was awakened…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 10 Montessori Education and Children Placed at Risk of School Failure

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third of all American children. Several states already have school populations where minority children are in the majority.…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 15 Heather Hill: Intergenerational Montessori All-Day Program

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5. Health Education for Children - The inherent emphasis on health education at Heather Hill will be applied to the children…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 02 Albert M. Joosten—A Biography

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ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 11 Interview: Keeping in Touch with Montessori Roots (An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena)

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Kahn: When you took the course in England, with Mario Montessori, how did cosmic education become evident to you? Gunawardena…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 12 Constructing the Equilateral Triangle: Parents, Teachers and Children

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14. Tobacco Cessation meetings (funded by the California Department of Health). 15. Annual Social Services Carnival where…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 14 Early Childhood Education: The National Agenda

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: THE NATIONAL AGENDA by Denise A. Alston, Ph.D. Denise Alston, in a speech w part'icipants aJ…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 01 The Montessori Contribution to Educational Reform—A Prologue

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THE MONTFS.SORI CoNfRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM APROWGUE by David Kahn Washington, D.C., March 1, 1991. Operation Desert…
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effective, should penetrate the inner workings of the status quo. It must deal with philosophical roots of pedagogy, behaviors…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 11 Helping Children Think

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HELPING Om.DREN THINK by Matthew Lipman The distillation of the thinking process is a necessary component for schools and…
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9. The new course would exemplify the ideal possibilities of educational experience. Such an experience would provide…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 02 Discovery of the Child

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There were many who tried to discount her discoveries, especially since she was not an educator. Bur there were also many who…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 03 Language Unfolding In the Child

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Reading Analysis The child is shown how words have a particular place in a senrence: subjecr-predicare-objecr-clauses. She…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 04 The Child and the World of Nature

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In a 1.946 lecture in London Montessori said, "Education today needs one reform. If it is to prepare man for the…
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names of fruits and vegetables he sees as he is being pushed along the aisle of the grocery store, or kinds of cars, or colors…
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books are not enough. Mario Montessori Sr. reminded us of this when he noted how difficult it is to help children understand…
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names of different animals and plants-wonderful words like "red- winged blackbird" and "white-…
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the sun awakes them in the morning .... But instead of this, we anxiously ask ourselves how we can make a child sleep after…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 06 Developing The Mathematical Mind

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There is an interesting complement to these studies that Mario Montessori (1948) describes: The child absorbs a language…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 09 Expand the Head Start Program—by Revamping Chapter 1

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EXPAND THE HEAD START PROGRAM-BY REVAMPING CHAPTER 1 by Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow Head Start using Montessori methods…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 02 The Fertile Field of Imagination

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favorite books or plays. An imagination makes it easier for me to see the ideas behind a story or a character. Most…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future

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THE AooLESCENT AND THE FUit.JRE by Margaret E. Stephenson Miss Stephenson presents adolescence in a definitive theorectl…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 03 Montessori Adolescent Education: Toward an Emerging Framework

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The Paideia model is clearly compatible with Montessori, both stressing presentation and coaching. The Paideia chart goes on,…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 09 Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention To Be a More Effective Weapon Against Poverty

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REsHAPING EARLY CHIIDHOOD INrnRVENTION To BE A MoRE EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST POVER1Y by Edward Zigler, PhD Drawing on his…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 05 Dr. Maria Montessori and the Child

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DR. MAruA. MONTESSORI AND THE CHILO by Dr. Mario Montessori I hope that you are not going to be disillusioned by what I say.…

NAMTA Journal 19/3 01 Survey of Montessori Adolescent Programs: Interpretive Commentary

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art ................... . music ............... . reading ........... . French ............... . Spanish ............. .…
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This is the picture that emerges from the survey data of Median Montessori Middle School. That Median is in only its sixth…

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

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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 05 Nurturing the Growing Brain

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Waters, H., & Tinsley, V. (1982). The development of verbal self-regulation. In S. Kuczai (Ed.), Language development…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 08 Toward Key Experiences for the Adolescent

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process. They are developing personal identity by examining their own ethnicity and the stories of their own ancestors. They…

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

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process. They are developing personal identity by examining their own ethnicity and the stories of their own ancestors. They…
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Waters, H., & Tinsley, V. (1982). The development of verbal self-regulation. In S. Kuczai (Ed.), Language development…
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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 12 Comparative Study of Peace Education Approaches and their Effectiveness

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PEACE EDUCATION APPROACHES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS by Ian Harris, PhD, and Aaron Callender Teachers in…
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peace education curriculum, with responses in a control group of class- rooms where teachers have no training in peace…
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education. The higher scores at this school underscore the importance of teachers modelling peace and using a peaceful…
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ences in them, listen to each other better, and be both more tolerant and more compassionate. Teachers adopting these…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 02 Maria Montessori and the "Glass House"

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In addition to help from her longtime assistants, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle, Montessori was accompanied by her son,…
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and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.…

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 21/1 01 Three Slide Shows for Parents

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unconscious, brings the reader to a full understanding of the power of the unconscious in learning, and of how emotional…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 10 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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WHY NoT CONSIDER ERDKINDER? by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Answering possible objections and citing his own personal experiences,…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 11 The Elements of Social Life and the Montessori Adolescent

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gether. If they could function so beautifully in an environment de- signed for their psychological characteristics, could the…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 03 Evaluating Experiences in Adolescent Programs

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Development" 1 and more detail in From Childhood to Adolescence (French first edition 1948). What were the…

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

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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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With the addition of Dr. Montessori's words, the room was complete-transformed into a model of an all-embracing environ…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts;and,finally,…
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"IN Mv SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 11 Philosophy Statement for the North Avondale Montessori School

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In a Montessori class, there is a continual unfolding of how the world was prepared for humanity and the development of…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 08 Character and Moral Development

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CHARACTER AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT by Johnnie Denton Ms. Denton's summary of her workshop session on character development…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 07 The Epic of Evolution Conference: Taking the Journey Back Home

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As we listened to the current scientific knowledge and theologi- cal understanding of cosmic evolution, biological evolution,…

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…
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"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is…
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when the teacher observes the child's adaptation to the modern world, the educator becomes educated by just how the…
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often closed his eyes; he seemed to be offering his ideas as a prayer, reaching for something intangible (as reflected in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Mario Montessori standing behind Maria Montessori at the Theosophical Society, 1947. Seated at right: Sir Archibald Nye,…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 08 The Child Before Seven Years of Age, The Child After Seven Years of Age and What Children Taught Dr…

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London, England THE CHILD BEFORE SEVEN YEARS OF AGE THE CHILD AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF AGE and WHAT CHILDREN TAUGHT DR.…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 02 World Odyssey: Revelations of the Possible

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It has been said that change is of the essence-in our courses, in our schools, in ourselves. Perhaps it is not so much…
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Since the death of Mario Montessori in 1982, the expansion of Montessori endeavors has grown to a frenzy of inchoate…
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Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 03 Past, Present, and Possible: A Montessori Global Perspective

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PAST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBLE: A MONTESSORI GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE by Muriel Dwyer Muriel Dwyer, whose sense of mission and single…
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Mario Montessori was unique in a very special way. He was highly intel- ligent, wise, naughty, and great fun. He was…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 04 The Integration of Cultures: The Montessori Contribution

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With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the…
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She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 06 Montessori in South Africa: The Challenge, The Dream, and The Promise

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South Africa is the southern tip of the African continent. A country of contrasts-from the trees of the dinosaurs to the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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better still, to the value of work in general, "with its wide social connotations of productiveness and earning power…
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Obviously these past experiments that were undertaken by Montessori's contemporaries can be used as a source of ideas, so…

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