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Sequence 7hundred children on the waiting list. In September, 1985 the center opened its doors to fifty disadvantaged children, 80… |
Sequence 5instructional activities that will help children develop the learning-to- learn skills and behaviors associated with school… |
Sequence 18was from 8:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. There were 25 children in a class with a teacher, an aide, and two parent-aides who alternated… |
Sequence 7Time duration of interactions was significantly different between the two schools. Montessori children interacted longer times… |
Sequence 1CONTENTS Preface ............................................................................................... ii 1.… |
Sequence 3forward to a big future at Syracuse University. ot to mention along the way I've found a great boyfriend and earned… |
Sequence 5helping students to be total human beings is a more important aim of education. Too many specialists can have only minimal… |
Sequence 7are to be expected and even desired for they contain information essential for further learning. For students to discover and… |
Sequence 8who must get well - grow in health. The farmer does many things for his plants or animals, but in the final analysis it is… |
Sequence 13Lupus is an exhausting disease, but Flannery O'Connor was none- theless to make herself into one of the great writers of… |
Sequence 10Elements of the Definition of Class Discussion I. An interchange between students, not primarily between stu- dents and… |
Sequence 7verbal; memory of mere opinions adopted on the naked authority assumed by indoctrinating teachers. The conception of the… |
Sequence 2Method of Instrumentation The sample consisted of 96 Montessori students and 48 school stu- dents, their parents and teachers… |
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 10complex civilizations that the Mexican philosopher and educator Jose Vasconcelos dubbed them "the cosmic race.&… |
Sequence 2third of all American children. Several states already have school populations where minority children are in the majority.… |
Sequence 6...... The Montessori Birth Center served as a referral service, matching Assistants to Infancy with families desiring their… |
Sequence 105. Health Education for Children - The inherent emphasis on health education at Heather Hill will be applied to the children… |
Sequence 1314. Tobacco Cessation meetings (funded by the California Department of Health). 15. Annual Social Services Carnival where… |
Sequence 1EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: THE NATIONAL AGENDA by Denise A. Alston, Ph.D. Denise Alston, in a speech w part'icipants aJ… |
Sequence 1THE MONTFS.SORI CoNfRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM APROWGUE by David Kahn Washington, D.C., March 1, 1991. Operation Desert… |
Sequence 2effective, should penetrate the inner workings of the status quo. It must deal with philosophical roots of pedagogy, behaviors… |
Sequence 1HELPING Om.DREN THINK by Matthew Lipman The distillation of the thinking process is a necessary component for schools and… |
Sequence 49. The new course would exemplify the ideal possibilities of educational experience. Such an experience would provide… |
Sequence 2outside the school, directives from supervisors, and advice from others in similar roles. They accepted the status qua and… |
Sequence 131. Much greater range of students' instructional materials (books, tapes, films, programmed in- struction, simulations… |
Sequence 2There were many who tried to discount her discoveries, especially since she was not an educator. Bur there were also many who… |
Sequence 12casks in terms of the adaptive actitudes and skills chat he believes every person should master, including industry, identity… |
Sequence 16must hold students to real academic standards to be ready for college and life. College faculty chink high school teachers… |
Sequence 9Each observation period required approximately two hours; at the comple- tion of each session the observer tallied the checks… |
Sequence 18The study supports the findings of Bruner, DeCharms, and others that self- motivation is part of a complex process In… |
Sequence 19The best response to the objections is to insist on telling the truth. Administrators must have the courage to face the public… |
Sequence 3EXPAND THE HEAD START PROGRAM-BY REVAMPING CHAPTER 1 by Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow Head Start using Montessori methods… |
Sequence 8The Paideia model is clearly compatible with Montessori, both stressing presentation and coaching. The Paideia chart goes on,… |
Sequence 1REsHAPING EARLY CHIIDHOOD INrnRVENTION To BE A MoRE EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST POVER1Y by Edward Zigler, PhD Drawing on his… |
Sequence 22Waters, H., & Tinsley, V. (1982). The development of verbal self-regulation. In S. Kuczai (Ed.), Language development… |
Sequence 15process. They are developing personal identity by examining their own ethnicity and the stories of their own ancestors. They… |
Sequence 63process. They are developing personal identity by examining their own ethnicity and the stories of their own ancestors. They… |
Sequence 132Waters, H., & Tinsley, V. (1982). The development of verbal self-regulation. In S. Kuczai (Ed.), Language development… |
Sequence 1COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PEACE EDUCATION APPROACHES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS by Ian Harris, PhD, and Aaron Callender Teachers in… |
Sequence 2peace education curriculum, with responses in a control group of class- rooms where teachers have no training in peace… |
Sequence 9exception was in one of the Montessori classrooms, where a student, described by her teacher to have a mother addicted to… |
Sequence 11education. The higher scores at this school underscore the importance of teachers modelling peace and using a peaceful… |
Sequence 12ences in them, listen to each other better, and be both more tolerant and more compassionate. Teachers adopting these… |
Sequence 5To the Montessori "bleachers" the serving of the luncheon of milk and crackers is the most interesting part… |
Sequence 9with her husband. She was also a vet. The students who worked with her went early in the morning to help her with the hard,… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI: A CARING PEDAGOGY by Elizabeth Hall In this Montessori manifesto of caring, Ms. Hall puts forward the impor-… |
Sequence 9was one of the most wonderful experiences of my Ufe. I really felt as though I was living with nature, without worrying about… |
Sequence 8attention most naturally? How can I capitalize on the natural interests of the student to draw her or him ever more deeply… |
Sequence 9students the opportunity to apply ideas to their per- sonal lives first. Thus, a Socratic Practice group may be studying… |
Sequence 6school operation as a whole, maintained by a young family. Thus the Erdkinder is teeming with so many opportunities for work… |
Sequence 32University of Vermont, where they held 750 high school Latin stu- dents spellbound in a gym during a presentation at Vermont… |
Sequence 5solutions. Quality of instruction declines accordingly, and with it goes the quality of learning opportunities for students.… |
Sequence 11for the needs of reading teachers, mathematics teachers are trying to reform mathematics instruction independently of science… |
Sequence 1CHARACTER AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT by Johnnie Denton Ms. Denton's summary of her workshop session on character development… |
Sequence 2to leave the setting of their school behind for an experience on a farm. Set on a mountain top and a tract of forest land, the… |
Sequence 15Open up to nature And enter Yet another world THE FUTURE CHALLENGE: FORMING A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS There needs to be a &… |
Sequence 2phenomenon have more disas- trous effects than in education. Teachers have the best inten- tions, but best intentions kill… |
Sequence 20Finally, and most important, Montessori demanded humility and careful clinical observation on the part of the teacher. She had… |
Sequence 9initially shown spontaneous interest, quickly lose that interest. They now realize that rewards reduce a child's desire… |
Sequence 18initially shown spontaneous interest, quickly lose that interest. They now realize that rewards reduce a child's desire… |
Sequence 145Finally, and most important, Montessori demanded humility and careful clinical observation on the part of the teacher. She had… |
Sequence 12Every staff person at Lake Country School will tell you that they have met the noble adolescent. Every adolescent guide who… |
Sequence 9Because, even with all the glory and the grandeur of those furnish- ings, the world would have been an unfilled promise, this… |
Sequence 30REFERENCES Gross, Michael. Montessori' s Concept of Personality. Diss. U of Nebraska, 1976. Livingstone, Richard.… |
Sequence 9· "My first day of Middle School ... " • "Elementary school was the ... " · "My… |
Sequence 3National Erdkinder Consortium, a clearing house for Erdkinder devel- opment founded by Gang. Three previously unpublished… |
Sequence 7cultural history when "bigger" was "better." The tradeoff was that bigness meant… |
Sequence 4The crucial point of the whole question is the manner in which he considers the child, and this cannot depend on external… |
Sequence 1During the ride back from the hunger center, I reflected upon my encounter with poverty. When I arrived home my mother stood… |
Sequence 5The teacher takes responsibility for thirty-one percent in eighth the child's reaching each level of grade. 1 Depth is… |
Sequence 8The how it is to be done remains constant: verbalization, materials for development, point of arrival, the three-period lesson… |
Sequence 1212. We must provide concrete materials and manipulative tasks. Many students cannot master certain ideas without them. We… |
Sequence 8Everything about the children ment clearly urges middle schools to has a history, and if the stu- transform the fundamental… |
Sequence 10The ideal is that as young people are learning about the cultural diversity of their city, they will begin to define their own… |
Sequence 4Fuu-TJME STAFF David Kahn: program director, administrator, admissjons direc- tor, recruiter, publications director,… |
Sequence 8munities like Montes- sori communities are sometimes criticized for not providing enough peer choices for stu- dents to… |
Sequence 1Search for Meaning and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Elements of Enjoy- ment, which describes the conditions of optimal… |
Sequence 8Teachers like McMillin, who combine passion for their work with genuine concern for their stu- dents, possess the rare power… |
Sequence 10A CHALLENGE TO THE TEACHER I have spent the majority of my life as a student or teacher in some ea paci ty. Yet I have… |
Sequence 11This work became a book, In the First Country of Places: Nature, Poetry and Childhood Memory. What I found was that it was… |
Sequence 14ciation, but this is the conclusion that a series of studies now suggest. 3 This formula of free time in the natural world,… |
Sequence 18Annan, K. We the Peoples. New York: United Nations Publications, 2000. BBC. Soul. Three part video series. London: BBC-TV,… |
Sequence 3I began with origins. I enjoyed the etymology of the word education (from Latin educare, "to draw out"). I… |
Sequence 25detailed classroom signals, percentage variables were calculated for each student and for the Montessori and traditional… |
Sequence 26Figure 4. Students' Perceptions ofTheir Teachers and Schools • Montessori o 1hditional 2.7 Teacher Support..… |
Sequence 33Why are these results important for the Montessori middle school students? Many skeptics will look at these results and say… |
Sequence 40Nichols, J ., & R. Miller. "Cooperative Learning and Student Motivation." Contemporary Educational… |
Sequence 4experience (flow) theory, but I know they had studied the thought of Maria Montessori. What I saw at each of the schools were… |
Sequence 4to this further exploration are not set by the number of different fields of learning or knowledge, but by the psychology of… |
Sequence 8Before giving a few specific examples or illustrations of those "pearls," I wish to point out some important… |
Sequence 32Before giving a few specific examples or illustrations of those "pearls," I wish to point out some important… |
Sequence 158to this further exploration are not set by the number of different fields of learning or knowledge, but by the psychology of… |
Sequence 3education" that leaves children with a sense of hopelessness and distances them from the natural world. The… |
Sequence 7into these wild, outdoor spaces, where they will make their own discoveries. "When the child goes out,"… |
Sequence 10REFERENCES Bjorklw1d, David F. Children's Thinking: Developmental Function and Individual Differences. Pacific Grove, CA… |
Sequence 9the parish would have twelve Masses every weekend and they'd all be full." Why does this journey with the child… |
Sequence 23ders of the physical world." While the experiments for the younger children were demonstrated to them by an adult,… |
Sequence 7We had a record number of managers this year, our sixth year of operation, which is a situation we are pleased with; the… |
Sequence 5neighbors, and they often had little in common with us other than physical proximity. If a child was seen by a neighbor doing… |