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

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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…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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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…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 01 The Montessori Vision of Adolescence

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A MONTESSORI VISION OF ADOLESCENCE by Lawrence Schaefer Dr. Schaefer's deve/,opmental outlook for the adolescent arises…

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…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…

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

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is,not just an outdated image, made obsolete by physical research. It is rather a very helpful and ever valid image of the…

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

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COSMIC EDUCATION: SOWING LIFE, NOT THEORIES by David Kahn This is an attempt to clarify the role of Cosmic Education in…
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have little to do with science for science's sake, but rather is an expres- sion of a philosophical view which in turn…
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This not to abandon the scientific rigors of the material to be pre- sented to the child. Montessori is quite clear in that…

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

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Professor Allan Bloom, who wrote The Closing of the American Mind, judges today's University students as, "young…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 04 Other Studies of Children of Low Socioeconomic Status

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d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 05 Other Studies of Montessori Children of Middle Socioeconomic Status

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d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)…

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

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Montessori: The Humanities Connection Mythos, Logos, and the Generalist Ideal by David Kahn Montessori education may be a…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 02 Generous Understanding: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other

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impulses that even now throb in thine own little selfish heart. Lift up thy eyes, behold that life, and then tum away, and…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 09 Montessori Education for All

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We are now in the third year of our follow-up study and two new campuses have been added to the program resulting in an…

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

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References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San…

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

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builds thought, language, and concepts. And this need for integration aero~ the curriculum guides the organization of time,…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 10 Coalition of Essential Schools

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COAUTION OF ~ENTIAL SCHOOLS by Michael Goldman In straight-forward language, Michael Goldman challenges the conference to…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 15 Change and Restructuring

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But I think that these more basic issues of working on collaboration, working on redefining the role of the teacher, on…

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

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References Eisley, Loren. (1964). The unexpected universe. New York. Harcou re, Brace, and World, Inc. Lorenz, Konrad. (1990…

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

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generalizations and integrative structures. Most programs are worked empirically with different segments evolving into an…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 03 Mother-Child Bonding

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Maclean, P. D. 0985b). The triune brain in conflict. Fam.if;y, Play, and the Separation Call, 12. Maturana, H. R., &…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 10 The Natural Institution of the Family (An Abridgement)

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sex and postponed marriage age into the late twenties, it opted for the one- child family. Had China consulted me on its…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 11 Equal Opportunity and the Montessori Magnet School

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Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.…

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

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Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.…
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You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 02 Linking the Family and the School: The Importance of Parental Choice in Admissions

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Once a decision has been made to enroll a child, additional steps are taken to firmly initiate this partnership with parents…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 11 Montessori and Assessment: Some Issues of Assessment and Curriculum Reform

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Assessment (1992, p. 7), and the future of testing in America depends on issues of equity and the improvement of opportunities…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 10 Maria Montessori: World Peace through the Child

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MARIA MONTESSORI: w ORLD PEACE THROUGH THE CHILD by E. Mortimer Standing E. Mortimer Standing's remarks concerning…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 11 Do Not Bequeath a Shamble—The Child in the Twenty-First Century: Innocent Hostage to Mindless Oppression…

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that we are now faced with a crisis of global proportions. This situation takes the form of a crisis in energy, food, ecology…
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REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1915). The school and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, R. (1976). Maria…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 03 How Are You Smart? Multiple Intelligences and Classroom Practices

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How ARE You SMART?: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES by Bruce Torff The question "How are you smart…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 12 The Normalized School: Montessori as a Way of Life

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When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (…
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John Dewey's American pedagogy and William Heard Kilpatrick's realization of this (Project-Method, 1918); Carleton…
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The Italian government did not join the IBE and thereby indirectly favored the dominating influence of the Geneva group of…
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willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 06 Northwoods Montessori Full-Day Program

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space is not very large, but it allows the children access to the outdoors at any time. We use this space all year long for…

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

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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts;and,finally,…

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

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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 08 Revisiting the Process of Normalization

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Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Trans. A. George. 1912. New York: Schocken, 1962. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 13 Children's Participation: Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care

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Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 01 The Spiritual Development of the Child: Keeping the Balance

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center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 03 Two Tributes to Sofia Cavalletti

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ogy and Semitic culture and history. Over the years, I slowly became aware that, in addition to Italian and Hebrew, Sofia…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 10 Cosmos, History, and the Human Spirit

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Montessori was deeply interested in serving the child's religious needs and creating an environment that would foster the…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 11 The Spiritual Challenge of Erdkinder – Part 1: The Passage from Imaginative Vision to Concrete Experience

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history, the purpose and finality of civilization, the unity of self and world, the need for intimate contact with the earth…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 13 Are We Succeeding in Nurturing The Spirit?

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.…

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

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Held by the Sun: The loving embrace. Implementing a curriculum founded upon new themes in cosmol- ogy has been rich. It also…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 02 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Century Concept

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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 14 Metanoia for Montessorians

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to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both…
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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 01 Margaret E. Stephenson: Following the Child across the Planes of Development

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Montessori Institute of Milwaukee. Miss Stephenson now lives in England, where she is an AMI lecturer, examiner, and trainer…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 06 Cosmic Education

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We have to be careful that we recognize that Cosmic Education is not a scheme in which education is divided into subjects of…
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development is not to teach a syllabus-not even that so-called sylla- bus that is in your albums-but instead to be able to…
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upon earth, that new actor. And to help the child understand and realize the part that he has been called upon to play and…
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being is the change agent with regard to the environment, that man has the urge not only to adapt himself to the environment…
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knowledge has been acquired mechanically (just as you might drop potatoes into a sack) and not by a process of integrating…

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

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Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. 1957. Rev. ed. New York: New American Library, 1984. Sternberg, R. &…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 08 The Work of the Child and Cosmic Education

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tion is the educational plan for six- to twelve-year-olds. The Greek idea of cosmos refers to the totality of the universe,…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 05 Homo Loquens: Language in the Context of Cosmic Education

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HOMO LOQUENS: LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Placing language in the context of human…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 29 What Does It mean To Study The Humanities in a Farm School Context?

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Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. 1936. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1966. Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 12 Lifetime Development as Seen Through the First Three Years of Life

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Hopefully this weekend has given you a little renewal of this vision. I want to give you two quotes. One is from E.M. Standing…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 13 The Impact of the Assistants to Infancy Program on Primary Children

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Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Clrildlrood. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1966. Standing, E.M.…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 02 Aligning Montessori Schools with True Montessori Essentials

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ALIGNING CLASSROOM PRACTICE WITH TRUE MONTESSORI ESSENTIALS by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Peter Gebhardt-Seele presents his…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 06 True Work: Discovering the Path to Self-Perfection through the Prepared Environment

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Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Trans. Barbara Barclay Carter. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1936. Montessori, Maria…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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tants to 1nfancy, Children's House, Cosmic Education, and Erdkinder. That is the technical part of the Montessori idea.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 04 The Four Planes of Development

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Philosophy of the Winnetka Curriculum, 1926); and those of two of Montessori's pupils: Makinden (Individual Work System)…
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1929); Edouard Claparede (with "individualized" education, 1921); Roger Cousin et (with the teamwork method…
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The Geneva group, intent as they were on putting forward their own methods, excluded Montessori more and more. The result was…
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of the method and excluding others meant distorting the very nature of the method. 10 The final result was that, as Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 13 Maria Montessori's Cosmic Vision, Cosmic Plan, and Cosmic Education

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And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest…
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of the method and excluding others meant distorting the very nature of the method. 10 The final result was that, as Montessori…
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The Geneva group, intent as they were on putting forward their own methods, excluded Montessori more and more. The result was…
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1929); Edouard Claparede (with "individualized" education, 1921); Roger Cousin et (with the teamwork method…
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Philosophy of the Winnetka Curriculum, 1926); and those of two of Montessori's pupils: Makinden (Individual Work System)…
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tants to 1nfancy, Children's House, Cosmic Education, and Erdkinder. That is the technical part of the Montessori idea.…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 02 Timeless Dedication: Montessori from the Depth of the Soul

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child who stands before us with his arms held open, beckoning humanity to follow. (118-119) Thank you. REFERENCES…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 05 Psycho-Grammar: Montessori's Reflections on Grammar and Psychic Development

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But grammar is a natural and enjoyable exploration if given at the right age. Even if you have a barrier against grammar…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 08 Extensio Animae and Magna

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The standards-based model is characterized by standards and consequent curriculum developed by committees overseen by state…
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nation. The lessons are to entice and inflame the interest of the child. The Montessori program at our school was initially…
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presented with items of knowledge because we think they have to understand it and to learn it. (77) For over ten years in our…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 09 Developing Character, Will, and Spirit

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Montessori, Maria. The Discovery of the Child. 1948. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1967. Montessori,…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 10 The Adolescent and the Family: Love and Limits

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Maria Montessori mentioned love in lectures on adolescence in 1937 and 1938. She says that "a loving personality is…

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

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needs and solutions at the Montessori elementary level. What are human needs? How are humans different in how they find…
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Bruner, Jerome. "Man: A Course of Study." Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1966…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 14 On Becoming a Citizen of the World: Can Montessori Achieve Its Aim?

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Montessori, Maria. Childhood Education. Translation of Formazione dell'Uomo [The Formation of Man]. 1949. Trans. A.M.…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 06 Montessori Implications of Brain Research

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Shore, Rima. Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development. New York: Famrnes and Work lnstitute, 1997. Standing…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 17 The Lenses of Cosmic Education

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COSMIC EDUCATION: SOME MEANS TO AWARENESS In Montessori education we base our approach to children on what their needs are.…
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comes together. Maria Montessori uses the metaphor of the Great River to initially illustrate how each function of a society…
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great Italian poet, Dante, has said: "La somma sapienza e il primo amore," or "The greatest wisdom…
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We need the help of numbers for painting the imaginative picture, and if statistics be not available we can speak in terms of…
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move based on what you discern. It is the question of "why?" whose answer is most difficult but yet fairly…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 29 History – In General and in Particular – An Initial Look at Maria Montessori in a Classical Context

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Montessori, Maria. Education and Peace. 1949. Trans. Helen R. Lane. Oxford: Clio Press, 1992. Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Ad…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 09 Deepening Cosmic Education

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simple tool-the pencil-a sense of the whole and the interconnec- tions between things and people. The elder hoped to awaken…
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because one does not put him in contact with nature. (From Childhood to Adolescence 35) I share these very personal…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 05 The Original Principles of The Silent Journey

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COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,…

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