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Sequence 1TRANSITION: URBAN MONTESSORI SECONDARY TO ERDKINDER by David Kahn A survey of the current Montessori urban secondary… |
Sequence 6be able to operate successfully; these persons in conjunction with each other should form a coherent body of positive growth… |
Sequence 1ELEMENTARY MONTESSORI AND PARENT EDUCATION by John McNamara Mr. McNamara's poignant description of children and parents… |
Sequence 5A Variety of Interesting Readers for Primary and Early Elementary I Can Read Se1'ies: Harper & Row, New York.… |
Sequence 6The Cozy Book. Hoberman, Mary Ann, illustrated by Tony Chen. Viking, New York, 1982. Close Your Eyes. Man:ollo, Jean, pictw·… |
Sequence 11is,not just an outdated image, made obsolete by physical research. It is rather a very helpful and ever valid image of the… |
Sequence 1TRIBUTE TO LINDA PRESTON By David Kahn In Memory of LINDA SOULE PRESTON April 4, 1938 - March 20, 1988 Memorial Service… |
Sequence 2easy for him to make the bed each morning. A small Pinocchio hat rack held his pajamas and his outdoor coat. A large piece of… |
Sequence 3touching remembrance of a visit to Hiroshima. She spoke of her own dedication to peace and education and managed to dig a hole… |
Sequence 2Dependent variables in the study were the motor skill of eye-hand co-ordination, visual perception skills of figure ground and… |
Sequence 1The Adolescent: THE MONTESSORI l\flDDLE SCHOOL: A PERSONAL WITNESS by John McNamara John McNamara's description of the… |
Sequence 4the button of a food processor to slice vegetables in a noisy flash. The child is interested in the ritual of cutting a carrot… |
Sequence 11Sawyer so graphically lacked it. Ifwe are attentive to our own experience and that of others, ifwe have the kind of humility… |
Sequence 4personal behavior decisions are social decisions. There is an adult who helps us come to generous understanding, not by… |
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 7Dewey, John. (1956). The ch:ild and the curriculum: the sclwol and soci.ety. Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago Press. Hunt,… |
Sequence 8I have already said that the evolutionary engine ofnatw-al selection is a terrible one and, until very recently, we were as… |
Sequence 4emerged? Indeed, maybe all that tuition and hard commitment to Montessori revealed its manifest destiny. He spoke again. &… |
Sequence 7ture vs. interest, spontaneous activity vs. prepared environment. Many times the practitioner will regard these issues as… |
Sequence 8We could cooperatively establish a curriculum using as a guide the student's goals, interests, and needs. Coming out of a… |
Sequence 9professionals. That naturally implies that essential questions must also derive from the student: the best questioru in my… |
Sequence 26References Goffstein, M.B. (1979). Natural history. New York. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Goffstein, M.B. (I 984). A little… |
Sequence 19Stodolsky, S.S. & Jensen, Judith. ( I969b). Ancona Montessori research project for c11!111ral/y disadvamaged children… |
Sequence 8Carole Komgold, Director, Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY 25 Roxbury Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583 914-472-0038 Pamela… |
Sequence 10Carole Komgold, Director, Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY 25 Roxbury Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583 914-472-0038 Pamela… |
Sequence 48Stodolsky, S.S. & Jensen, Judith. ( I969b). Ancona Montessori research project for c11!111ral/y disadvamaged children… |
Sequence 3RUFFING MONTESSORI SCHOOL PEACE CURRICULUM: AN INFORMAL NARRATIVE by John Long In these excerpts from a talk presented at… |
Sequence 21References Arnold, M. B. 0984). Memory and the Brain. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.… |
Sequence 1DESIGNING FOR THE NEEDS OF ADoLESCENTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MCNAMARA by David Kahn Ibis interoiew focuses on Mr. McNamara… |
Sequence 16assignments. Unless departmentalized team teaching is thoroughly orches- trated, work surges and student overloads in homework… |
Sequence 19Early Years of Exploration and Settlement in America I. Ideas to Investigate for Reports a. Europeans who reached North… |
Sequence 20Science Skits There are many discoveries in science that were, at the time, subject to intense debate among scientists, and… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI MATIIEMATICS: A MODEL CURRICULUM FOR TIIE TWENIY-Fm.sT CENTURY by John McNamara JohnMcNamara's insight into… |
Sequence 61lis), Montessori on the Lake (Lake Forest, CA), Meadow Montessori School (Monroe, lvll), Mercy Montessori Center (Cincinnati… |
Sequence 9for teenagers to be rude? Is it normal behavior for teenagers to use tasteless language? Is it normal behavior for teenagers… |
Sequence 51for teenagers to be rude? Is it normal behavior for teenagers to use tasteless language? Is it normal behavior for teenagers… |
Sequence 1Do NoT BEQUEATH A SHAMBLE THE CHILD IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: INNOCENT HOSTAGE TO MINDLESS OPPRESSION OR MESSENGER TO… |
Sequence 2system of education. It is easy to see why verbal/linguistic skills are highly valued by parents and traditional educators.… |
Sequence 3Human beings have two complex apparatus for producing speech and for hearing the spoken word. Paper, pencil, and books are… |
Sequence 14the modes of self-expression. For example, John McNamara's inte- grated use of the computer for science, writing, and… |
Sequence 5behave like adults. Somewhere in those four years a mature human being is supposed to emerge out of the cocoon of childhood.… |
Sequence 38And isn't more motivation what we want? If this were true, it would make perfect sense to follow the Pizza Hut executives… |
Sequence 6the wife of two kings and later was to become the mother of two kings. For some years, Eleanor and Henry were content. They… |
Sequence 7At the beginning we reacted with some fatigue, because it was hard to see that themes that had been studied with great care,… |
Sequence 9love." "With eternal love I love you" say the prophets of Israel (Isaiah 54:8,Jeremiah31:3). &… |
Sequence 6joy of the children at their" awkward efforts" was the impetus for the pair to do something more organized… |
Sequence 9calling them out, the shepherd going ahead of them, the sheep follow- ing. This opens the way for them to work with the… |
Sequence 4an oral language and therefore oral tradition is very important. Their principal arts and crafts are embroidery and working… |
Sequence 9The music created a feeling of life. Picture # 2: This picture is of a particle that was left and joining with a negative.… |
Sequence 24REFERENCES The Adolescent Colloquium: Summary of the Proceedings. Cleveland, OH: Montessori Teacher Education Collabo-… |
Sequence 75REFERENCES The Adolescent Colloquium: Summary of the Proceedings. Cleveland, OH: Montessori Teacher Education Collabo-… |
Sequence 12If you play a drum, the skin vibrates in waves. If you could get very close to it and slow things down considerably, you would… |
Sequence 15John [Wyatt] mentioned that he finds that the best ques- tion for him to ask a new apprentice is how lazy he or she is.… |
Sequence 15YEAR THREE (2000-2001), THE MONTESSORI FARM SCHOOL OPENS: SCHOOL ON THE LANO We opened in August of 2000, and at the… |
Sequence 17REFERENCES The Adolescent Colloquium: Summary of the Proceedings. Cleveland, OH: Montessori Teacher Education Collabo-… |
Sequence 1THE UNFOLDING DRAMA OF THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT IN AMERICA by David Kahn ACT ONE: IN THE BEGINNING Since the late 1970s,… |
Sequence 2emerged with prominent Montessori educators of the suburbs and cities deciding to move into the "third plane"… |
Sequence 4appear more like a traditional junior high in miniature in some cases. But beneath this veneer of traditional time blocks and… |
Sequence 12It is amazing how wise teenagers can be. It came as a revelation to me how sensitive they could be to and how aware they could… |
Sequence 5REFERENCES Suber, Martin. Between Man and Man. New York: Macmillan, 1978. Suber, Martin. I and Thou. New York: Scribner… |
Sequence 8They build upon one another. Every ending is a new beginning. They must be understood as a whole-they must be correlated. They… |
Sequence 3John McNamara l02 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 26, No. 3 • Summer 2001 |
Sequence 2John McNamara with his students 114 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 26, No. 3 • Summer 2001 |
Sequence 5Secondary Literature Entries marked with an askerisk (•) are reprinted in this issue of The NAMT A Journal. Bodi, John.&… |
Sequence 6Epstein, Paul. A Montessori Program for the 7th and 8th Grade. Pamphlet. Glenndale, MD: CEkos, a Foundation for Edu- cation,… |
Sequence 7*Kahn, David. "The Kibbutz, Boys' Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder." NAMT A Quarterly 4.… |
Sequence 5king, and he needed a queen. He needed a good queen, a queen with experience. Louis and I were separated on the first day of… |
Sequence 6respond to this need? How does one develop a sense of identity? As John McNamara has often said, the answer lies in… |
Sequence 17Timeline: Montessori Secondary Development 1907-Rome: Opening of tht Ctlsa dri Biim&mi, the flm MonleSiori e,iperiment… |
Sequence 5In 1954, Sofia Cavalletti began a quest to understand the nature of the child's relationship with God, and to discover… |
Sequence 16• feeling of usefulness and an understanding of one's "many sided powers of adaptation" (Montessori,… |
Sequence 4Thus itis easy to see that the development in mathematics is not linear; it follows the different psychologies of the growing… |
Sequence 184Thus itis easy to see that the development in mathematics is not linear; it follows the different psychologies of the growing… |
Sequence 22of them, prevent them from growth, and rob them of the necessary tools to face adversity in their life. According to John and… |
Sequence 8sense, regardless of how it turns out" (Havel 181). Optimism cannot be commanded, as Frankl observes, but hope can be… |
Sequence 20The last activity at this level is to introduce little handmade books. In this very shore time the children have acquired the… |
Sequence 1John McNamara and Family-1980 42 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 30, No. J • Winter 2005 |
Sequence 2SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT: IMPORTANCE OF THE f AMILY by John McNamara This comprehensive view of social and moral… |
Sequence 7into these wild, outdoor spaces, where they will make their own discoveries. "When the child goes out,"… |
Sequence 14Bruner, Jerome. "Man: A Course of Study." Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1966… |
Sequence 12• an international network of training and study centres dedicated to the propagation of Montessori's teachings and the… |
Sequence 1THE 2005 NAMTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL SALARY SURVEY Interpretation and analysis by David Kahn, John McNamara, and Kristin Sasaki… |
Sequence 34alike must target the care and longevity of the Montessori teacher, which not only creates security and elicits commitment… |
Sequence 9In summary, the keys to valorization include a genuine experience of belonging to a community, a genuine contri- bution of an… |
Sequence 2unfortunately I was unable to find the millionaire to fi- nance it. It was so visionary and also so revolutionary that it… |
Sequence 10programs supported by experience, a long-term experience. We will establish guidelines only through a natural process that… |
Sequence 1John McNamara and Students 68 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 31, No. 1 • Winter 2006 |
Sequence 2COMMUNITY, FREEDOM, AND DISCIPLINE IN A CARING CLASSROOM by John McNamara John McNamara characterizes adolescents through… |
Sequence 7waiting below a good rapid. We take canoes, because in canoes you have to work together. You have to call out what you see and… |
Sequence 1How MY STUDENTS SEE THEIR ADOLESCENT EXPERIENCE AND TURN OUT IN LIFE by John McN amara The chorus of letters written to… |
Sequence 2mean, I hold my deepest conversations at those hours and I would like to think that my arguments are at their most cogent.… |
Sequence 4problems of one plane during a completely different plane. Thus normalization, which means a return to the path of normal… |
Sequence 3In the summer of 2005, several adolescent practitioners gathered in Hiram, Ohio, to begin work on developing a curriculum in… |
Sequence 16end everything, including the people, the cities, and the countries one loved. But still, why did bad things happen to good… |
Sequence 3I would like to present two examples of Little Communities as prepared environments: Colegio Montessori de Tepoztlan in Mexico… |
Sequence 1QUALITIES OF A MONTESSORI SECONDARY MATHEMATICS PROGRAM by Christopher Kjaer, John McNamara, and Michael W aski The… |
Sequence 13Liskin-Gasparro, J.E. "If You Can't Use a Language, You Don't Know a Language." Middlebury… |
Sequence 7Special Acknowledgements There would be no exhibit without the generous contribution and leadership of Thomas Mueller,… |
Sequence 178A Montessori Journey 1907 to 2007 Patrons Anonymous Donation through Si Helena Monressori School Association Montessori… |