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Sequence 10self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We… |
Sequence 10self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We… |
Sequence 1OF ROOTS AND WINGS by David Kahn A philosophical outlook on the parent's role in Montessm-i, educa- tion, this article… |
Sequence 7I strongly urge Montessori directors and directresses to collect com- ments by their students on Montessori education. I began… |
Sequence 1THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which… |
Sequence 15Footnotes 'Maria Montessori (1948) To Educate the Human Potential 5th Edition 1973, Kalakshetra Publica- tions Press,… |
Sequence 3scale, another time computing the relative distances between the plan- ets to a scale that would fit in the classroom. The… |
Sequence 1INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center… |
Sequence 9The Montessori idea is unfinished by design. Some complain that the curriculum presented in Montessori training is incomplete… |
Sequence 1RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER by Charles Torranova I want to thank David Kahn for… |
Sequence 5Although externally her life was affected by political forces, within she remained detached as this statement indicates: Not… |
Sequence 11&location must be considered as most imponant; for as diseases in the world of bodies are extremely contagious, so, in… |
Sequence 14this principle in this way will surely make a difference in our world. In The Promulgation of Universal Peace, 'Abdu… |
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 8The adolescents may choose to design the garden for community ser- vice: to beautify the city; to provide flowers to nursing… |
Sequence 20Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr… |
Sequence 2CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF Anol.ESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STIJDY compiled by John Long Almost eve,y Montessori seconda,y… |
Sequence 10PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SAMPLER 7bese pragmattc descriptions of adolescent program components which provide an operational view… |
Sequence 14NAMTANEWs The Montessori Academy Is Full A new kind of summer program intended to encourage depth, The Montessori Academy… |
Sequence 1THE PEDAGOGY OF TIME by Lawrence Schaefer, PhD Larry Scbaefer's keynote lecture at the 1993 Summer Institute, History as… |
Sequence 2concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the… |
Sequence 10Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to… |
Sequence 2It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex… |
Sequence 166It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex… |
Sequence 176Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to… |
Sequence 184concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the… |
Sequence 5To the Montessori "bleachers" the serving of the luncheon of milk and crackers is the most interesting part… |
Sequence 3misery 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… |
Sequence 12At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain… |
Sequence 15If you're a Bell Curve thinker, you think that a quarter of the people don't even have intel- lect and most of… |
Sequence 7"potentialities which determine his development"; "there exists within this inert being a global… |
Sequence 21full control of all one's energies, which is the result of the maturation that has been reached. The Four Planes In her… |
Sequence 22ergies that are repressed lead to inferiority complexes, the weakening of personality, lack of responsibility, listlessness,… |
Sequence 32Mon te.:;sori has drawn in the middle of her chart, between the drawing above and that below, between "nature&… |
Sequence 1ALL-DAY MONTESSORI: MAKING IT WORK by Mary B. Verschuur Man; Verschuur' s seasoned view of the Montessori all-day… |
Sequence 3first, that I couldn't dance and appeared to be devoid of any sense of rhythm; second, that I was totally inept at… |
Sequence 10self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, "What is the point of all this?&… |
Sequence 1MOTIVATION: THE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESSFUL LEARNING by Mary B. Verschuur Like Alfie Kohn, Mary Verschuur emphasizes that… |
Sequence 4he thinks he can go anywhere, and the urge to explore and discover his world has to be limited rather than pushed. Motivation… |
Sequence 1Introduction MARIO MONTESSORI: IN SEARCH OF A DEEPER FREEDOM A LIFE 1 S JOURNEY OF EDUCATIONAL IDEAS by David Kahn When… |
Sequence 3where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was… |
Sequence 2A VISION OF CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE: THE SCHAEFER TRILOGY I nterpreting the changes in children as they progress toward… |
Sequence 2EMERGING ADOLESCENCE: FINDING ONE'S PLACE IN THE COSMOS by Patricia Schaefer Our society tends to view a child emerging… |
Sequence 15becomes the steward of rooted plants in the garden. Here the task is more defined. The light needed is probably more grounded… |
Sequence 16gain a certain wisdom. Larry refers to it as human-heartedness (the Chinese concept). So while the elementary child thinks,… |
Sequence 1INNOVATION WITHIN LIMITS: How Is IT PossIBLE? A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE by Mary B. Verschuur Mary Verschuur, a… |
Sequence 11this idea on its head, she once commented at a gathering to honor her, "The highest honor and the deepest gratitude… |
Sequence 9I had lived a very idyllic life. At the time I thought this might be a sign that I should retire to a monastery. But then I… |
Sequence 10CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY compiled by John Long Almost every Montessori secondary… |
Sequence 9Afterward: Extending beyond the six weeks was continued work on refining their mission statements in preparation for… |
Sequence 8Everything about the children ment clearly urges middle schools to has a history, and if the stu- transform the fundamental… |
Sequence 6have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with… |
Sequence 4Joosten: 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… |
Sequence 1The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the… |
Sequence 5For all that, I thought it must be possible to apply certain funda- mental principles of the Montessori method to secondary… |
Sequence 32from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on… |
Sequence 30In some ways, it started with our election study, when two people were invited to each represent the views of Gore and Bush on… |
Sequence 6And in 1189, Henry died, leaving the throne to my beloved son Richard the Lionhearted. Rkhard knew he was my favorite, and… |
Sequence 7environment can assist with? By offering opportunities to function without parents-to take care of self, one another, the… |
Sequence 2forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a… |
Sequence 4space has its own character and its own function, and each nurtures some distinct plant life as well as particular plant… |
Sequence 10cycles in nature through observation and experience, a child will have a base upon which to build more theoretical… |
Sequence 2FINDING THE SPIRITUAL THREAD IN MONTESSORI WORK by Pat Schaefer Pat Schaefer's autobiographical essay is about her own… |
Sequence 4ables him to grow, teaches him to speak, and thus perfects him" (The Secret of Childhood 36). It was Betty… |
Sequence 7It was again the children themselves who have led us on in the work for adolescents. Clearly, they deserved an environment… |
Sequence 2O 6 12 18 2A ~I 3 9 15 21 Figure 1. The Four Planes of Education. The first creative plane is zero to six; that… |
Sequence 2THE LENSES OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Pat Schaefer & Larry Schaefer Pat and Larry Schaefer's metaphorical treatment… |
Sequence 12understand how something moves from one part to the next, e.g., the flow of digested material through the digestive system or… |
Sequence 2BEYOND INFORMATION: FORMATION AND INSPIRATION by Pat Schaefer Pat Schaefer speaks of formation, transformation, and… |
Sequence 12spends oneself, the more we breathe life into (in-spire) those around us. This is of course a high price-but what would we… |
Sequence 19Wolken, Larry. "The International Pencil." SAGE: Scholas- tic Assistn11cefor Global Ed11cntio11. January 27… |
Sequence 24Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1959… |
Sequence 16• the need for order, the sense of beauty • the development of inner calm and the ability to be silent • the development of… |
Sequence 2THE FOUR PLANES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: How To MoVE FROM A LITTLE CHILD TO WORLD PEACE by Patricia Schaefer Ms. Schaefer… |
Sequence 24Kahn, David. "Montessori Erdkinder: The Social Evolution of the Little Community." Tile NAMTA journal 31.l… |
Sequence 6In this book we shall consider the different stages of human de- velopment and try to understand their significance with the… |
Sequence 68. Prepare yourself for the birthi11g of your child. You may want to consider taking a birthing class and think about your… |
Sequence 13cent Springs). Schools often provide a list of local resources and referrals for evaluation. 10. Sometimes a student can be… |
Sequence 1HELPING MONTESSORI EDUCATORS REACH ALL KINDS OF MINDS by Mary Jo Dunnington Schools Attuned is one of a suite of… |
Sequence 1INCLUSION: A PREPARATION FOR LIFE by Pam Shanks Rai11tree Montessori Sc1too/ is a model that deserves front and center… |
Sequence 10Adolescents, as I said earlier today, are incredibly sweet and sensitive when given the place where they can be that way. 1… |
Sequence 17Linda Davis began her Montessori work in 1971. She has an AMI Elementary diploma a11d has worked with children from ages three… |
Sequence 12diverse group of students in the classroom. The group talked about ethnocentrism and prejudice, stereotyping and cultural… |
Sequence 3ln our classical elementary curriculum, there is a lot of biology, but of course, very Ii ttle of modern biology. Modern… |
Sequence 11on gaining self-knowledge, and literature is a great tool for self- discovery. An excerpt from Sherwood Anderson's… |
Sequence 34History became stories of past going outs. It could teach the present from the past, such as, "Remember the winter… |
Sequence 43Rota, Gian-Carlo, & Fabrizio Palombi. /11discrete Thoughts. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2008. Steen, Lynn Arthur… |
Sequence 7knowledge and intelligence. At risk of oversimplification, our ancestors shared stories around the fire. Fire was a… |
Sequence 5to produce our own towers with nothing more than rulers, pencils, scissors, construction paper, some sguares of cardboard (for… |
Sequence 22Emphasizing what I saw that was good, I was able to give talks to these teachers, but after all these years of internal… |
Sequence 6We need to 111ake it clear to tlte children that there is so 111uclt left to discover. In this world of immediate information… |
Sequence 26Pink writes: Ultimately, [intrinsically motivated] behavior depends on three nutrients: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. [This… |
Sequence 5Historical preparation allows for great latitude, the sine qua non of which is a broad concept of the basic outline of the… |
Sequence 14Romans, and if we are, how? Or, how are we the same? This will be our topic for discussion one night. Our work will also at… |
Sequence 27Growth in our adolescent program is strong, and as it continues, we expect that within the next year or two, we will have to… |
Sequence 2THE STUDY OF THE EARTH AND LIVING NATURE by Jacqui Miller Apart from 1/lerely nlludi11g to tlte biologicnl sciences, Jacqui… |
Sequence 10processes of observation, comparison, reasoning, knowledge, and socialization, without overlooking emotional development. In… |
Sequence 3MONTESSORl'S CONCEPTION OF EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENCE The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a… |
Sequence 13In addition, closer partnership with local middle schools offers a path to develop an aspect of the high school that is at… |