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

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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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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…

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

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land, to support future races. "21 The emotional depiction of coral as part of a cosmic legacy of doing right by…
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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 02 Early Research Studies

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Guthrie, L. & Hall, W. (1984). Ethnographic approaches to reading research. In P.David Pearson (Ed.), Handbook of…

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…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 01 Montessori Education: Interactive Idea for Human Understanding

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The quiet in the class when the children were at work was complete and moving. No one had enforced it; and what is more, no…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 02 Normalization

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Dr. Montessori was convinced that there was one human nature, but that it manifested itself at a superior level or lower level…
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Education is the help we must give to life so that it may develop in the greatness of its powers. Our plan is to help life to…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 01 The Assistant to Infancy: A Special Educator (Includes Overview of History of Assistants to Infancy)

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"Man himself must become the center of education and we must never forget that man does not develop only at…
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great dissatisfaction when she learned that I was a medical doctor and at that time a pediatrician. It was evident that she…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…
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were conducted with sufficient fidelity to the method, and the name was sometimes used as if it were an advertisement. The…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 10 Observation (1958)

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OBSERVATION (1958) by A.M. Joosten Observai:ion is the source of the p<YWer of Dr. Mont.essoris work. Here Mr. Joost,…
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something of it, although love can go far beyond that knowledge. Knowl- edge, however, must be there as a starting point. Love…
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the impression that after a while nothing "new" is seen. Deeper pene- tration and more discoveries require…
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7) discipline (orderly and disorderly conduct, obedience, quiet); 8) gen- eral remarks; 9) d,ai,e. These reports are signed by…

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

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KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MONTESSORI ROOTS An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena In an interview with Damd Kahn, Mildred Guna:…

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

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from tomes of scope and sequence which compel schools into a blind confor- mity. The reform of education in the Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 01 The Experiment for the Experiment

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Bue I think there were other aspects that affected the good testers as well. They began co talk about tests, about "…
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Montessori years that come before-for what is laid out in the middle school years as we watch our children bec.ome adults is a…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 02 The Idea of the Erdkinder

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altar for their First Communion. 19 The practical work of learning composting techniques, maintaining and enhancing the…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 05 Montessori and the Bahá'í Faith

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at five years of age has become an intelligent being, must have gone through a constructive evolution { TIii! Fonnation of Ma,…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 09 Parents' Perceptions: The Transition of the Public School Montessori Students into Traditional Middle…

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Obviously, many more activities or variations on activities can ease the transition into traditional education. However,…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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le was in chis spirit thac she undercook further scientific study of chil- dren. They were to her fellow human beings who…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 03 Language Unfolding In the Child

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Opportunities occur every day co enrich the child's vocabulary. The following activities are very useful and can be…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 05 All-Day Montessori: The Human Concern

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We have the legacy of Dr. Montessori's work passed down to us like a guiding light for our mission today. Dr. Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 07 Needs of the Elementary-Age Child: Montessori Principles, Strategies, and their Practical Implementations

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NEEDS OF THE ELEMENTARY-AGE CHILD MONTESSORI PRINCIPLES, STRATEGIES, AND THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS by Rajendra K.…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT: FRAMEWORKS FOR INVENTION by David Kahn Extrapolating from the primary and elementary curriculum…
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Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the…
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the earth. The origin of life on earth, of humans, farms, cities, and empires is personified in the great lessons as invention…
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invention, it also provides the holistic, integrated basis for clarifying complex tensions between human and natural systems.…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 10 Educational Administration and the Montessori Model: A Comprehensive, Interdependent Approach

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rationalistic, deterministic view. The educational environments she cre- ated were clear alternatives to the traditional…
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I. Organizational change is natural and fundamental; organizations are always in Aux. 2. Mose imporranc organizational…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 05 The Development of Autonomy in Children: An Examination of the Montessori Educational Model

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Montessori views personal autonomy as interconnected with social re- sponsibility and the evolution of human societies. The…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 07 Some Thoughts about the Spiritual Development of the Teacher

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are lo be transformed; instead of frustrating the learner's eager desire for work, as they so often do today, they are to…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 11 Ruffing Montessori School Peace Curriculum: An Informal Narrative

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I remember Margaret Stephenson talking in training about the idea of total reading. She defined it as understanding the…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 13 The Montessori Erdkinder: Three Abstracts

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but also because it listed Maria Montessori as one of the four visionary educators of the century whose work was instrumental…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 01 Absorbent Mind Update: Research Sheds New Light on Montessori Theory

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Minsky, M. 0985). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. Montanero, S. Q. 0991). Understanding the Human Being:…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 02 The Fertile Field of Imagination

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physical limits of the prepared environment and builds the child's critical attention around a span of the concept.…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 11 Philosophy and Practice: Primary Considerations for the Implementation of an All-Day Montessori Program

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re you willing.to be open d to abando,n the com- n presupposition ejudice) that "children ed 'to have ~ hot…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future

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Dr. Montessori expressed her hope "for a normal development, that fortunately does not depend on what we attempt to…
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These two territories became the properties of the societies and nations of man, as time went on, and the story of man was…
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Around six, the child un- dergoes a greattransfor- mation. He is now no longer satisfied with the society of his family and…
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logical characteristics and each needs a prepared adult to help the individual help himself. The four planes of development…
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product of a Casa dei Bambini and a Montessori elementary class which have followed vigorously Dr. Montessori's formula…
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But Or. Montessorl's pri- mary concern for the ado-, lescent was that he should be allowed a life of activ- ity and…
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contacts. Running the shop would necessitate a study of commerce and exchange, of supply and demand, of the rules of book-…
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achieving the development of the human personality, rather than the narrower one of providing culture only, then a close…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 02 Designing for the Needs of Adolescents: An Interview with John McNamara

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We must avoid placing limits on what a child will want to learn and digest by utilizing formalized curriculum scope and…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 03 Maria Montessori's Contribution to the Cultivation of the Mathematical Mind

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F~&A~--------------- MARIA MoNTFSSOm's CONTRIBUTION To nm CULTIVATION OF TIIE MATIIEMATICAL MIND by Mario M.…
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bars of four are added. This makes the two sides reach the value of seven. To complete the square of seven, a space is left…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 11 Scientific Pedagogy Revisited

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and must be carried out by teachers in their own classrooms. Although much verbal agreement has been given to this original…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 12 Breakthrough in Evolution: Toward a Partnership Future

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F~I'-------------------- BREAKTHROUGH IN EvoLunoN: TowARD A PARTNERSIDP FUITJRE by Riane Eisler Jn The Chalice and…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 01 Truth in Parenting

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P~----------- TRum IN PARENTING by David Kahn Expen·ence has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 12 Montessori and Learning Disabilities

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the teacher must awaken the spirit of the child. They considered the moral preparation of the teacher to be the key to…
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behavior and learning such as posture and coordination, the development of directionality and laterality, and the development…

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

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of life when young people lhrive on real life experience and active involvement. And lhe adults seemed to the adolescent…
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II little real knowledge of it. Instead, it is lo those three essays, and in particular Lo "The Erdkinder,&quot…
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ment, parents often feel differently about continuing if it is an option to go directly into high school after finishing…
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old were eliminated from the.sample. With this correction, the median size is 25 students (n=19). In other words, eliminating…
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schools. Maybe not in our schools, but perhaps in open schools, etc. They should also be academically competent in the…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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discoveries. He also becomes aware of his class-mates in whom he takes an affectionate interest" (Montessori, 1949/…

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

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students performed higher than expected. In fact, the homeroom teachers had to be convinced that is was really the students…

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

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students performed higher than expected. In fact, the homeroom teachers had to be convinced that is was really the students…
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discoveries. He also becomes aware of his class-mates in whom he takes an affectionate interest" (Montessori, 1949/…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 07 Dare to Do Erdkinder: Report from Chicago

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DARE TO Do ERDKINDER: REPORT FROM CHICAGO by John Long "What type of adult does civilization need?" This…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 08 Human Solidarity: Reflections on Chicago

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third plane? Are we not immersed in some necessary creative tension as we strive to bind our present explorations with her…

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

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1990, p. 37). The fact that the Montes- sori teachers interviewed seemed to spend more time than traditional teachers on…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 15 Training the Montessori Teachers

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example, I should discuss the Montessori method and its practical working with any student who asks me, I should not discuss…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 05 The Personal Intelligences: Linking Gardner to Montessori

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• Good and strong preparation of teachers/ guides Two quotes follow, giving us food for thought about the future. First, in…

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

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THE ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL LIFE AND THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT by Linda Davis Linda Davis traces the Montessori view of…
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gether. If they could function so beautifully in an environment de- signed for their psychological characteristics, could the…

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

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with what had become a luscious, teeming mountain of fertilizer and abundance. He looked up from a vast shovel-full, and,…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 16 Book Review—Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, By Paula…

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Chapter Two, "An Overview of the Primary Years," is an expert portrait of the prepared environment for the…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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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 01 All-Day Montessori: Notes on the History of the Experiment

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their shelves, place a few toys and mats in the middle of the room, and establish a day care unit for babysitting during the…

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

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Our long-range planning committee developed a task force to study full-day programs. The task force was comprised of all the…

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

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"IN Mv SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 10 Growing Schools for Human Growth

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oversee a capital campaign drive. We were, instead, drawn by the vision of the whole child-and then put ourselves in service…

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

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The prepared environment must allow for social interaction and be multi-aged. Research sug- gests that "the human…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 05 A Montessori Journey of Self

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A MONTESSORI JOURNEY OF SELF by Eduardo J. Cuevas Eduardo Cuevas' luncheon talk explores the experimental nature of…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 09 Integrating Csikszentmihalyi and Montessori

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INTEGRATING CSIKSZENTMIHALYI AND MONTESSORI by Chulanganee Fernando As a tribute to Dr. Csikszentmihalyi's work, Ms.…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 03 Cultivating Spontaneous Self-Discipline

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• Focus on "Ways of Being" with the child. Discipline Begins from Birth Let's take a look at some of…

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

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Niles Eldredge brought our attention to the importance of the great extinctions in the process of biological evolution. Many…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 14 Erdkinder under Construction: What the Farm Schools Showed Us

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20 years, have lacked any governing standard, any consensus of design, and any documentation. To help build the needed…
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,h ... work with th&. land is the birthright of every child. ~ .1' "'' ;(! and/ or…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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which evolves on its own terms. Like the child, as human culture grows with the passage of time, it becomes more conscious of…
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when the teacher observes the child's adaptation to the modern world, the educator becomes educated by just how the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 07 Montessori and the Deeper Freedom

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from forms and gives names to each; it abstracts the idea of length from the many things that are long and when it uses the…
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THE NEED FOR EXPERIMENTATION But the process of perfecting all these expedients and devices, from the point of view of making…
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perforce-like the earlier part of her work-in collaboration with the child). Needing, as it would, government support, no…
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THE TEACHER'S STATUS Turning back from vision to achievement, certain practical con- sequences demand a reference,…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 09 Spiritual Outlook and the Child

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The change of behavior surprised not only Dr. Montessori but the visitors who flocked from all parts of the world to witness…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 10 A Letter from Mr. Mario M. Montessori

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work. This might be so when applied to adults, for their work concerns the fatiguing exploitation of the natural environment,…

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

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step to make the movement operational, AMI has opened a new chapter, under the name Educateurs sans Frontieres. Definition…

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

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The simplicity of his early years and his life with Dr. Montessori gave him a rare quality: the ability to mix and be&quot…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 08 Revisiting the Process of Normalization

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REVISITING THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZATION by Rita Schaefer Zener Rita Zener' s description of normalization is from the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 12 The Erdkinder Story: In the Beginning

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now to find out how to do it, from people who set up farms. You must take time now to look in books. You are the makers of…

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