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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 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 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…
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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 16/3 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 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 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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work of the conscious absorbent mind but it needs an environment for its action. The sensorial material of the Montessori…
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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 18/1 01 Reinventing Montessori: Perils and Possibilities

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educationalese all have a purpose. But in my estimation they represent exercises in minutiae-the kind of minutiae that…

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 18/3 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 18/3 05 The American Adolescent: Facing a "Vortex of New Risks"

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CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF Anol.ESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STIJDY compiled by John Long Almost eve,y Montessori seconda,y…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 06 Characteristics and Needs of Adolescents: A Comparative Study

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Needs of Adolescents Physical Needs Montessori/Stephenson Emotional -A need to strengthen self-confidence. Needs -A time…

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

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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…
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lis), Montessori on the Lake (Lake Forest, CA), Meadow Montessori School (Monroe, lvll), Mercy Montessori Center (Cincinnati…
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Kahn, David U980, Winter). Extending the elementary: McNamara- Kahn imerview. The /\~\ffA Quarter(v. ~2), 13-20. The…

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 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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Stephenson, Elementary Director of Training emerita of the Montes- sori Institute of Milwaukee. Not only does Lillard present…
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Chapter Two, "An Overview of the Primary Years," is an expert portrait of the prepared environment for the…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 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…
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most of their waking day, provide further incentive for Montessori to integrate pedagogy and life, time and space into an…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 04 Unifying the Urban Contribution: Moving Toward Erdkinder

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REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1956). The school and society (Combined edition with The child and the curriculum). Chicago: U of…

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

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PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT FOR THE NORTH AVONDALE MONTESSORI SCHOOL by the Cincinnati Public Schools Montessori Assessment…
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Psychologists note the importance of developing responsibility in children at the elementary age. (Lickona, 1991). It is felt…
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realization that it is important to provide a specially prepared environment to support a child's growth. Dr. Montessori…
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we introduce the children to the idea of respect of all of us for one another. (Stephenson, 1993, p. 26) A rich body of…
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In a Montessori class, there is a continual unfolding of how the world was prepared for humanity and the development of…
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The prepared environment must allow for social interaction and be multi-aged. Research sug- gests that "the human…
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Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 10 Normalization and Normality Across the Planes of Development

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describes the unconscious process for the adolescent as being rooted in life experience. The adolescent must solve social…
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REFERENCES Gebhardt-Seele, P. (1997). Evaluating experiences in adolescent programs. The NAMTA Journal, 22(1), 14-21.…

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…

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

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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 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…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 15 Story Upon Story

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two great-great-great-grandparents, and so on until you get to the "eighteen greats" level, where you have…

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

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read from the Epistle of the Mass of the day, the Feast of the Epiphany-" Arise, shine; for thy light is come and the…
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Dr. Montessori's concept of the absorbent mind and particularly her recommendations a bout the birth-to-three stage were…
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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 03 Foreword to The Secret of Childhood

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FOREWORD TO THE SECRET OF CHILDHOOD by Margaret E. Stephenson Margaret Stephenson's classic introduction to the root…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 04 The Casa Dei Bambini: Paths to Culture

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participation within shared organizational forms. So unlike the old way, where each subject was treated as a separate entity…
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They have used plants and animals: for food, for paper, forcloth- and have spun the ea terpillar' s silk in to scarves…
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Montessori, Mario. The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education. Amsterdam: Association Montessori lnternationale, 1966.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 10 Pedagogy of Place: Becoming Erdkinder, The Montessori Program Design School, Program Design Position…

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In the Erdkinder, the cosmic vision of the Montessori elementary years is made more conscious, more concrete. It is…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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In the Erdkinder, the cosmic vision of the Montessori elementary years is made more conscious, more concrete. It is…
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Montessori, Mario. The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education. Amsterdam: Association Montessori lnternationale, 1966.…
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They have used plants and animals: for food, for paper, forcloth- and have spun the ea terpillar' s silk in to scarves…
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participation within shared organizational forms. So unlike the old way, where each subject was treated as a separate entity…
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FOREWORD TO THE SECRET OF CHILDHOOD by Margaret E. Stephenson Margaret Stephenson's classic introduction to the root…
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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…
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Dr. Montessori's concept of the absorbent mind and particularly her recommendations a bout the birth-to-three stage were…
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read from the Epistle of the Mass of the day, the Feast of the Epiphany-" Arise, shine; for thy light is come and the…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions

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MONTESSORI IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: POSITIVE OUTCOMES ALONG SOCIAL, MORAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS by Annette M.…
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Moreover, some unexpected tastes emerge from the social life of a Montessori classroom. The children come to prefer one…
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to think lies at the heart of our very humanity (Stephenson, "First Plane" 21). The creation of intelligence…
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speech reflects the characteristic intonation, pronunciation, or dialect of a region. The infant memory, Montessori said, is…
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thing, saying: I did it all alone, you did not think I could have done that; I did it better today than yesterday" (…
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Montessori, Mario M.,Jr. Education for Human Development. NY: Schocken, 1976. Montessori, Renilde. "Human Education…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 02 The Human Tendencies

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THE HUMAN TENDENCIES by Margaret E. Stephenson At Dr. Montessori's last public lecture she disclaimed the atten- tion…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 03 The First Plane of Development

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THE FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT by Margaret E. Stephenson One of the more significant principles of Dr. Montessori was her…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 04 Plan Which Will Best Produce the Results Montessori Can Give

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Margaret E. Stephenson, circa 1970 40 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. 3 • Summer 2000
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PLAN WHICH WILL BEST PRODUCE THE RESULTS MONTESSORI CAN GIVE by Margaret E. Stephenson The Montessori class should begin…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 05 Reminiscences and Thoughts about Montessori Day Care

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Richard and Karin Salzmann, founders of Washington Montessori Institute, circa 1970 • ., •• ·.'.ac~:,,. ~c.;;;;;,;. :4…
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REMINISCENCES AND THOUGHTS ABOUT MONTESSORI DAY CARE by Margaret E. Stephenson I'd like to start off by saying that I…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 06 Cosmic Education

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COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Cosmic Education is, in a way, what we have been leading up to all these days,…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 07 Independence

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NAMTA President Charlotte Kovach-Shea recognizes Margaret E. Stephenson for her Montessori contribution, 1980s 78 The NAMTA…
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INDEPENDENCE by Margaret E. Stephenson I would like to begin by linking independence to this one definition of man: one…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 08 Notes on the Montessori Adolescent

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NOTES ON THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT by Margaret E. Stephenson I think we have encountered some gems already, which will help…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 09 The Adolescent and the Future

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THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FUTURE by Margaret E. Stephenson I have read just recently in a London newspaper the obituary of…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 03 Literary Approaches for the Child Under Six

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of his or her own favored styles of communicating with others and of which styles of others' expressive communication…
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herself how a moment's insight is captured in the seventeen syllables of haiku, translated from the Japanese. As with…

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 26/2 08 Cosmic Sense, Sensibility, and Written Expression: From Childhood to Adolescence

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what they said; some were pessimistic. The adolescent needs some- thing more than logic to have an optimistic view of…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 01 An Overview of Adolescence

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emerged with prominent Montessori educators of the suburbs and cities deciding to move into the "third plane&quot…
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appear more like a traditional junior high in miniature in some cases. But beneath this veneer of traditional time blocks and…
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Place-a place for adolescents to experience as a whole: a place that is an island of green for beholding, a place to work and…
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ing examples of spontaneous discipline through visiting ex- isting Montessori adolescent programs, consolidating past…
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that is to bring the developing human through optimal prepared environments for every stage of development. The Farm School is…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 07 Ruffing Montessori School Peace Curriculum: An Informal Narrative

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CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY compiled by John Long Almost every Montessori secondary…
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Characteristics of Adolescents Physical Characteristics Montessori/Stephenson Emotional • Doubts, hesitations, violent…
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Physical Needs Emotional Needs Social Needs Cogitive Needs Needs of Adolescents Montessori/Stephenson • A need to…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 08 Designing for the Needs of Adolescents: An Interview with John McNamara

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Near the end of the war I leaned toward the Japanese side. And when the war ended I was sad. I was sad and relieved. I was…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 09 Helping the Adolescent Personality

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We need to provide an environ- ment where children can experi- ence community, affirmation, love, and support first and…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 17 Erdkinder: The Experiment for the Experiment (Interview with Margaret Elizabeth Stephenson and A.M…

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ERDKINDER: THE EXPERIMENT FOR THE EXPERIMENT Interview with Margaret E. Stephenson and A.M. Joosten The followi11g…

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