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Sequence 169universe is an imposing reality, and an answer to all questions. We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things… |
Sequence 170coursed through her in new streams" (1948/1991, p. 59). How appropriate a way of indicating the moment when the Earth… |
Sequence 240PART III PREPARING FOR ERDKINDER Therefore work on the land is an introduction both to nature and to civilization and gives… |
Sequence 280One of the things that is producing this tumult, the first, is why did I agree to do this? At first I imagined, if Maria… |
Sequence 341history of the choice movement, including an overview of voucher systems and charter schools in California and elsewhere. Part… |
Sequence 342THE PARENTS' GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVES IN EDUCATION BY RONALD E. KOETZSCH (1997, BOSTON: SHAMBHALA; ISBN 1-57062-067-9)… |
Sequence 348PRESENTING.,, Kay Baker is AMI Elementary Director of Training at the Washington (DC) Montessori Institute. Wmfried Bohm is… |
Sequence 349THURSOA Y APRIL 23 7:00-9:00 pm FRIDA v APRIL 24 9:00-10:00 am PROGRAM Registration and Reception Past, Present, and… |
Sequence 381Send check or money order payable in U.S. currency to: NAMTA, 11424 llellflower Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 4--1106. Orders will be… |
Sequence 4MARIO MONTESSORI: IN SEARCH OF A DEEPER FREEDOM ...1,1 INTRODUCTION… |
Sequence 9which evolves on its own terms. Like the child, as human culture grows with the passage of time, it becomes more conscious of… |
Sequence 11often closed his eyes; he seemed to be offering his ideas as a prayer, reaching for something intangible (as reflected in the… |
Sequence 31Mario Montessori standing behind Maria Montessori at the Theosophical Society, 1947. Seated at right: Sir Archibald Nye,… |
Sequence 37discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the… |
Sequence 50Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &… |
Sequence 6/J~ ---------------------- MONTESSORI EDUCATION: p AST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBLE by David Kahn In 1998, Renilde Montessori… |
Sequence 7Allen in the use of storytelling inspire the practitioner to help children imagine without imposing preconceived notions.… |
Sequence 10WORLD ODYSSEY: REVELATIONS OF THE POSSIBLE by Renilde Montessori In eloquent style, RenildeMontessori speaks of restoring… |
Sequence 11It has been said that change is of the essence-in our courses, in our schools, in ourselves. Perhaps it is not so much… |
Sequence 12Since the death of Mario Montessori in 1982, the expansion of Montessori endeavors has grown to a frenzy of inchoate… |
Sequence 13The influence and success of Montessori education far exceeds even the worldwide recognition of the ideas of John Dewey. How… |
Sequence 15step to make the movement operational, AMI has opened a new chapter, under the name Educateurs sans Frontieres. Definition… |
Sequence 17THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE Since Maria Montessori inaugurated the first Casa dei Bambini in 1907, Montessori schools have… |
Sequence 18Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the… |
Sequence 28Another important point comes to my mind. A very eminent man, Dr. John Thompson, a friend of both Mario and Dr. Montessori-who… |
Sequence 36us listen to the words of Maria Montessori, for she is reminding us that if we can do what we have just been saying, We find… |
Sequence 37Pearce,Joseph Chilton. Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco,… |
Sequence 40THE INTEGRATION OF CULTURES: THE MONTESSORI CONTRIBUTION by Winfried Bohm translated by Devan Barker In this masterful… |
Sequence 41.. . by talking about Montessori edu- cation in terms of its theoretical roots, we are not talking about something which is… |
Sequence 42natural science and the humanities, of experimental research and speculative philosophy, of realistic description of facts and… |
Sequence 431. A GLOBAL ANO COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT If we agree that Maria Montessori developed a global and compre- hensive… |
Sequence 44gathered from throughout the world were more than just a little shocked to hear her begin her speech with the honest admission… |
Sequence 46If you take the time to study the publications of Maria Montessori thoroughly and carefully, you will find confirmed on every… |
Sequence 47Here is where we come to the core of Montessori's thought. For if a per- son, that is every individual person, could… |
Sequence 48Susanne Gunkel, one of my former doctoral students, wrote a master's thesis wherein she identified four basic principles… |
Sequence 49theories of a few other great educational philosophers of a similar caliber. Please note, I am speaking of a comparison… |
Sequence 50programmed computer can be called up and printed out. This theory might seem modern to you; in reality, however, it is over… |
Sequence 53With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the… |
Sequence 56THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 62returning to India again we got married. We are very happy to be all together here now .... Dr. Montessori is much better than… |
Sequence 65we are all dedicated to continues on, for the children of this world. I quote Maria Montessori: Education must no longer be… |
Sequence 72Prepare teachers through prolonged practice with observation of nature .... (Discovery 66-77) And when I talk about freedom… |
Sequence 110Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Trans. A. George. 1912. New York: Schocken, 1962. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of… |
Sequence 125... education researchers have shown that someone who experiences in- terest in a topic also demonstrates more complex… |
Sequence 139FOREWORD When I was asked to prepare a blurb for this presentation, I decided it was important to give some background… |
Sequence 140INTRODUCTION Before considering Erdkinder specifically, let us recall what Montessori says about work, the adult's work… |
Sequence 149in other words, who had been deeply scarred by the war, injured in both body and soul. 6 Other types of institutions have… |
Sequence 150community, since the former and the latter are quite distinct in terms of the community members, the aims, and therefore the… |
Sequence 161United States), a few of the more significant ones could be selected. On the basis of this documentation, it would be possible… |
Sequence 162Montessori also refers to materials for mathematics when she says, "Because of this vital importance of mathematics… |
Sequence 163What guarantee, after all, can the Erdkinder community offer parents? There are no existing Erdkinder com- munities (in the… |
Sequence 167In other words, what is needed now is a single integrated plan, both for each component aspect of the Erdkinder community and… |
Sequence 176But the above interaction with the land could be any environmental project, not specifically Erdkinder. Looking to previous… |
Sequence 214MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE by Edward Warburton Givingduecredit toMontessori'sholisticeducation,… |
Sequence 215Howard Gardner's work and the present state of his Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which debunks traditional notions of… |
Sequence 240the plungers. Recreating this experiment in a simple form helps bring the story to life ina way that just hearing it can'… |
Sequence 242In Maria Montessori' s lifetime, the cosmic importance of the bacte- ria was not known. We now know that the story of… |
Sequence 249MARIA MONTESSORI: A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN by Robert G. Buckenmeyer In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco… |
Sequence 250phenomenon have more disas- trous effects than in education. Teachers have the best inten- tions, but best intentions kill… |
Sequence 258birth of new life. "The personality of the mother," she observes, "is characterized by this: with… |
Sequence 275·~-:~'-r 23rd --~; International Montessori Congress CANCUN MEXICO 23-26 JULY 1999 " Maria Montessori… |
Sequence 277as well as personal and profes- sional leave constitutes a competi- tive benefits package. If you are interested in a teach… |
Sequence 297START THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH THESE $-- PUBLICATIONS The Normalized Child I<it Futrell's classic booklet, The… |
Sequence 299ORDER TODAY! Send to: Name: ------------------------ Schoo I: ____________________ _ ShippingAddresss: (No P.O. Boxes)… |
Sequence 6It is no doubt that Maria Montessori saw a divine presence in young children which made them" all-powerful,"… |
Sequence 8center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 12in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
Sequence 13In these pages I would like to make a short commentary about the two elements Maria Montessori mentioned-the joy and the… |
Sequence 14-------------------------------- -- --- Three-year-old Mark (USA), being told by his mother that the Good Shepherd calls… |
Sequence 15A little three-year-old Mexican girl said to her mother, who wanted to make her pray, "I pray alone and in silence.… |
Sequence 16At the beginning we reacted with some fatigue, because it was hard to see that themes that had been studied with great care,… |
Sequence 34If we delay catechesis until the customary age of six, the child has moved into a new ethical stage in life when God is more… |
Sequence 36Cavalletti had taken Hebrew classes with Zolli and, after earning her doctorate, became his colleague. He is well-known… |
Sequence 38-------------------------------- -- Many catechists have observed that the atrium becomes even more important to older… |
Sequence 44religious sense. They are a way to worship and to express adoration, love, and a total gift of themselves, in a cosmic… |
Sequence 45an oral language and therefore oral tradition is very important. Their principal arts and crafts are embroidery and working… |
Sequence 62Maria Montessori, California, 1915. 58 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. 2 • Spring 1999 |
Sequence 63SCIENCE AND FAITH: MARIA MONTESSORI' S PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION by Robert G. Buckenmeyer Dr. Buckenmeyer' sarray of… |
Sequence 64Psychologists, on the other hand, were traditionally foot-bound, over- burdened with statistical evidence, viewing "… |
Sequence 67phers from Socrates, in the Apology, referring to himself as a midwife; through the early Medi- eval period, beginning… |
Sequence 68is why they start a search for know ledge of that Truth. Such is also the case with Montessori's search into how children… |
Sequence 70room, calmly smiling. She sat down at the edge of my bed and asked me: "Mario, do you see the chandelier swinging… |
Sequence 79not yet fully formed: he has not yet gathered about him the last folds of his robe of flesh and of love which is made up of… |
Sequence 81THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CHILD'S WORK AND COSMIC WORK by Gianna Gobbi Gianna Gobbi' s essay speaks to the &… |
Sequence 83Theseplantsnourish us, heal us, and delight us. What's more, their work of respiration, in which they absorb carbon… |
Sequence 90I long to be in the heart of an island, on a rocky peak, to look out often upon the smooth surface of the sea. To see the… |
Sequence 97millions of years ago, the first animals to do so. Earthworms have this great little grinding gizzard and very strong muscles… |
Sequence 98one boy told me I had a cousin earthworm in Australia measuring twelve feet long, and it was discovered that I had five hearts… |
Sequence 106Listen to this poem by twelve-year-old Matthew: Plants Making animal life possible, The gracefully growing plants are near… |
Sequence 108(Formation 6). Our self- preparation involves our willingness to visualize a child not yet in front of us, our desire to… |
Sequence 113THE SPIRITUAL CHALLENGE OF ERDKINDER PART 1: THE p ASSA GE FROM IMAGINATIVE VISION TO CONCRETE EXPERIENCE by David Kahn In… |
Sequence 160writing the book Nurturing the Spirit was a concern for the majority of Montessori students who do not receive this training… |
Sequence 164The sixth area that I want to mention is how Montessori's concern for peace is rooted in spirituality. After living… |
Sequence 169consider that many of our teacher training centers have not given enough time and emphasis to nurturing the spirit of future… |
Sequence 176ANTI-CONSUMERISM RESOURCES Consumer Alert 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 1128 Washington DC 20036 202-467-5809 fax 202-… |
Sequence 177Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 205Re01e01ber: The 15th of April the rate goes up 15% f ~~c: l '-' ~ ' - -~- ..,_ q;o. 23rd International… |
Sequence 7The artistic indeed has a developmental perspective.Jean Miller's and Elise Braun Barnett's music articles relate to… |
Sequence 72Maria Montessori and Elise Braun presenting music at the International Congress, Rome, 1932. 68 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24… |
Sequence 73MONTESSORI AND Music by Elise Braun Barnett With the sense of discovery characteristic of a first-generation Mon tessorian,… |