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Sequence 1511 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story… |
Sequence 1511 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story… |
Sequence 3weeks befol"e I found out what was happening. They finally admitted to me that they were banging on the wall between… |
Sequence 1MURIEL DWYER: ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT by David Kahn Although Ms. Dwyer has written a short pamphlet entitled Key to… |
Sequence 4bedside table was a prayer book, and a new book by Luciano Mazzetti (speaking at the Summer Washington Conference) and a note… |
Sequence 3Guthrie, L. & Hall, W. (1984). Ethnographic approaches to reading research. In P.David Pearson (Ed.), Handbook of… |
Sequence 6projects, ranging from elaborate drawings of Bronze Age armor to an animated cartoon, from epic poetry to a detailed… |
Sequence 5Dr. Montessori was convinced that there was one human nature, but that it manifested itself at a superior level or lower level… |
Sequence 7Education 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… |
Sequence 6Fundamental to the hunter-gatherer adaptation is the belief that either we will all live together or we will die together.… |
Sequence 2"Man himself must become the center of education and we must never forget that man does not develop only at… |
Sequence 3great dissatisfaction when she learned that I was a medical doctor and at that time a pediatrician. It was evident that she… |
Sequence 5director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries… |
Sequence 6were conducted with sufficient fidelity to the method, and the name was sometimes used as if it were an advertisement. The… |
Sequence 1OBSERVATION (1958) by A.M. Joosten Observai:ion is the source of the p<YWer of Dr. Mont.essoris work. Here Mr. Joost,… |
Sequence 2something of it, although love can go far beyond that knowledge. Knowl- edge, however, must be there as a starting point. Love… |
Sequence 4the impression that after a while nothing "new" is seen. Deeper pene- tration and more discoveries require… |
Sequence 107) discipline (orderly and disorderly conduct, obedience, quiet); 8) gen- eral remarks; 9) d,ai,e. These reports are signed by… |
Sequence 1KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MONTESSORI ROOTS An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena In an interview with Damd Kahn, Mildred Guna:… |
Sequence 6are able to visualize any given lrnowledge. By 18 you have envisioned the whole universe. Then at 18 you decide what your… |
Sequence 10Kahn: That's very interesting. Who are some of the people you tell stories about besides George Washington? Gunawardena… |
Sequence 12Bue I think there were other aspects that affected the good testers as well. They began co talk about tests, about "… |
Sequence 6altar for their First Communion. 19 The practical work of learning composting techniques, maintaining and enhancing the… |
Sequence 2GL. How best do you see us helping children, especially the adolescents who are moving towards taking their place in the… |
Sequence 5le was in chis spirit thac she undercook further scientific study of chil- dren. They were to her fellow human beings who… |
Sequence 7Opportunities occur every day co enrich the child's vocabulary. The following activities are very useful and can be… |
Sequence 4We have the legacy of Dr. Montessori's work passed down to us like a guiding light for our mission today. Dr. Montessori… |
Sequence 1THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT: FRAMEWORKS FOR INVENTION by David Kahn Extrapolating from the primary and elementary curriculum… |
Sequence 3rationalistic, deterministic view. The educational environments she cre- ated were clear alternatives to the traditional… |
Sequence 16I. Organizational change is natural and fundamental; organizations are always in Aux. 2. Mose imporranc organizational… |
Sequence 3Montessori views personal autonomy as interconnected with social re- sponsibility and the evolution of human societies. The… |
Sequence 7So we read The Buuer Battle Book. It was Dr. Seuss' metaphor for the Cold War and the devel.opment of atomic weapons. Our… |
Sequence 6but also because it listed Maria Montessori as one of the four visionary educators of the century whose work was instrumental… |
Sequence 24Minsky, M. 0985). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. Montanero, S. Q. 0991). Understanding the Human Being:… |
Sequence 5physical limits of the prepared environment and builds the child's critical attention around a span of the concept.… |
Sequence 5test tales in which you must listen and then repeat it exactly, never saying "a" when you should say &… |
Sequence 7around Germany among the people whose dialects still preserved some of the old forms, as some dialects do in many parts of… |
Sequence 9with them and know them. The dominant animals have, of course, changed a great deal. You get the dominance of the bear in the… |
Sequence 10Another one is "those youngest best," which means, historically, that iri a matriarchate, the youngest son… |
Sequence 11have been traced, and seventeen Robin Hoods. This snowballing happens because there are so few names. Even in England-… |
Sequence 4re you willing.to be open d to abando,n the com- n presupposition ejudice) that "children ed 'to have ~ hot… |
Sequence 3Dr. Montessori expressed her hope "for a normal development, that fortunately does not depend on what we attempt to… |
Sequence 6These two territories became the properties of the societies and nations of man, as time went on, and the story of man was… |
Sequence 8Around six, the child un- dergoes a greattransfor- mation. He is now no longer satisfied with the society of his family and… |
Sequence 11logical characteristics and each needs a prepared adult to help the individual help himself. The four planes of development… |
Sequence 12product of a Casa dei Bambini and a Montessori elementary class which have followed vigorously Dr. Montessori's formula… |
Sequence 22But Or. Montessorl's pri- mary concern for the ado-, lescent was that he should be allowed a life of activ- ity and… |
Sequence 23contacts. Running the shop would necessitate a study of commerce and exchange, of supply and demand, of the rules of book-… |
Sequence 27achieving the development of the human personality, rather than the narrower one of providing culture only, then a close… |
Sequence 1F~&A~--------------- MARIA MoNTFSSOm's CONTRIBUTION To nm CULTIVATION OF TIIE MATIIEMATICAL MIND by Mario M.… |
Sequence 7bars of four are added. This makes the two sides reach the value of seven. To complete the square of seven, a space is left… |
Sequence 2and must be carried out by teachers in their own classrooms. Although much verbal agreement has been given to this original… |
Sequence 1F~I'-------------------- BREAKTHROUGH IN EvoLunoN: TowARD A PARTNERSIDP FUITJRE by Riane Eisler Jn The Chalice and… |
Sequence 1P~----------- TRum IN PARENTING by David Kahn Expen·ence has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our… |
Sequence 8the teacher must awaken the spirit of the child. They considered the moral preparation of the teacher to be the key to… |
Sequence 18behavior and learning such as posture and coordination, the development of directionality and laterality, and the development… |
Sequence 3of life when young people lhrive on real life experience and active involvement. And lhe adults seemed to the adolescent… |
Sequence 10ment, parents often feel differently about continuing if it is an option to go directly into high school after finishing… |
Sequence 6discoveries. He also becomes aware of his class-mates in whom he takes an affectionate interest" (Montessori, 1949/… |
Sequence 4students performed higher than expected. In fact, the homeroom teachers had to be convinced that is was really the students… |
Sequence 164students performed higher than expected. In fact, the homeroom teachers had to be convinced that is was really the students… |
Sequence 180discoveries. He also becomes aware of his class-mates in whom he takes an affectionate interest" (Montessori, 1949/… |
Sequence 5BACKGROUND OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS Teacher Background The two teachers who were trained in Montessori methods, A and B at… |
Sequence 18example, I should discuss the Montessori method and its practical working with any student who asks me, I should not discuss… |
Sequence 9results in "teaching for intelligence." That puts the cart before the horse. If you want to put the cart and… |
Sequence 14• Good and strong preparation of teachers/ guides Two quotes follow, giving us food for thought about the future. First, in… |
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 17and needs, then you have to create the environment. Even if it's not necessary to get a job at IBM, that's okay; if… |
Sequence 5234-235). In a Montessori elementary class, the children are allowed to form groups; most of their work is done in groups.… |
Sequence 29willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant… |
Sequence 2Our long-range planning committee developed a task force to study full-day programs. The task force was comprised of all the… |
Sequence 15"IN Mv SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth… |
Sequence 32University of Vermont, where they held 750 high school Latin stu- dents spellbound in a gym during a presentation at Vermont… |
Sequence 3oversee a capital campaign drive. We were, instead, drawn by the vision of the whole child-and then put ourselves in service… |
Sequence 15skills, then you would be bored. The flow experience seems to occur in that diagonal; in fact, it does occur in the diagonal… |
Sequence 1A MONTESSORI JOURNEY OF SELF by Eduardo J. Cuevas Eduardo Cuevas' luncheon talk explores the experimental nature of… |
Sequence 1THE PREPARED ENVIRONMENT by Eduardo J. Cuevas In this summary of his workshop session, Eduardo Cuevas explores what really… |
Sequence 1INTEGRATING CSIKSZENTMIHALYI AND MONTESSORI by Chulanganee Fernando As a tribute to Dr. Csikszentmihalyi's work, Ms.… |
Sequence 25you saturate a child in an environment of so-called logical conse- quences, that child, if he grows up and thinks he can get… |
Sequence 30There is one way to take a bad thing and make it much worse. You're going to have to bring me back sometime for me to… |
Sequence 32But the fact that young children are so hungry for our approval-are they not?-puts an enormous burden on our shoulders not to… |
Sequence 36a different direction, to teach you everything about motivation that I know on one overhead (see Figure 3). It took me a while… |
Sequence 48We do it with infant rooms. "Good clapping!" Please. Fortu- nately, at the infant level they're too… |
Sequence 49set foot in the classroom. And you can tell partly that it's fake because of tones of voice. Three-year-olds can smell a… |
Sequence 18• Focus on "Ways of Being" with the child. Discipline Begins from Birth Let's take a look at some of… |
Sequence 6little children, these little four-year-olds and five-year-olds, seven-, eight-, nine-year-olds. They sound like adults when… |
Sequence 7which caused Suzuki to place heavy emphasis on environment over intelligence, and that's why, to be a Suzuki student, he… |
Sequence 8requires it; it requires that we dialogue. If you dialogue, you've got to be culturally salient. I think you will hear in… |
Sequence 14'I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want to pay attention to that anymore.' That's what this is… |
Sequence 6Niles Eldredge brought our attention to the importance of the great extinctions in the process of biological evolution. Many… |
Sequence 8corporate agriculture-farm owners don't want to live where they farm because it's boring, it's dirty; they… |
Sequence 21quite accurate analysis. I think we all have to realize that farms like mine are being destroyed in California. All of my… |
Sequence 2And I said, "What do you mean?" And he said, "Well, you've got this Wal-Mart." Well… |
Sequence 8I thought, "Oh, this is stupid." Then they said, "What are you going to do with these coyotes?… |
Sequence 13Oeconomicus-that one person can take a piece of ground and do something with it and another person simply can't. Believe… |
Sequence 27So you've created a hierarchy. You're judgmental. You have certain values that you think are better. Well, the same… |
Sequence 35,h ... work with th&. land is the birthright of every child. ~ .1' "'' ;(! and/ or… |
Sequence 4which evolves on its own terms. Like the child, as human culture grows with the passage of time, it becomes more conscious of… |
Sequence 7discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the… |
Sequence 7from forms and gives names to each; it abstracts the idea of length from the many things that are long and when it uses the… |