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

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 06 Transition: Urban Montessori Secondary to Erdkinder

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TRANSITION: URBAN MONTESSORI SECONDARY TO ERDKINDER by David Kahn A survey of the current Montessori urban secondary…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 10 Research: The Montessori Research: A Review of the Literature

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Boehnlein, Mary. (1984). A study of college/uruversity accredited Montessori teacher training programs. NAMTA Quarterly, 9, 49…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 01 Of Roots and Wings

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OF ROOTS AND WINGS by David Kahn A philosophical outlook on the parent's role in Montessm-i, educa- tion, this article…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 03 Elementary Montessori and Parent Education

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I strongly urge Montessori directors and directresses to collect com- ments by their students on Montessori education. I began…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 09 A Time to Read

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A TIME TO READ By Peggy Kahn All children have to start at the beginning, exploring first what they can reach out and touch…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 01 The Botanical Cards

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THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 07 Cosmic Education and the Physical Sciences

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Footnotes 'Maria Montessori (1948) To Educate the Human Potential 5th Edition 1973, Kalakshetra Publica- tions Press,…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 10 Exploring with the Nine to Twelve Child

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scale, another time computing the relative distances between the plan- ets to a scale that would fit in the classroom. The…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 02 Early Research Studies

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the use of video-taped observations. She also depended on the random- ness of the assignment of the children to compensate for…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 12 Interview: Introducing Luciano Mazzetti

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INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center…

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

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The Montessori idea is unfinished by design. Some complain that the curriculum presented in Montessori training is incomplete…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 04 Response to Generous Understanding: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other (Terranova)

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RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER by Charles Torranova I want to thank David Kahn for…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 10 The Thread of Life—Children Who Have Cancer (with a preface by Dr R. Callee)

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The sick body draws itself, the "body without organs" of the philoso- phers illustrates itself, evicted,…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 01 Albert Joosten and Maria Montessori: Recognizing the Human Spirit

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for uniting the family and the school with a passionate plea for respect- ing the culture of the home, especially the culture…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 02 Albert M. Joosten—A Biography

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for uniting the family and the school with a passionate plea for respect- ing the culture of the home, especially the culture…

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

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Although externally her life was affected by political forces, within she remained detached as this statement indicates: Not…
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&location must be considered as most imponant; for as diseases in the world of bodies are extremely contagious, so, in…
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this principle in this way will surely make a difference in our world. In The Promulgation of Universal Peace, 'Abdu…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 07 Production and Management

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coverage in the Washington Post. NAMTA, with its specialization in media, will manage the publications and videos resulting…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 08 Selected Appendices (introduction)

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coverage in the Washington Post. NAMTA, with its specialization in media, will manage the publications and videos resulting…

NAMTA Journal 17/3 28 The Children's Garden

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The adolescents may choose to design the garden for community ser- vice: to beautify the city; to provide flowers to nursing…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 01 Reinventing Montessori: Perils and Possibilities

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EDITORIAL REINVENTING MONTESSORI: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES by David Kahn To what degree is the fundamental test of…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 07 A World Core Curriculum

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SAMPLER 7bese pragmattc descriptions of adolescent program components which provide an operational view…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 13 Discipline

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NAMTANEWs The Montessori Academy Is Full A new kind of summer program intended to encourage depth, The Montessori Academy…

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

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sensitive period pertinent to each age group, activity, and spontaneous passing into abstraction were possible for the…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 09 Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention To Be a More Effective Weapon Against Poverty

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REsHAPING EARLY CHIIDHOOD INrnRVENTION To BE A MoRE EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST POVER1Y by Edward Zigler, PhD Drawing on his…

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 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the…
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Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to…

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

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It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex…

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

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It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex…
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Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to…
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concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 01 The Montessori Learning Community: Evolving Schools, Evolving Adults, Evolving Children

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phasic plan converging on maturity: the maturity of children, the matu- rity of teachers and parents, the maturity of…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 03 A Day with Dr. Maria Montessori and Her Youthful Charges Is an Eye-Opener for the Average Parent

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To the Montessori "bleachers" the serving of the luncheon of milk and crackers is the most interesting part…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 08 Commitment to Peace

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misery 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…

NAMTA Journal 21/1 01 Three Slide Shows for Parents

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Mary: I allow my little boy to dress in the kitchen. Usually he wants to stay near me at the start of the day. Sally: I…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 04 The Verbal/Linguistic and Visual/Spatial Intelligences

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At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 08 Maintaining the Montessori Metaphor: What Every Child Wants and Needs

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If you're a Bell Curve thinker, you think that a quarter of the people don't even have intel- lect and most of…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 10 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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NAMTA's MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT PROJECT The spirit and energy currently surrounding work toward Montessori adolescent…

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

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This is the first year of NAMT A's Administrators' Group, an attempt to forge stronger relationships between…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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"potentialities which determine his development"; "there exists within this inert being a global…
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full control of all one's energies, which is the result of the maturation that has been reached. The Four Planes In her…
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ergies that are repressed lead to inferiority complexes, the weakening of personality, lack of responsibility, listlessness,…
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Mon te.:;sori has drawn in the middle of her chart, between the drawing above and that below, between "nature&…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 11 Socratic Practice: Intellectual Engagement as the Goal of Classroom Conversation

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Although there is no genealogical link to the Montessori world, several Montessori educators, including David Kahn, executive…
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more appropriate path. Both programs provide specific behavioral suggestions for leaders that may provide helpful scaffolding…

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

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, "What is the point of all this?&…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 07 Transforming Children into Storytellers

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personnel, we had seven storytellers. The list of storytellers during those two years was wide-ranging: • Rod Alexander,…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 04 Motivation: The Foundation of Successful Learning

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he thinks he can go anywhere, and the urge to explore and discover his world has to be limited rather than pushed. Motivation…

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

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Figure 1 suggests that the vision and understanding of Erdkinder must come through a variety of pathways, beginning with…
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Montessori tells us that the adolescent wants to experience roles in society outside of the family. In order to create…

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

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Introduction MARIO MONTESSORI: IN SEARCH OF A DEEPER FREEDOM A LIFE 1 S JOURNEY OF EDUCATIONAL IDEAS by David Kahn When…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 02 Discovering the Real Spiritual Child (Part 1)

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DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 1) by Sofia Cavalletti Sofia Cavalletti cites Montessori's description of…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 01 Finding The Artist Within: A Challenge for Montessorians

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t ~ ----------------------- FINDING THE ARTIST WITHIN: A CHALLENGE FOR MONTESSORIANS by David Kahn In March, 1998, NAMTA…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 06 Montessori to Romania: Project Update

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Six-year-old girls dressed in white aprons and scarves are making no-bake cookies in the public kindergarten class of…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 09 The Child and the Natural Environment

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THE CHILD AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT by Molly O'Shaughnessy Molly O'Shaughnessy has written a definitive article…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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THE CHILD AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT by Molly O'Shaughnessy Molly O'Shaughnessy has written a definitive article…
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Six-year-old girls dressed in white aprons and scarves are making no-bake cookies in the public kindergarten class of…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 13 Innovation within Limits: How Is It Possible? – A Summary of the Proceedings

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Presenters at the Innovation within Limits Seminar E. Thomas Casey, registered architect, came to the Taliesin Fellowship in…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research

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this idea on its head, she once commented at a gathering to honor her, "The highest honor and the deepest gratitude…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 05 The Montessori Farm School: Erdkinder Beginnings 2000

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on and found their children strikingly independent, good natured, and well adjusted. Two regional papers, including the…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 02 Language and Developing Brain

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overall melody and intonation. It's just like perceiving music. Chil- dren really are quite good at perceiving music.…

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

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Afterward: Extending beyond the six weeks was continued work on refining their mission statements in preparation for…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 11 Reflections from the Farm

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Everything about the children ment clearly urges middle schools to has a history, and if the stu- transform the fundamental…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 18 Some Characteristics of a Montessori Erdkinder Compromise

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have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 19 The Kibbutz, Boy’s Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder

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Joosten: 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…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 21 Montessori High School

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The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 22 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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For all that, I thought it must be possible to apply certain funda- mental principles of the Montessori method to secondary…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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What happened? What made this unique culture? I've argued, and I think I can make the argument very briefly this morning…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 32 Geometry and Erdkinder

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progression of mathematical concepts from Algebra I to Algebra II to Trigonometry, culminating in Calculus. Mr. Miller also…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 01 Child Development Under Three: The Foundations of the Personality, the Family, and the Montessori Method

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forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 07 Elementary Physical Education

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(although this may well be- come a thirty-minute period as fitness levels rise). The time scheduled for the fitness…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 08 Philosophy, Psychology, and Educational Goals for the Montessori Adolescent, Ages Twelve to Fifteen

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PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT, AGES TWELVE TO FIFTEEN by David Kahn This…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 11 Buildings That Nurture

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BUILDINGS THAT NURTURE by Victor Sidy Using principles of Frank Lloyd Wright and Maria Montessori, Victor Sidy has created a…
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Inside the classrooms, we configured the lighting and heating/ cooling ducts to accommodate an open vaulted ceiling rather…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 12 Prenatal and Perinatal Foundations of Moral Development

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baby to fall in Jove with one another (Uvnas-Moberg). Thus breastfeeding assists the baby in becoming pleasure tolerant and…

NAMTA Journal 28/3 01 Montessori and Optimal Experience Research: Toward Building a Comprehensive Education Reform

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measuring levels of engagement. NAMTA plans to explore flow in relation to all stages of development as well as to review best…

NAMTA Journal 28/3 04 Response to Two Studies by Kevin Rathunde and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Goal theory and optimal experience theory link well to Montessori pedagogy. Goal theory identifies two kinds of goals: task…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 04 Finding the Spiritual Thread in Montessori Work

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ables him to grow, teaches him to speak, and thus perfects him" (The Secret of Childhood 36). It was Betty…

NAMTA Journal 29/3 02 A Path for the Exploration of any Language Leading to Writing and Reading – as part of the Total…

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It must be stressed that this stage is of the utmost importance both for the young children and for those who emer school at…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 10 The Adolescent and the Family: Love and Limits

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THE ADOLESCENT AND THE f AMILY: LOVE AND LIMITS by Linda Davis Linda Davis characterizes the adolescent's time in life…
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Montessori, Maria. "A New Education for the Secondary School: A Public Lecture Given at Utrecht, January 18, 1937 (…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 11 Project 2012: History Whither Bound from Childhood to Adolescence?

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PROJECT 2012: HISTORY WHITHER BOUND FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE? PHILOSOPHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PREMISES by David Kahn…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 09 The Adult Montessori School Community: Finding a Balance

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I would like to take a moment to acknowledge NAMTA, and its officers past and present. NAMT A has, it seems to me, offered to…

NAMTA Journal 30/3 01 The 2005 Montessori School Salary Survey

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THE 2005 NAMTA MONTESSORI SCHOOL SALARY SURVEY Interpretation and analysis by David Kahn, John McNamara, and Kristin Sasaki…
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Surprisingly, in some cases median administrator salaries are actually lower than the median salaries of teachers with…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 27 The Montessori Potential at the Grove School

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dents in the equivalent of ninth through twelfth grade, but the school has since expanded to two adjacent campuses. The Farm…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 31 The Montessori High School for the Study of Nature and Society

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After twenty-seven years of conferences, colloquia, grassroots organizing, program implementation, and international…
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Local Demand for a Montessori High School Model Cleveland (northeast Ohio) is the second oldest Montessori hub in the United…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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A Montessori Journey: 1907-2007 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit THE NAMTAJouRNAL VoL 32, No. 3 SUMMER 2007 In affiliation…
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Preface by David Kahn Throughout 2007, the year that marks a century since the first Casa dei Bambini, NAMTA has toured…
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Special Acknowledgements There would be no exhibit without the generous contribution and leadership of Thomas Mueller,…
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Notes and Sources on the Historical Panels by Gerard Leonard Introduction The following is not a complete bibliography of…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 02 The Child in Nature: Montessori's Answer to the Ecological Crisis

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THE CHILD IN NATURE: MONTESSORI' s ANSWER TO THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS by Phyllis Pottish-Lewis lll this article, fo1111ded…
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Montessori prescribed in 1907. Unfortunately, very few have grasped the wisdom in the message. [n Education and Pence, she…

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