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Sequence 1A MONTESSORI VISION OF ADOLESCENCE by Lawrence Schaefer Dr. Schaefer's deve/,opmental outlook for the adolescent arises… |
Sequence 2watching it grow tall and straight and bring forth beautiful leaves. And then, just as it is ready to flower, someone moves it… |
Sequence 8d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)… |
Sequence 1d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)… |
Sequence 2impulses that even now throb in thine own little selfish heart. Lift up thy eyes, behold that life, and then tum away, and… |
Sequence 6perfectly normal thing to do. Ms. A: Yes, I think that's what I mean. Mr. B: Well, aren't some strange behaviors… |
Sequence 2varied clients about complex, often unanticipated problems; who can imagine the needs of other people, that is, and exercise… |
Sequence 25who experienced deprivation when very young and rebounded hand- somely in adolescence. According to Kagan, the commotion… |
Sequence 12References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San… |
Sequence 8builds thought, language, and concepts. And this need for integration aero~ the curriculum guides the organization of time,… |
Sequence 1COAUTION OF ~ENTIAL SCHOOLS by Michael Goldman In straight-forward language, Michael Goldman challenges the conference to… |
Sequence 19But I think that these more basic issues of working on collaboration, working on redefining the role of the teacher, on… |
Sequence 9S. I Hiyakawa, who was my president out at San Francisco State, is a wonderful person. When Dr. Hiyakawa was running for… |
Sequence 11References Eisley, Loren. (1964). The unexpected universe. New York. Harcou re, Brace, and World, Inc. Lorenz, Konrad. (1990… |
Sequence 11Maclean, P. D. 0985b). The triune brain in conflict. Fam.if;y, Play, and the Separation Call, 12. Maturana, H. R., &… |
Sequence 3behavior-at least, not in the way we want. No behavioral manipulation ever helped a child develop a commitment to becoming a… |
Sequence 7But one way or another, millions of children learn to shut up and do what they're told. This lesson is typically enforced… |
Sequence 15sex and postponed marriage age into the late twenties, it opted for the one- child family. Had China consulted me on its… |
Sequence 17You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 19Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 21Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.… |
Sequence 169You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 6Once a decision has been made to enroll a child, additional steps are taken to firmly initiate this partnership with parents… |
Sequence 14Assessment (1992, p. 7), and the future of testing in America depends on issues of equity and the improvement of opportunities… |
Sequence 5BACKGROUND OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS Teacher Background The two teachers who were trained in Montessori methods, A and B at… |
Sequence 1MARIA MONTESSORI: w ORLD PEACE THROUGH THE CHILD by E. Mortimer Standing E. Mortimer Standing's remarks concerning… |
Sequence 4that we are now faced with a crisis of global proportions. This situation takes the form of a crisis in energy, food, ecology… |
Sequence 14REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1915). The school and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, R. (1976). Maria… |
Sequence 1How ARE You SMART?: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES by Bruce Torff The question "How are you smart… |
Sequence 9In coming to this bigger model, this bigger metaphor, I'm trying to fish around for people who seem to have their hands… |
Sequence 14When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'… |
Sequence 26MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (… |
Sequence 27John Dewey's American pedagogy and William Heard Kilpatrick's realization of this (Project-Method, 1918); Carleton… |
Sequence 28The Italian government did not join the IBE and thereby indirectly favored the dominating influence of the Geneva group of… |
Sequence 29willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant… |
Sequence 7space is not very large, but it allows the children access to the outdoors at any time. We use this space all year long for… |
Sequence 23concrete example in a school environment that exemplifies a doing to approach or a working with approach. If it's one… |
Sequence 24Fourth, punishment gets people to think almost exclusively about their own self-interest. Whenever we talk about"… |
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 27WHY REWARDS FAIL 1. Rewards punish • because they're controlling • when they're not received 2. Rewards rupture… |
Sequence 4tion of agrarianism, I will try to suggest to you, is tied to Western culture. In other words, Western culture would not have… |
Sequence 11them first to get the tangent taste out, and then you press them into olive oil. As for barley or wheat, you have to cut it… |
Sequence 21quite accurate analysis. I think we all have to realize that farms like mine are being destroyed in California. All of my… |
Sequence 8I thought, "Oh, this is stupid." Then they said, "What are you going to do with these coyotes?… |
Sequence 10I said, "That's just a law. It's a canon. You can't escape it. It's always going to be true.… |
Sequence 19Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Trans. A. George. 1912. New York: Schocken, 1962. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of… |
Sequence 25Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 4center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 2ogy and Semitic culture and history. Over the years, I slowly became aware that, in addition to Italian and Hebrew, Sofia… |
Sequence 20Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 12Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 10to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both… |
Sequence 2to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both… |
Sequence 227Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 34Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. 1957. Rev. ed. New York: New American Library, 1984. Sternberg, R. &… |
Sequence 10ment, because that is probably the most potent form of inter- action we have in early life. This kind of environment re-… |
Sequence 11There are other reasons as well with preemies-they're sort of being bombarded by stimuli they're not ready for-but… |
Sequence 23a child's language experience. What we think happens is that in a baby's brain we have this initial bias; we have… |
Sequence 24responding with more activity than the right hemisphere even in these very young babies. The left hemisphere is biased for… |
Sequence 42good models. I shouldn't say good models-I don't mean to be too moralistic about what's good and what's… |
Sequence 18and language. So you might think there's got to be a connection between the two. But what precisely is the connection?… |
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Sequence 17exist in other cultures. We're not supposed to speak of Western chauvinism now, but I think that I can prove to you that… |
Sequence 4started to have threshing floors, presses, small little agricultural production centers right on their farms or shared by a… |
Sequence 13all of you as teachers should remember one thing: Your allegiance is not to make people feel good but it is to the truth.… |
Sequence 23What tragedy from the agrarian experience does is to teach a stu- dent that there are certain terrible things in the world… |
Sequence 25He said, "Oh, no." I said, "That's just a law. It's a canon. You can't escape it. It… |
Sequence 13Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. 1936. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1966. Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life… |
Sequence 4to work. Also with these expanded career opportunities, we experi- enced, in the United States, a great mobility of families.… |
Sequence 2There is a very critical series of separations and attachments in these first three years. Silvana Montanaro often says that… |
Sequence 3This time frame is very short-unless you' re in the middle of it, and then you think it's a lifetime. When you'… |
Sequence 7child the belief that we trust they can do it, they move away from us with security and the feeling that they can do whatever… |
Sequence 7Do they love them? Yes, they do. Do they want to do those little fasteners? Yes, they do. My granddaughter, at seventeen… |
Sequence 9A: Flipping up and down-I don't know ifl' d recommend flipping up and down with toddlers, because they'll try… |
Sequence 12don't accidentally urinate on the floor. It's usually quite on purpose. It's simply that they urinate on the… |
Sequence 17At this same school, the children in the early school care program would come to one building to have their breakfast and do… |
Sequence 18We use a tablecloth with place settings embroidered on it so that a child can independently set the table by matching the… |
Sequence 19ACTIVITIES WITH PLANTS ANO ANIMALS Another activity is plant watering. Young children, when they're first walking until… |
Sequence 10Hopefully this weekend has given you a little renewal of this vision. I want to give you two quotes. One is from E.M. Standing… |
Sequence 6before you can be really sure that they're never going to have a lapse in toileting. And, of course, given the conditions… |
Sequence 7fails to challenge children from an infant community, who, you re- member, have been actively involved in practical life… |
Sequence 8have had at least one child who came in from a home environment already on the path to normalization. We also need to assess… |
Sequence 10Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Clrildlrood. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1966. Standing, E.M.… |
Sequence 6sive to six- to nine-year-olds: "Wow! I wonder if puppies do that too. I wonder if kittens do that when they're… |
Sequence 8physically what happens to your body when you hit adolescence. I can't talk to boys because I've never experienced… |
Sequence 13children it was the first time they'd seen a birth. And I didn't want them to associate blood and birth. Q: Where I… |
Sequence 25conceived in love-the love between two women-and the sperm just came from somebody else. Butthat child, in fact, from their… |
Sequence 10And then finally I want to talk about this notion of the pitfall of progressivism because progressivism today is the dominant… |
Sequence 19Now I think we see that in early childhood the mastery orientation is rooted in the young child's will, which is a good… |
Sequence 22period of middle childhood. I want to actually juxtapose what I just described-this sort of infancy and early childhood… |
Sequence 23Yet there are two fundamental processes that I think are in play in adolescence and they're just like the ones that we… |
Sequence 10thousand years ago is almost incomprehensible. I mean think about ten thousand years into the future-it's not even… |
Sequence 17So I tried to write a book that covered all of this stuff in a way that was warm, non-technical, and filled with narrative and… |
Sequence 27ment so people can confront that. Even if you believe in God, you still have to confront the coldness and the darkness along… |
Sequence 7Nature: A Favorite Place [nformation about children's relationship with nature has been coming out from many studies… |
Sequence 3mentally congruent view of the importance of contact with nature in childhood. PROBLEMATIZING NATURE EDUCATION One of the… |
Sequence 6Montessori has this wonderful notion of the universe story as a curricular framework for the middle years, which operates at… |
Sequence 25Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Trans. Barbara Barclay Carter. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1936. Montessori, Maria… |
Sequence 15feel-you know, how happy they are, how cheerful, how concentrated. In this particular study, the one with teenagers, we asked… |
Sequence 27Philosophy of the Winnetka Curriculum, 1926); and those of two of Montessori's pupils: Makinden (Individual Work System)… |