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Sequence 10self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We… |
Sequence 10self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We… |
Sequence 1OF ROOTS AND WINGS by David Kahn A philosophical outlook on the parent's role in Montessm-i, educa- tion, this article… |
Sequence 7I strongly urge Montessori directors and directresses to collect com- ments by their students on Montessori education. I began… |
Sequence 1THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which… |
Sequence 15Footnotes 'Maria Montessori (1948) To Educate the Human Potential 5th Edition 1973, Kalakshetra Publica- tions Press,… |
Sequence 3scale, another time computing the relative distances between the plan- ets to a scale that would fit in the classroom. The… |
Sequence 1THE ACTIVITY AND ART OF READING by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren Dr. Adler's cw.ssicrendering of the thinking… |
Sequence 74-A,C,D. To facilitate as leader is not to make difficult subjects easy but to make it easier for participants to initially… |
Sequence 1INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center… |
Sequence 9The Montessori idea is unfinished by design. Some complain that the curriculum presented in Montessori training is incomplete… |
Sequence 1RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER by Charles Torranova I want to thank David Kahn for… |
Sequence 10Negative Education Rousseau says, "let him be disposed to respect the individual, butl to despise the multitude&… |
Sequence 3Its function and the objects it needs change, however, with the characteristics of the successive phases in the development of… |
Sequence 5a great and essential part. The exact movements of the hand as it uses the sensorial apparatus repeatedly in as exact and… |
Sequence 6Last, the hand should not be forgotten or banished when the intel- ligence starts building its very own construction - culture… |
Sequence 5Although externally her life was affected by political forces, within she remained detached as this statement indicates: Not… |
Sequence 11&location must be considered as most imponant; for as diseases in the world of bodies are extremely contagious, so, in… |
Sequence 14this principle in this way will surely make a difference in our world. In The Promulgation of Universal Peace, 'Abdu… |
Sequence 8names of different animals and plants-wonderful words like "red- winged blackbird" and "white-… |
Sequence 12casks in terms of the adaptive actitudes and skills chat he believes every person should master, including industry, identity… |
Sequence 4"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intel- lect; we apprehend it just as much by… |
Sequence 8The adolescents may choose to design the garden for community ser- vice: to beautify the city; to provide flowers to nursing… |
Sequence 9questions, and methods worth thinking about. These are the necessary intel- lectual conditjons of sound in-service programs.… |
Sequence 17teachers to work with administrators on a plan for released time distribution and an in-service schedule for the system.… |
Sequence 10PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SAMPLER 7bese pragmattc descriptions of adolescent program components which provide an operational view… |
Sequence 14NAMTANEWs The Montessori Academy Is Full A new kind of summer program intended to encourage depth, The Montessori Academy… |
Sequence 2concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the… |
Sequence 10Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to… |
Sequence 2It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex… |
Sequence 166It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex… |
Sequence 176Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to… |
Sequence 184concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the… |
Sequence 5To the Montessori "bleachers" the serving of the luncheon of milk and crackers is the most interesting part… |
Sequence 7quantity of water acquires a motor force which, for instance, may be utilized for the production of electricity. Any teacher… |
Sequence 3misery 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… |
Sequence 2think of multiple talents, potentialities, or manifestations of intelli- gence than a fragmented intelligence." With… |
Sequence 1How ARE You SMART?: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES by Bruce Torff The question "How are you smart… |
Sequence 5Praxis refers to the different uses of words. Praxis involves aware- ness of different parts of speech, for example,open the… |
Sequence 12At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain… |
Sequence 3manifestations of intelligence than a fragmented intelligence. I still believe in a cosmic intelligence, of which we are all… |
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 7"potentialities which determine his development"; "there exists within this inert being a global… |
Sequence 21full control of all one's energies, which is the result of the maturation that has been reached. The Four Planes In her… |
Sequence 22ergies that are repressed lead to inferiority complexes, the weakening of personality, lack of responsibility, listlessness,… |
Sequence 32Mon te.:;sori has drawn in the middle of her chart, between the drawing above and that below, between "nature&… |
Sequence 10self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, "What is the point of all this?&… |
Sequence 4he thinks he can go anywhere, and the urge to explore and discover his world has to be limited rather than pushed. Motivation… |
Sequence 1Introduction MARIO MONTESSORI: IN SEARCH OF A DEEPER FREEDOM A LIFE 1 S JOURNEY OF EDUCATIONAL IDEAS by David Kahn When… |
Sequence 3where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was… |
Sequence 2Mario Montessori was unique in a very special way. He was highly intel- ligent, wise, naughty, and great fun. He was… |
Sequence 3Howard Gardner's work and the present state of his Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which debunks traditional notions of… |
Sequence 20High U) w C, z w .J .J ~ :c 0 Low SKILLS High Figure 1 itself. One situation that does often produce flow is… |
Sequence 6given special gifts as he had a unique part to play in the drama of life. Those special gifts were intellect and love, reason… |
Sequence 11this idea on its head, she once commented at a gathering to honor her, "The highest honor and the deepest gratitude… |
Sequence 4Implicit in love of the environment are the awe and wonder of discovering the world. Another element inherent in love of the… |
Sequence 7tion, even if only sporadically at first, their achievement level will develop over the years along with their concentration.… |
Sequence 9Afterward: Extending beyond the six weeks was continued work on refining their mission statements in preparation for… |
Sequence 8Everything about the children ment clearly urges middle schools to has a history, and if the stu- transform the fundamental… |
Sequence 2Yes, places can make real the human condition and the human experience, something critical in nurturing the life and ongoing… |
Sequence 1exercise his mental powers. Instruction is considered the on! y goal in secondary school, but what sort of instruction? What… |
Sequence 6have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with… |
Sequence 4Joosten: 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… |
Sequence 1The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the… |
Sequence 5For all that, I thought it must be possible to apply certain funda- mental principles of the Montessori method to secondary… |
Sequence 32from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on… |
Sequence 2forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a… |
Sequence 4in the large potential of every human being. We have to decide to change in order to offer the children who live with us the… |
Sequence 7baby to fall in Jove with one another (Uvnas-Moberg). Thus breastfeeding assists the baby in becoming pleasure tolerant and… |
Sequence 5The consciousness, therefore, is applied to considering the slightest movements, to controlling actions in every detail in… |
Sequence 43The consciousness, therefore, is applied to considering the slightest movements, to controlling actions in every detail in… |
Sequence 4ables him to grow, teaches him to speak, and thus perfects him" (The Secret of Childhood 36). It was Betty… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI: A MODERN APPROACH TO INTELLIGENCE by Annette M. Haines Annette Haines' comprehensive review of Montessori… |
Sequence 2The English school took a huge step forward with Charles Spearman's invention of factor analysis. Using this technique,… |
Sequence 13technology, she understood the creative nature of the third plane of development. CONCLUSION Intelligence, in Montessori… |
Sequence 15We must be quick because our species, homo sapiens, having at- tained a certain level of intelligence, is now, in the words of… |
Sequence 4In 1921, the editors of the Journal of Educational Psychology listed these characteristics of intelligence (cited in Cole… |
Sequence 7are isolated sensations and a multiplicity of sensations in the environ- ment, mental confusion prohibits the development of… |
Sequence 1How ARE You SMART?: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES by Bruce Torff One should not address the concept of… |
Sequence 10ADOLESCENT: SLAVE TO THE PRE-COLLEGIATE OR INDEPENDENT LEARNER LOOKING AT THE WHOLE OF LIFE? But, having studied the… |
Sequence 19subplanes of parent-infant class, infant, and toddler (ages birth to three), preschool (ages three to six); lower elementary… |
Sequence 9The phrase "capacity and many-sided powers of adaptation" implies parallel skil.ls for processing… |
Sequence 12Montessori has many observations on this fact. Our prepared environments encourage young children's movement to use their… |
Sequence 4B.F. Skinner promoted a theory called opera11t conditioning or behnvior modificntion. This theory was not concerned with what… |
Sequence 15book of Nnture Study (1911) is still in print today and is a great resource for teachers. 4 Both Professor Bailey's and… |
Sequence 6In this book we shall consider the different stages of human de- velopment and try to understand their significance with the… |
Sequence 6conscious understanding of what he already knows. He knows that he knows. This, of course, is the beginning of self-awareness… |
Sequence 12work was everywhere: on the tables of all sizes, on rugs on the floor, in the hallways, all displaying the children's… |
Sequence 68. Prepare yourself for the birthi11g of your child. You may want to consider taking a birthing class and think about your… |
Sequence 13cent Springs). Schools often provide a list of local resources and referrals for evaluation. 10. Sometimes a student can be… |
Sequence 20ing) skills. Instead, oral language abilities (listening and speaking) are considered the best predictors of reading and… |
Sequence 1HELPING MONTESSORI EDUCATORS REACH ALL KINDS OF MINDS by Mary Jo Dunnington Schools Attuned is one of a suite of… |
Sequence 1INCLUSION: A PREPARATION FOR LIFE by Pam Shanks Rai11tree Montessori Sc1too/ is a model that deserves front and center… |
Sequence 5Sometimes, I found, [ could not call them. Perhaps fear, like a wall behind a wall, or a dullness, like many blankets that… |
Sequence 17Linda Davis began her Montessori work in 1971. She has an AMI Elementary diploma a11d has worked with children from ages three… |
Sequence 3ln our classical elementary curriculum, there is a lot of biology, but of course, very Ii ttle of modern biology. Modern… |
Sequence 11on gaining self-knowledge, and literature is a great tool for self- discovery. An excerpt from Sherwood Anderson's… |
Sequence 43Rota, Gian-Carlo, & Fabrizio Palombi. /11discrete Thoughts. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2008. Steen, Lynn Arthur… |
Sequence 4Tn addition, the school could offer a tuition credit for families that make a referral that results in an enrollment. Tuition… |
Sequence 7knowledge and intelligence. At risk of oversimplification, our ancestors shared stories around the fire. Fire was a… |