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Sequence 183Rist, R. (1970). Social class and teacher expectations: The self- fulfilling prophecy in ghetto education. Harvard Educational… |
Sequence 203IN MEMORIAM NANCY McCORMICK RAMBUSCH 1927-1994 Nancy McCormick Rambusch,founder of the American Montessori Society, died of… |
Sequence 28for the most part, dependent upon the opinions and decisions of teachers and school administrators in determining the… |
Sequence 59GROUNDS FOR CHANGE: LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES IN BRITAIN by Bill Lucas There are more than 30,000 schools in Britain.… |
Sequence 78need to return to Montessori's writing-particularly From Childhood to Adolescence and Education and Peace. But it was… |
Sequence 169REFERENCES Coles, G. (1987). The learning mystique: A critical look at learning disabilities. New York: Pantheon Books.… |
Sequence 13MARIA MONTESSORI AND THE "GLASS HOUSE" by Alan Bonsteel, MD Dr. Bonstee/' s article not only conveys… |
Sequence 17and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 48Established in 1961, Alcuin is a parent- owned, not-for-profit, state of Illinois recognized school located in a pictur-… |
Sequence 215birth to 3 years of age, the child from 3 to 6 years, the child from 6 to 12, concerns a much more detailed look at individual… |
Sequence 219Nonetheless, the four triangles, and therefore the four planes, are distinguished two by two through the use of color. The… |
Sequence 232incorporate are not mutually exclusive but mutually enriching. Conse- quently, our understanding of the four planes of… |
Sequence 51For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown"… |
Sequence 60answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason… |
Sequence 62The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the… |
Sequence 139parison with this all-too-frequent condition, the total involvement of flow is experienced as rewarding. Our studies over the… |
Sequence 141THE CONSEQUENCES OF FLOW There are many reasons why experiencing flow is beneficial. Per- haps the most important is also the… |
Sequence 160The great work for the child, as for all humans, is to become a conscious collabo- rator with the unfolding of the universe… |
Sequence 178REFERENCES Montessori, M. {1966). The secret of childhood. New Delhi: Orient Longmans. (Original work published 1936)… |
Sequence 188Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered… |
Sequence 195THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION: A MODEL FOR EDUCATIONAL CHANGE by Rexford Brown Dr. Brown first highlights the ways in which a… |
Sequence 197designed to meet new needs, it becomes increasingly isolated from its clients or customers. Broken into tiny subunits where… |
Sequence 254Supportive administration as well as primary and lower elementary staff. Small class size, beautiful cam- pus setting,… |
Sequence 121of the intellect for its own sake. The reasoning mind has a much grander task: The work of humanity that always loves more,… |
Sequence 141REFERENCES Gebhardt-Seele, P. (1997). Evaluating experiences in adolescent programs. The NAMTA Journal, 22(1), 14-21.… |
Sequence 161It is possible to conceive a universal movement for human reconstruction which follows a single path. Its sole aim is to help… |
Sequence 179Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers… |
Sequence 70It was also decided that the proceedings of the Colloquium would be transcribed, circulated to all the participants, and… |
Sequence 104Branden, N. (1997). The art of living consciously. New York: Simon & Schuster. Briggs, D.C. (1970). Your child's… |
Sequence 225Q: How do we make what we have to offer as teachers or as parents valued? As Montessori teachers or as Montessorians, how do… |
Sequence 18Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the… |
Sequence 53With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains 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 109The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and brought to light. After many episodes of normalization… |
Sequence 175The adolescent is a social embryo, so your prepared environ• ment must be what society is all about, in the context of the… |
Sequence 207Anyone planning to involve children in a community participation project should be prepared to answer such questions as… |
Sequence 249MARIA MONTESSORI: A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN by Robert G. Buckenmeyer In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco… |
Sequence 110Tire Earthworm. Haughley, Suffolk: The Soil Association, n.d. Fil kin, David. Stephen Hawking's Universe. New York: Basic… |
Sequence 177Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 47Listening to poetry is art unto itself. Like listening to jazz or opera, it involves both a disciplined listening and a deep… |
Sequence 110Though the discovery of cosmic and terrestrial evolution has involved humans from a diversity of cultural backgrounds and can… |
Sequence 142Light Expanding, Radiant Rushing, Giving, Receiving It burns in all of us, The Giver REFERENCES Cajete, Greg. Look to the… |
Sequence 39It was Maria Montessori' s insight that the child had within an "inner teacher" that dictated a &… |
Sequence 71First a little political and geographical orientation: Romania is an Eastern European country. It is surrounded by the Black… |
Sequence 148Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.… |
Sequence 61• an anxious concern for life • love for people and things • emotional wellness • warm, expressive, outgoing, and optimistic… |
Sequence 62Montessori, Maria. "Child's Instinct to Work [Lecture, London, 1939]." AMI Communications (1973, #4): 6… |
Sequence 115with the gifts of its mission of free- dom, its colorful history of different peoples, its art and literature that tell that… |
Sequence 94Q:To what degree can you take the philosophical realizations of Cosmic Education that take place in the second plane (the… |
Sequence 14Montessori, Maria. To Educate tile Humnn Potential. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1986. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 47Montessori, Maria. What You Should Know about Your Child. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1966. Montessori, Mario.… |
Sequence 98REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential… |
Sequence 201Documenting Montessori expansion in North America, NAMTA has suggested since 1992 that further program design needs to be… |
Sequence 79herself how a moment's insight is captured in the seventeen syllables of haiku, translated from the Japanese. As with… |
Sequence 114Near the end of the war I leaned toward the Japanese side. And when the war ended I was sad. I was sad and relieved. I was… |
Sequence 153written material, discussion, and a variety of field experi- ences. Each student will: • Read Travels with Charley, by John… |
Sequence 239Joosten: The seventh leg is someone who really wants to do it. But it's not enough to want to. That is where we have to… |
Sequence 310all contributed to a spirit of reevalua tion and reform in education that began in the last decades of the nineteenth century… |
Sequence 331Marchetti, Maria Teresa. "La scuola per gli adolescenti- IJI." Vita del/'lnfanzia 2.3 (1953) 7+.… |
Sequence 531that assessed the ability to discriminate various tastes, smells, sounds, and textures, the study found that these individuals… |
Sequence 181clams, jellyfish, starfish, sponges, spiders, vertebrates, leeches, lawyers, and other species began to develop. (Adapted… |
Sequence 44children we love and work with. Thank you for your attention. It has been an honor to share these thoughts with you.… |
Sequence 218holistic, or even naturalistic values that fly in the face of disciplinary thinking. Science, geography, history, and other… |
Sequence 64"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an… |
Sequence 49foJlowed by the genius. His characteristics are absorbed attention, a profound concentration which isolates him from all the… |
Sequence 84REFERENCES Haines, A.M. Spontaneous Concentration in the Montessori Prepared Environment. Videocassette. NAMTA, 1997.… |
Sequence 66matter. One might almost say they represent a kind of distillation of her thinking, observation, and reflection over many,… |
Sequence 67Montessori, Maria. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. The Montessori Educational Research Center. New York: Schocken… |
Sequence 99other hand, why is it that a few prisms keep their original colors? • How should we set about representing (by means of loose… |
Sequence 111This clear separation would help communication both within the adult Montessori community and also with the world at large.… |
Sequence 119differences also by providing each elementary environment (be it six to nine or nine to twelve) with a full set of advanced… |
Sequence 140Foreword by Margaret Drummond. The Italian edition isComeconobbiMaria Montessori. Rome: Vita dell'infanzia, 1956.… |
Sequence 159environment. He is like the spider, whose web, whose field of action, is enormous in comparison to the animal itself (… |
Sequence 178Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1949. Montessori, Maria. To… |
Sequence 246invisible causes of a mysterious kind of communication, that nonetheless transport the actual voice of Man and the thoughts… |
Sequence 45REFERENCES Brazelton, T. Berry, & Stanley I. Greenspan. The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have… |
Sequence 63treat your souls. So I will leave you with this: Be strong and moral young men and women, and as you face the world before… |
Sequence 179Because of our human tendency to perfection, we adults struggle to find the perfect solution, the perfect time, the perfect… |
Sequence 132uniqueness into a richer idea of society and what we can achieve as humanity. REFERENCES The Adolescent Colloquium: Summary… |
Sequence 159the parish would have twelve Masses every weekend and they'd all be full." Why does this journey with the child… |
Sequence 178in the Milwaukee Public Schools. Rochester, NY: AMI/ USA, 2003. Edison, Charles. Edison Experiments You Can DO. New York:… |
Sequence 196Montessori, Maria. The Child, Society and the World: Unpub- lished Speeches and Writings. 1979. Trans. Caroline Juler &… |
Sequence 199The purpose of my discourse is to examine why and in what way Maria Montessori's vision of cosmic education, formed… |
Sequence 201social conceptions, and was interned by the British just as she was. As a professor and later chancellor of the university, he… |
Sequence 204able to choose freely which groups of students and teachers I wished to observe and listen to; I was able to join any group as… |
Sequence 205House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational… |
Sequence 212opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for… |
Sequence 217With their boundless energy they questioned, explored and experimented in all areas of culture. The small botani- cal garden… |
Sequence 219introduction to her thoughts on the theory and practice of cosmic education; another was the fact that this was the first… |
Sequence 227Kramer, Rita. Maria Montessori: A Biography. New York: Putnam's, 1976. Krishnaswamy, S. "George Sydney Arundale… |
Sequence 167REFERENCES Grazzini, Camillo. "The Four Planes of Development." The Child, the Family, the Future. AMI… |
Sequence 292Then,ofcourse, you think: butwhatabout theadolescents?Where are they going to get their vision of the whole? From the… |
Sequence 361interest in, what is extraordinary, what is magnificent; and they have a natural tendency to hero worship. All of this can be… |
Sequence 428subplanes of parent-infant class, infant, and toddler (ages birth to three), preschool (ages three to six); lower elementary… |
Sequence 38REFERENCES Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Dyer,… |
Sequence 51• Allow your child to feel strong feelings; teach him or her acceptable ways of expressing them. • Expect error and cultivate… |
Sequence 52Conference Proceedings, July 19-24, 1994, Washington, DC]. Rochester, NY: AMI/USA, 1995. 117-130. Lakoff, George. "… |
Sequence 139to hold in our hearts and minds the big picture, and for the love of our children and the future, to keep our own fire of hope… |
Sequence 140Montessori, Maria. Education and Peace. 1949. Trans. Helen R. Lane. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1972. Montessori, Maria. &… |
Sequence 166Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1959… |