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Sequence 7WORLD MONTESSORI: RENEWAL THROUGH COOPERATION by David Kahn What is the task confronting education? It is above all the task… |
Sequence 11PART I MONTESSORI IN AMERICA SAN FRANCISCO, 1915 August, 1995, marks the 125th anniversary of Maria Montessori' s… |
Sequence 14these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 16lecture extensively to wider audiences, including a combined session of the 53rd annual convention of the National Education… |
Sequence 17and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 107the abilities of children throughout the world. As early as 1910, she resigned her lectureship at the University of Rome,… |
Sequence 27Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 38society, and it is the target of a lot of the testing (including IQ testing) that goes on in the United States and around the… |
Sequence 39The first reason has to do with scholarship based on the old model. Consider the recent book The Bell Curve (Herrnstein &… |
Sequence 150Greek, ·French, Latin, science, history. High school ends with the toughest exam in one's life. Without passing it, one… |
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 6ALL-DAY MONTESSORI: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE EXPERIMENT by David Kahn The catch phrase "all-day Montessori&… |
Sequence 1085. Manufactured Equipment and Play Structures The primary function of most manufactured play equipment is to support gross… |
Sequence 44COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Carnillo Grazzini The first section of Mr.… |
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 143These results suggest that flow has important implications for teaching students in our schools. The general attitude toward… |
Sequence 146time in public or alone, and she was involved in a host of new activities. The quality of Caterina's experience had also… |
Sequence 150It should be noted that this method for measuring flow is extremely liberal, relying on the same sort of generalizations one… |
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 203Distinctions between school and neighborhood and community would blur as well. Anyone can perform teaching tasks and… |
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 4PREFACE The Adolescent Colloquium was planned by the Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative about six months before it… |
Sequence 35sense of ownership of the place. Therefore, she questioned the possibility of a national model using children drawn from all… |
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 134requires it; it requires that we dialogue. If you dialogue, you've got to be culturally salient. I think you will hear in… |
Sequence 152inventions of the scientific period, and culminated-not openly, but there was never any doubt-in the United States of America… |
Sequence 211Just so that you know why my name is so long, let me explain it and parse it to make it easier to remember. It is made up of… |
Sequence 222transmitted and becomes more and more complex. We get mortars and pestles and then stone grinding mills and all of that-just… |
Sequence 276great co-ops: Sun-Maid raisin growers is a good example, though it is a cooperative that I think many years ago sold out its… |
Sequence 340Wolf's survey is a resource which will provide a variety of starters for conversations and classroom techniques about… |
Sequence 351organization of story, logic, and truth, which comes to the inevitable realization that to serve is to balance one's… |
Sequence 18Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the… |
Sequence 45understanding of the Child and promoting a new concept of education. This she did consistently and tirelessly for fifty years… |
Sequence 51Froebel, it was in the concept of "play" that he recognized human activity which brought the outer world in… |
Sequence 53With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the… |
Sequence 56THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 61ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
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 63It was a delight to watch Mario with children of any age, in any country, immersed in any situation. Mario could speak with… |
Sequence 109The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and brought to light. After many episodes of normalization… |
Sequence 123REFERENCES Aries, P. Centuries of Childhood. New York: Vintage, 1962. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal… |
Sequence 148Certainly more than twenty years of the" urban compromise" in the United States represents a noteworthy… |
Sequence 150community, since the former and the latter are quite distinct in terms of the community members, the aims, and therefore the… |
Sequence 161United States), a few of the more significant ones could be selected. On the basis of this documentation, it would be possible… |
Sequence 195reflection on this issue, and the CRC is a superb base document for this reflection. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S… |
Sequence 205nity for maintaining cultural continuity while working for economic development (Boulding). Some environmental educators… |
Sequence 287around the school, eventually en- compassing infancy to Erdkinder. Immediate need for a primary teacher. Contact: Anna Marie… |
Sequence 292Heartland Community School, River Falls, WI is seeking AMI- trained applicants at all levels for school serving children 2… |
Sequence 298NEW NAMTA VIDEOS Now available in USA NAMTAis proudtopresent thevideo Montessori in Action: Learning for Life for the first… |
Sequence 12in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
Sequence 41AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
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 203should be motivated to work with a diverse, mostly low income group of families, and also be excited about the challenges… |
Sequence 93something about the life and times of the people. Two examples from the United States: "Old Texas." This… |
Sequence 142Light Expanding, Radiant Rushing, Giving, Receiving It burns in all of us, The Giver REFERENCES Cajete, Greg. Look to the… |
Sequence 162Wooster, a progressive rural com- munity of approx. 26,000 is the county seat of Wayne County, approx.105,000. The beautiful… |
Sequence 163school is committed to maintaining beautiful, fully equipped classrooms. The building is architecturally strik- ing and was… |
Sequence 10THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A CENTURY CONCEPT by Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth Hall walks readers through early Montessori history, from… |
Sequence 62cooked supper for all seven of us. The others washed up so the cook could retreat to her album work. By the time we arrived,… |
Sequence 64something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 126In The Secret of Childhood, Dr. Montessori said, "The adult's envi- ronment is not a life-giving environment for… |
Sequence 148Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.… |
Sequence 222MONTESSORI AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE by Annette Haines A survey of constructivism and… |
Sequence 224HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
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 113gain a certain wisdom. Larry refers to it as human-heartedness (the Chinese concept). So while the elementary child thinks,… |
Sequence 115with the gifts of its mission of free- dom, its colorful history of different peoples, its art and literature that tell that… |
Sequence 200The opportunity to learn and play cooperatively appears to be beneficial even for those raised in Western-style households.… |
Sequence 272England Montessori Elementary Directress Wanted in North London, England. We are an established AMI Montessori school in… |
Sequence 4ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I NAMTA is grateful to Renilde Montessori an1 the Association Montessori Internationale for permissio•n to… |
Sequence 6MARGARET E. STEPHENSON: FOLLOWING THE CHILD ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn Margaret E. Stephenson's… |
Sequence 19the mind, incarnated in a way which would allow man to go out and come back without getting lost in the process. The tendency… |
Sequence 94Q:To what degree can you take the philosophical realizations of Cosmic Education that take place in the second plane (the… |
Sequence 96THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FUTURE by Margaret E. Stephenson I have read just recently in a London newspaper the obituary of… |
Sequence 106The four planes of development, as recognized by Dr. Montessori, are four stages, relatively equal in length, in the formation… |
Sequence 139Teachers in Connecticut are the highest paid teachers in the United States with excellent benefits. Qualified Applicants… |
Sequence 11Finally, these youngsters would emerge with a sense of mission. They would understand the connection between personal vocation… |
Sequence 13Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
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 117layers with the powers of observation and the proximity of the farm, it was our hope that these areas would seek their own… |
Sequence 137Despite the hardships, Elena's engagement and self-direction were also evident five years later, although life events had… |
Sequence 183one or both arms onto something so they can use their hands to manipulate. Once they are standing, they do not want to sit… |
Sequence 206Connected Studies: • MTEC Erdkinder Study Project for the Third Plane of Develop- ment; Montessori Education and Optimal… |
Sequence 211IN MEMORIAM SISTER MARY JACINTA SHAY, R.S.M. DECEMBER 31, 2000 I wish I could have told Sister Jacinta goodbye in person.… |
Sequence 79herself how a moment's insight is captured in the seventeen syllables of haiku, translated from the Japanese. As with… |
Sequence 90HOMO LOQUENS: LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Placing language in the context of human… |