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Sequence 49The child's mind between three and six can not only see by intelligence the relations between things, but it has the… |
Sequence 63Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 137The child needs to continue experiencing the living environment- the wilds, plants, animals, rocks, various kinds of terrain-… |
Sequence 85In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the… |
Sequence 86The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then… |
Sequence 87The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The… |
Sequence 91ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE… |
Sequence 98REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential… |
Sequence 319ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much… |
Sequence 321road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when… |
Sequence 322from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on… |
Sequence 326really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire… |
Sequence 353start to see that Mexico developed in a way that did not completely embrace this Western paradigm. I can tell you that… |
Sequence 355to follow an indigenous Aztec pattern of development. That's a very cruel thing to say, but it's absolutely true.… |
Sequence 143trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of… |
Sequence 150the Children's House, let them first know a friendly world, which they can love, admire, and feel at one with. Where they… |
Sequence 153Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural… |
Sequence 15A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 2 by Muriel Dwyer Muriel Dwyer' s caution that the best-laid plans do not… |
Sequence 94In all organisms, the major task is to produce more calories than what you consume and be able to pass on your genes to the… |
Sequence 23context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 128only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
Sequence 217the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,… |
Sequence 226with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen… |
Sequence 38Yet I come to London, and every blessed child speaks good English. Who taught them? Where were the professors, the books, the… |
Sequence 76A PATH FOR THE EXPLORATION OF WRITING AND READING by Muriel Dwyer Connecting the Montessori idea of exploration and… |
Sequence 86What you have to remember is that when the children start work- ing with the moveable alphabet and can put out the pictures of… |
Sequence 89have time for questions. But you'll find all the stages in the booklet. Still, the last stage is not to be forgotten-… |
Sequence 12It is not surprising that Ms. Dwyer renamed her reading classic, originally entitled A Reading Scheme for English (assembled… |
Sequence 13Dwyer, Muriel. "Opening of the 52nd Montessori Interna- tional Course in Child Development." Montessori… |
Sequence 160THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has… |
Sequence 151work of the spiritual sphere in our world through the eyes of the missionary. This is the true story of a missionary in… |
Sequence 198CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of… |
Sequence 205House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational… |
Sequence 207classes existed for students from the ages of six to twelve, but in Kodaikanal Maria Montessori developed cosmic education as… |
Sequence 208about this: " ... when coming to Kodaikanal, a whole new world opened up for Mario. He was mostly experimenting and… |
Sequence 209Because of its seclusion, the population of Kodai grew slowly despite the favorable climate, and always there were many more… |
Sequence 210and finally abandoned. Remaining are unique archives with histori- cal documents about the Jesuit missionaries in southern… |
Sequence 211children, the Swedish and the Jewish school, as well as a few Catholic schools for the children of Tamil families. How was… |
Sequence 212opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for… |
Sequence 213Maria Montessori probably was notable to appreciate the unusual diversity of nature with the same open-mindedness with which… |
Sequence 214Museum of the Sacred Heart College, founded by two priests between 1920 and 1940, was frequently visited by both Montessoris… |
Sequence 215attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y… |
Sequence 216found herself for a time in a frustrating professional isolation: no official notice or acknowledgement of her work, no… |
Sequence 218switched to the KIS, where her parents worked) responsible for her lifelong interest in learning and education is quite… |
Sequence 224between human beings and the cosmos comes up over and over again. For that reason, Maria Montessori, with her discourses about… |
Sequence 225-------------------------------- ---- and Hindu religion deepened, the cosmic idea came to the fore. Shankar Dutta Panday, a… |
Sequence 226On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic… |
Sequence 228Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der… |
Sequence 128understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long… |
Sequence 137We tell many stories of the great and famous inventions and discoverers of history from Archimedes to the present, and other… |
Sequence 138The piece of metal that holds the eraser is caUed the ferrule and is made of brass (a combination of zinc and copper). Zinc is… |
Sequence 108COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,… |
Sequence 117Montessori, Maria. The Secret oJC!,i/dlwod. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1966. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 98An Auspicious Beginning Small images from top to bottom: Dr. Montessori meeting children in Kotohena with the first… |
Sequence 106South Africa: Grassroots Networks South Africa: Montessori in the Context of Social Reform Jenco School, o villoge-operoted,… |
Sequence 108Montessori in Africa, continued Helping one another, Uma Lourdes School, Soweto (near Johonnesburg), I 998 Mosizokhe… |
Sequence 110Children's House co/or toblet work at Telperion Farm School, 1998 Montessori in Africa, continued Inter }oho C/… |
Sequence 142Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences "The eye that sees and the hand that obeys:• South Africa, 2006 Dramar:ic… |
Sequence 150Montessori Farm Programs in Africa, Australia, and Mexico Shepherding pygmy goats, Telperion Farm School. serving ages 3-18… |
Sequence 191Discovering the Universal Child (India) Adding to what has been mentioned on the Indian panel, the famed Gujarati educator… |
Sequence 92Work that would be impossible for one alone becomes feasible as a group enterprise; the discoveries and inventions of a few… |
Sequence 186In reality, a human being does not actually become what it exam- ines, but it seems it can edge workably close. One obviously… |
Sequence 100book of Nnture Study (1911) is still in print today and is a great resource for teachers. 4 Both Professor Bailey's and… |
Sequence 266Nationalist and Independence Movements A. Origins of independence movements in Africa and Asia; B. Methods of achieving… |
Sequence 106Language, what an amazing human characteristic this is! And as we think about language, there are many questions that might… |
Sequence 148of study. As I travel through, I'll give you some hints about how we've done it with children. When r asked John… |
Sequence 159is supposed to be in Coptic and Latin. In the text that the children read, the Coptic is translated into English. For this… |
Sequence 216native peoples, and his leadership helped his state to become a leader in the struggle for American values, for peace,… |
Sequence 30systems that exist in the world today. "The basic structures for our behavior are innate. The specific details of how… |
Sequence 13say that we have lived in peace and we have had a Lot of conflict. Peace is the capacity to face the conflicts, overcome the… |
Sequence 22Montessori School. Together we ran four full lnternational courses. Then the political situation changed and many of those… |
Sequence 26assistance in developing a funding submission and, with the help of other international colleagues, a proposal was developed… |
Sequence 32REFERENCES By-laws of the Association Montessori lnternalio,rnle. Am- sterdam: AMI. AMI Strategic P/a,1 2008-2012. Amsterdam… |
Sequence 77A Story of Morlem-Dny No111nds: The Mb11ti In the northeastern corner of a Central African country called the Democratic… |
Sequence 79Because of their nomadic way of life, the Saa mi do not have permanent houses. They use easy-to-move tents, which are… |
Sequence 99and there are 192 countries that are members of the United Nations (UN). But that's not the end of the issue. There are… |
Sequence 123participation in actions meant to bring social justice to people in the classroom, in the community, all over the world. We… |
Sequence 206able and efficient way of life. Through this endless work, human beings have become the creators of a supernature, that whi.ch… |
Sequence 4430 Part One - Toward the Children's /louse: The Formation Years wages of their male colleagues - and intellectually,… |
Sequence 181Farji-om Italy: First Europe and then India 167 heard a word that was not the right one, and then smiled to him. As one… |
Sequence 182168 Par/ Tll'o - For a Science of 1he Formation of Man observations also concerned the relations between plants and… |
Sequence 213Maria Montessori Through the Seasons of the "Method" 199 Montessori course of 1910 and the Children's… |
Sequence 23the later attachment to the words we use for those actions. "Never give more to the mind than you do to the hand,… |
Sequence 162BECOMING AN ADULT: p ATHWAYS TO MATURITY by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Dr. Csiksze11t111i1Iayli begins with Mo11tessori's… |
Sequence 163mammals tend to rely on genetic instructions for how to behave or what to do. But for humans, we have to learn how to become… |
Sequence 192creating a self, an increasingly conscious self, acts of creation would seem natural, productive, and satisfying. Montessori… |
Sequence 198so emotional and confused at the time is an oversimplification of a deficiency we are all contributing to. Why did we stop… |
Sequence 174Montessori National Curriculum for the Second Plane of Development from Six to Twelve Years The human story is one of constant… |
Sequence 310An adolescent is forming new ideas and new ways to think that are not easily explained. 1t helps parents and educators to know… |
Sequence 321Montessori, Maria. "Dr. Montessori's Third Lecture Given at the Montessori Congress in Oxford, England, 1936.… |
Sequence 340Now 12 says, for the betterment of society. The high school is the training ground for a scie11tia co11- at11rnlis, an exalted… |
Sequence 76child as the agent of change. In The Discovery of the Child (67), Montes- sori writes of a British family who lived in India… |
Sequence 133 Kahn • Preface: Revelations Then and Now—Guided by Nature of the human personality and of our planetary system are playing… |
Sequence 144 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 intellectual understanding of nature and ecology. Cosmic Education… |
Sequence 6353 Montessori • Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12 exercises of Practical life: 3 to 6 coMPared to 6 to… |
Sequence 9181 Part II • History of the Universe: The Earth and the Integration of the Human Personality Part II e History of the… |
Sequence 9383 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience the KodaiKanal exPerience: chaPter i Kahn-wiKraMaratne interview… |
Sequence 9585 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience students used to go away after the lecture; I would run up there… |
Sequence 9787 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience WIKRAMARATNE: Yes. Kodaikanal was a place where English, American… |
Sequence 9888 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Kodaikanal. During the first two years with the chil- dren, we had made… |