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Sequence 208It was Maria Montessori' s insight that the child had within an "inner teacher" that dictated a &… |
Sequence 210And the adult human, says Bronowski, in The Ascent of Man, is "a singular creature. He has a set of gifts that make… |
Sequence 228She "jumped off" into new territory without having a plan in place-and let her commitment to fighting for… |
Sequence 231In 1915, Dr. Montessori traveled to California to attend the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. She… |
Sequence 235This early discovery has continued to be a hallmark of the Montessori approach to child development. Dr. Montessori was… |
Sequence 6selected fifteen from those who were nominated, and we spent a week in Mexico, in Akumal, a small resort on the Caribbean… |
Sequence 12todo the activity to the point that you don't have to think about your skills anymore. There is an expression in… |
Sequence 3National Erdkinder Consortium, a clearing house for Erdkinder devel- opment founded by Gang. Three previously unpublished… |
Sequence 5Near 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 11written material, discussion, and a variety of field experi- ences. Each student will: • Read Travels with Charley, by John… |
Sequence 24Joosten: 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 20all contributed to a spirit of reevalua tion and reform in education that began in the last decades of the nineteenth century… |
Sequence 8Marchetti, Maria Teresa. "La scuola per gli adolescenti- IJI." Vita del/'lnfanzia 2.3 (1953) 7+.… |
Sequence 19critics. I think in this case the Right was right, that eventually our capitalist system would create so many goods and… |
Sequence 20What happened? What made this unique culture? I've argued, and I think I can make the argument very briefly this morning… |
Sequence 3In addition, diversified crops don't require the same soil and climatic conditions. With diversification, now farmers… |
Sequence 9you look at the long history of the West, that's the fight for the Western soul, and usually the period of the classical… |
Sequence 11was very well-meaning. But as soon as people got capital for them- selves, what did they do with it? Did they go out and buy… |
Sequence 12to follow an indigenous Aztec pattern of development. That's a very cruel thing to say, but it's absolutely true.… |
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 17And he said, "Well, you've got this Wal-Mart." Well, Wal-Mart in California-I suppose it's the… |
Sequence 20balance is the profile of the agrarian: The agrarian alone understands that proper balance. We go back to the image of… |
Sequence 26even made some money on it. Then one May, right before we were going to pick it-it was absolutely beautiful-the whole orchard… |
Sequence 2is true that if a person blows a cylinder in a tractor right during harvest, someone will step forward. Farmers are the most… |
Sequence 3become a mechanic. They become less connected with the land. They use capital from off the farm to subsidize losses on the… |
Sequence 24progression of mathematical concepts from Algebra I to Algebra II to Trigonometry, culminating in Calculus. Mr. Miller also… |
Sequence 8that assessed the ability to discriminate various tastes, smells, sounds, and textures, the study found that these individuals… |
Sequence 19Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural… |
Sequence 17I'm the international coordinator of a project for UNESCO called Growing Up in Cities, which has produced many examples… |
Sequence 21development in ecodesign. In this second part I shall discuss the implications of all these ideas for education. I should tell… |
Sequence 30voted to choose a small shrimp called the California freshwater shrimp, which occurred in the creeks surrounding the school in… |
Sequence 9holistic, or even naturalistic values that fly in the face of disciplinary thinking. Science, geography, history, and other… |
Sequence 34foJlowed by the genius. His characteristics are absorbed attention, a profound concentration which isolates him from all the… |
Sequence 8invisible causes of a mysterious kind of communication, that nonetheless transport the actual voice of Man and the thoughts… |
Sequence 16invisible causes of a mysterious kind of communication, that nonetheless transport the actual voice of Man and the thoughts… |
Sequence 2f ROM ECOLOGICAL LITERACY TO ECOLOGICAL DESIGN INTELLIGENCE by David W. Orr In the next two articles, David Orr addresses… |
Sequence 15us, it was a good decision, too. Now we're differentiated, and our customers are even more loyal to us. When you talk… |
Sequence 6In Montessori's original Children's House, there were no toys for pretend play. Instead of dressing and undressing… |
Sequence 5Because of our human tendency to perfection, we adults struggle to find the perfect solution, the perfect time, the perfect… |
Sequence 19With their boundless energy they questioned, explored and experimented in all areas of culture. The small botani- cal garden… |
Sequence 4Participants experience clarity and social cohesion around the Erdkinder farm school experience, which is, in some cases,… |
Sequence 19subplanes of parent-infant class, infant, and toddler (ages birth to three), preschool (ages three to six); lower elementary… |
Sequence 4is the spirit within us all. From this we get that the ulterior goal of education is to help the spirit within each individual… |
Sequence 15Montessori, Maria. The California Lectures of Maria Montessori, 1915: Collected Speeches and Writings. Ed. Robert G.… |
Sequence 15We tell many stories of the great and famous inventions and discoverers of history from Archimedes to the present, and other… |
Sequence 4of Mexico and California, today we are exploring new ways to refine our understanding of organisms and molecules at the micro… |
Sequence 7... the most difficult thing is to walk keeping one's equilib- rium balanced in the most difficult position, as, for in… |
Sequence 14Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude Claremont. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalekshetra, 1959.… |
Sequence 17REFERENCES Carlyle, Thomas. 011 Heroes, Hero-Worship n11d the Heroic i11 History. 1865. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.… |
Sequence 25there-and I didn't know it until I got there-were prospective par- ents. It was pretty difficult. They enjoyed it, but… |
Sequence 7Special Acknowledgements There would be no exhibit without the generous contribution and leadership of Thomas Mueller,… |
Sequence 13Sometimes very tiny children show a precocious skill and accuracy of movement that must arouse our wonder. If an environment… |
Sequence 20From Nova Scotia to San Francisco J Seated for lunch in the glass-walled classroom, Palace of Education and Social Economy,… |
Sequence 172Correspondence, continued - ...... .. ... //- -··- :;:~: ., -..:_ ::-:~··.:::~ -✓- .,; .,._,. 6 ..P… |
Sequence 184Notes and Sources, continued What They Showed Us (Italy) The photos of the first Casa dei Bambini and the Casa in Milan are… |
Sequence 10The specifics, however, depend greatly on the values of the child's parents and society. If a family and culture,… |
Sequence 51Latin or Greek, a sort of formal stream-of-consciousness prose with little punctuation-in written manuscript form, not even… |
Sequence 2OPTIMISM AND HOPE IN A HOTTER TIME by David W. Orr Dr. Orr draws a sharp distinctio11 between opti111is111 and hope i11 the/… |
Sequence 2COMMUNITY VISION OF THE SCHOOL by Maura C. Joyce Looking at Maria Mo11tessori's historical persona, Maura foyce focuses… |
Sequence 14Here's the kick ending. "To ensure moral salvation, it is primariJ y necessary to depend on oneself, because in… |
Sequence 5This is why an integration of the special needs child in a class of normal children is possible. Montessori tells us that It… |
Sequence 11practice tl1e skills site was /eami11g, and to 111ake a real co11trib11tio11 to her co11111111nity me111bers. Iliad allowed… |
Sequence 19FUNDING SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS MAURA JOYCE Paula, Jacquie, and l all work at schools that we would call large in the… |
Sequence 20school. The fact that you serve a population under the age of five puts you into this very popular area of early childhood… |
Sequence 21Then we started the writing process. We needed to tell them in a language that they could understand, and I say this with all… |
Sequence 29PAULA: 1 would add that I've been in your shoes twelve years ago. Stay the course. It'll be OK. r would suggest a… |
Sequence 9These words are simple and deep, but clear enough for an older elementary child to grasp. Other areas of creative endeavor in… |
Sequence 4plines. We need to con- centrate on the per- sonal story as it relates to the adolescent, by including subjective The plan… |
Sequence 19REFERENCES Brnudel, Fernand. A History of Civilizntio11s. Trans. Richard Mayne. New York: Penguin, 1993. Bruner, Jerome S.… |
Sequence 5I think the best example is language. Yes, as Judi mentioned, children can become bilingual or trilingual, but there is a… |
Sequence 17Student Success Teams Handbook Santa Cruz Montessori School Meeting Time and Day: ________ _ Adap1cd from: Radius. M… |
Sequence 6John Dewey, the American philosopher, has a very interesting idea. He says, if you want to know what is going on, one way to… |
Sequence 141 understand in the U.S. a lot more than elsewhere. A late discov- ery is that children's attention span is getting… |
Sequence 14Books Celebrntio11 of the U11folding of the Cosmos. San Francisco: Harper, 1992. Darwin, Charles. The Formation of Vegetable… |
Sequence 15Atkins, Peter W. The Periodic Ki11gdo111. New York: Basic Books, 1995. Ball, Philip. The l11gredie11ts: A Guided Tour of the… |
Sequence 20One time a student asked me, again, "OK, besides 11int/1 class, since you're a ma th teacher, when do you ever… |
Sequence 29THE PRAXIS PROJECT: AN INTEGRATION OF THE DISCIPLINES FOR HIGH SCHOOL by Andrew Christopherson The Praxis project is a cross… |
Sequence 11Now, if we solve for II and v in terms of p, then we know what y is.* Let us now solve this system of equations. Solve (1)… |
Sequence 18participation in actions meant to bring social justice to people in the classroom, in the community, all over the world. We… |
Sequence 25Again, thank you for coming to see us. At our Donor Party Friday night, one of our parents brought up the project in Bhutan.… |
Sequence 36disparate writers, one the sixth century BC Greek philosopher Hera- clitus who said, "You can't step in the same… |
Sequence 2CREATING AN OUTDOOR EXTENSION TO THE PRIMARY CLASSROOM AND A NATURAL PLAYSCAPE BEYOND THE GATE by Robin Renshaw Robin… |
Sequence 3During the last few years of this technological revolution it has been my observation that children in the primary class are… |
Sequence 20APPENDIX 1: COLONIAL AMERICA PROJECT DIRECTIONS, SPRING 2010 Colonial America Project As we are changing perspectives from an… |
Sequence 947 Chawla • Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness advanced KnowledGe Rachel Carson leads us… |
Sequence 284 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 have to put them in these sand boxes? The American professor was telling… |
Sequence 6158 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 critical first- and second-plane years? If the answer is yes, one can… |
Sequence 5187 Orr • Place and Pedagogy nurturing relationship with a place.5 Good inhab- itance is an art requiring detailed knowledge… |
Sequence 5195 Hutchison • Teaching Nature: From Philosophy to Practice aim is to help children go confidently into the real world,… |
Sequence 10210 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 have developed better technologies. The impli- cations for all this—… |
Sequence 15215 Capra • Deep Ecology: Educational Possibilities for the Twenty-First Century in complex, real-world projects through… |
Sequence 35171 Lillard • Playful Learning and Montessori Education ———. (1948) 1976. From Childhood to Adolescence Including “Erdkinder… |
Sequence 1959 Chawla • The Natural World as Prepared Environment Montessori, M. To Educate the Human Potential. 1948. Ox- ford: Clio… |
Sequence 442 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 3 • Summer 2014 it that I came to the splendid results of my experiences and method for… |
Sequence 2260 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 3 • Summer 2014 the answer: Because neurotic and deficient children go to the domain of… |
Sequence 2462 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 3 • Summer 2014 applied scientific and medical pedagogy. Through these programs, a… |
Sequence 872 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 3 • Summer 2014 tion. I was greeted with respect by the office staff and the Mitchell… |
Sequence 1folloWing The chilD for real by Jennifer O’Toole Jennifer O’Toole has an entertaining speaking and writing style and is a… |
Sequence 292 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 3 • Summer 2014 working for the abolition of slavery and the universal application of… |
Sequence 39247 Luborsky • Occupational Therapy and Montessori—Kindred Spirits www.crayonrocks.net www.funandfunction.com Lap pads,… |