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Sequence 26ethnic groups struggling for popular control over the schools. In the midst of ugly strike and turmoil, there appeared quiet… |
Sequence 179understood better through discussions of bonding, and attachment, and so forth. And so they began to see that here was another… |
Sequence 7strides they had touched che outer limits of che universe, they painted their timdines, collected fossils and rocks of… |
Sequence 131implementation of the Montessori model but will provide a wealth of more general information about children's school… |
Sequence 50Goody, J. (1977). The domestica1ion of the savage mind. New York: Cambridge University Press. Goody, J. ( I 987). The… |
Sequence 51Levi-Strauss, C. (1966). The savage mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Levi-Strauss, C. ( 1969). The raw and the… |
Sequence 115To use more familiar language, the divine arts are theology and related studies. The liberal arts (traditionally classified as… |
Sequence 168This will always stick in my mind: two men, talking about two black, disabled soldiers who had not been shot by the enemy but… |
Sequence 31Hopkins, W.G. and Brown, M.C. 0984). Development of Nerve Cells and their Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity… |
Sequence 15Around six, the child un- dergoes a greattransfor- mation. He is now no longer satisfied with the society of his family and… |
Sequence 111Reading, seminars, field experiences, journaling, interviewing, and expository and creative writing are integrated into this… |
Sequence 106the teachers do not already know tJ1e answer. Even when tJ1e form of the question seems to invite a variety of answers, tJ1ere… |
Sequence 130unafraid to take bold initiatives with new partners so that all of America's children would be part of the success story… |
Sequence 143and writing. Teachers have written about their experiences, anecdotaJly and informally, through diaries, logs, and narratives… |
Sequence 175proximity to Rice University, a world renowned Medical Center, and a thriv- ing, vibrant cultural artS community. The School… |
Sequence 121disturbing the other's sleep and, more importanl, how to comfort each other when one awoke in the middle of the night out… |
Sequence 91900 1910 1920 1930 1980 1990 Timeline of Montessori Adolescent Programs 1907: Casadei Bambini founded In Rome early… |
Sequence 68fail to instill in developing minds the fundamental skills of attention and reasoning. Increasing numbers of children today… |
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 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 84REFERENCES Abram, D. (1996). The spell of the sensuous. New York: Pan- theon Books. Coles, R. (1990). The spiritual life of… |
Sequence 121Egan, K. (1987). Literacy and the oral foundations of educa- tion. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 445-472. Egan, K. (1989).… |
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 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 42similarly ineffective because it gets nowhere near where the trouble is. It's a one-size-fits-all solution. Many of us… |
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 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 211Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 249MARIA MONTESSORI: A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN by Robert G. Buckenmeyer In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco… |
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 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 235Lepper, M.R. "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Chil- dren: Detrimental Effects of Superfluous Social Con- trols… |
Sequence 187Language and the Bra.in. New York: Norton, 1997. Donald, Merlin. Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of… |
Sequence 206Becker, Wesley C. "Consequences of Different Kinds of Parental Discipline." Review of Child Development Re… |
Sequence 208Kohn, Alfie. No Contest: The Case Against Competition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Landes, William M., & Richard… |
Sequence 210Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn. "Conclusions: Lessons from the Past and a Look to the Future." Altruism and Aggression… |
Sequence 64modate this massive synapse formation, neurons must vastly expand their dendritic surfaces. As much as eighty-three percent… |
Sequence 201Documenting Montessori expansion in North America, NAMTA has suggested since 1992 that further program design needs to be… |
Sequence 92then be false to any man." Shakespeare, that great player with words- and what a testimony that is to the spirit and… |
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 536Kaplan, M., & E. Singer. "Dogmatism and Sensory Alien- ation: An Empirical Investigation." Journal… |
Sequence 218holistic, or even naturalistic values that fly in the face of disciplinary thinking. Science, geography, history, and other… |
Sequence 49foJlowed by the genius. His characteristics are absorbed attention, a profound concentration which isolates him from all the… |
Sequence 152And in a lecture given at Cambridge, Montessori says that "Cul- ture becomes identifiable with the construction of… |
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 179Because of our human tendency to perfection, we adults struggle to find the perfect solution, the perfect time, the perfect… |
Sequence 26Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.… |
Sequence 217With their boundless energy they questioned, explored and experimented in all areas of culture. The small botani- cal garden… |
Sequence 428subplanes of parent-infant class, infant, and toddler (ages birth to three), preschool (ages three to six); lower elementary… |
Sequence 93the cover of two densely vegetated areas on the margins of the playground. When they were not nestled beneath birches,… |
Sequence 213* * * So if this is part of the human predicament-the idea that we are given this urge to continually refine, to make things… |
Sequence 80the structure itself should function for contemporary children as an essential part of the prepared Montessori environment.… |
Sequence 215Foreign Language Program." Foreign Lnngunge A1111nls 25 (1992): 129-136. Shrum,J.L., & E.W. Glisan. Teacher… |
Sequence 15Sometimes very tiny children show a precocious skill and accuracy of movement that must arouse our wonder. If an environment… |
Sequence 76The specifics, however, depend greatly on the values of the child's parents and society. If a family and culture,… |
Sequence 88Now this didn't all happen in one year. This project became ongoing in this class. Each year the children new to the… |
Sequence 180Latin or Greek, a sort of formal stream-of-consciousness prose with little punctuation-in written manuscript form, not even… |
Sequence 317"What Is a Social Entrepreneur?" Ashoka. July 29, 2005 <http://ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur>… |
Sequence 339Here's the kick ending. "To ensure moral salvation, it is primariJ y necessary to depend on oneself, because in… |
Sequence 10This is why an integration of the special needs child in a class of normal children is possible. Montessori tells us that It… |
Sequence 114practice tl1e skills site was /eami11g, and to 111ake a real co11trib11tio11 to her co11111111nity me111bers. Iliad allowed… |
Sequence 94These words are simple and deep, but clear enough for an older elementary child to grasp. Other areas of creative endeavor in… |
Sequence 214plines. We need to con- centrate on the per- sonal story as it relates to the adolescent, by including subjective The plan… |
Sequence 66I think the best example is language. Yes, as Judi mentioned, children can become bilingual or trilingual, but there is a… |
Sequence 171REFERENCES Barrack, A. C." A Journey of Love: The Influence of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology on Parent-Child… |
Sequence 54Horner, Jack. "The Extraordinary Characteristics of Dys- lexia." Perspccti,•es 011 Ln11g11nge n11d Literacy… |
Sequence 52John Dewey, the American philosopher, has a very interesting idea. He says, if you want to know what is going on, one way to… |
Sequence 601 understand in the U.S. a lot more than elsewhere. A late discov- ery is that children's attention span is getting… |
Sequence 164Now, 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 260The Aquinas Montessori School is seeking an AMI certified primary directress to lead one of three pri- mary classes at our… |
Sequence 123participation in actions meant to bring social justice to people in the classroom, in the community, all over the world. We… |
Sequence 266disparate writers, one the sixth century BC Greek philosopher Hera- clitus who said, "You can't step in the same… |
Sequence 1392007. Dec. 2010 <http:/ /www.aap.org/pressroom/ playfinal.pdf>. Jenkinson, Sally. Tlte Genius of Piny:… |
Sequence 341APPENDIX 1: COLONIAL AMERICA PROJECT DIRECTIONS, SPRING 2010 Colonial America Project As we are changing perspectives from an… |
Sequence 349our lead teachers have AMI diplomas and we plan on seeking AMI accreditation during the 2012-2013 school year. Email resume… |
Sequence 188 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 “The race down the broad walk after a busy morning,” description by… |
Sequence 9484 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 have to put them in these sand boxes? The American professor was telling… |
Sequence 168158 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 critical first- and second-plane years? If the answer is yes, one can… |
Sequence 197187 Orr • Place and Pedagogy nurturing relationship with a place.5 Good inhab- itance is an art requiring detailed knowledge… |
Sequence 205195 Hutchison • Teaching Nature: From Philosophy to Practice aim is to help children go confidently into the real world,… |
Sequence 7872 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 3 • Summer 2014 tion. I was greeted with respect by the office staff and the Mitchell… |
Sequence 9791 O’Toole • Following the Child for Real folloWing The chilD for real by Jennifer O’Toole Jennifer O’Toole has an… |