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Sequence 5It was Maria Montessori' s insight that the child had within an "inner teacher" that dictated a &… |
Sequence 9Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 3First a little political and geographical orientation: Romania is an Eastern European country. It is surrounded by the Black… |
Sequence 4HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
Sequence 23HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
Sequence 176First a little political and geographical orientation: Romania is an Eastern European country. It is surrounded by the Black… |
Sequence 184Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 208It was Maria Montessori' s insight that the child had within an "inner teacher" that dictated a &… |
Sequence 209made with the invention of writing, but even so, the accumulation of knowledge remained painfully slow over centuries of time… |
Sequence 12If you play a drum, the skin vibrates in waves. If you could get very close to it and slow things down considerably, you would… |
Sequence 5explores the whys and the wherefores of the universe, using the keys given with the elementary environment and employing his… |
Sequence 5symbol employed to convey formally the experience of time, change, and motion-all three synthesized in a word simply named the… |
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 1PART II The observation of nature has not only a side that is philosophical and scientific, it has also a side of social… |
Sequence 19you are not good at waiting. How can you be? We are, in Europe, suffering from the defects of old age, and that is why we… |
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 1Joosten: You say that the first-year children may not be able to manage more than four and a half days. You also are a mother… |
Sequence 8A difficulty, certainly felt in Europe-but in this country too-is the anxiety related to curriculum: that students might not… |
Sequence 20all contributed to a spirit of reevalua tion and reform in education that began in the last decades of the nineteenth century… |
Sequence 24intellectually and culturally accountable (tiichtig). They were to "think clearly, experience deeply, and desire… |
Sequence 28techniques of gardening. These courses eventually developed into multi-week excursions to the country, where fire-building,… |
Sequence 29ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much… |
Sequence 8Marchetti, Maria Teresa. "La scuola per gli adolescenti- IJI." Vita del/'lnfanzia 2.3 (1953) 7+.… |
Sequence 18ence, and material overabundance. The nature of human nature being what it is, we would quickly, as Nietzsche said, sink into… |
Sequence 8HUMANITIES PROJECTS 2000-2001 Study of the Maya I. Study of Living Things II. Technology and the Building Up of Civilization… |
Sequence 2"Life at the Farm" as a theme for their dance. But an interesting thing happened that we didn't expect… |
Sequence 3lives. This Duke was good at what he did. Very good. He was also my father. He had everything, except a wife. She died when I… |
Sequence 4Church, and I wanted a change. The castle walls were like cages: cold, dark, and dull. He gathered his armies and I gathered… |
Sequence 8that assessed the ability to discriminate various tastes, smells, sounds, and textures, the study found that these individuals… |
Sequence 2forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a… |
Sequence 21A). As I said, most drugs tend to fall into Category C, which basically relieves the drug company of responsibility. Still,… |
Sequence 15they know all the people don't care anyway, so they can do what they want or maybe give token attention to that little… |
Sequence 9holistic, or even naturalistic values that fly in the face of disciplinary thinking. Science, geography, history, and other… |
Sequence 6with agriculture, it was possible now for some people to say, "OK, I don't have to farm,I don't have to… |
Sequence 12learn and do a lot, but of course most farm kids don't expect to be farmers. They want to go so mew here else, so even… |
Sequence 34foJlowed by the genius. His characteristics are absorbed attention, a profound concentration which isolates him from all the… |
Sequence 35Montessori, Maria. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. The Montessori Educational Research Center. New York: Schocken… |
Sequence 4only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
Sequence 15evolution is the unity of mankind. In the psychosphere there should now only be one civilization. (Unpublished proceedings)… |
Sequence 16And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest… |
Sequence 14Landerziehungsheime or "education homes in the country." For ex- ample, the one for youths from twelve to… |
Sequence 3the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,… |
Sequence 8invisible causes of a mysterious kind of communication, that nonetheless transport the actual voice of Man and the thoughts… |
Sequence 9The very same Lusitania, on a similar return voyage from North America only sixteen months later (May 7th, 1915), would be… |
Sequence 1OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI by Camillo Grazzini On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly, unexpectedly,… |
Sequence 8OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI by Camillo Grazzini On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly, unexpectedly,… |
Sequence 15The very same Lusitania, on a similar return voyage from North America only sixteen months later (May 7th, 1915), would be… |
Sequence 16invisible causes of a mysterious kind of communication, that nonetheless transport the actual voice of Man and the thoughts… |
Sequence 45the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,… |
Sequence 70Landerziehungsheime or "education homes in the country." For ex- ample, the one for youths from twelve to… |
Sequence 86And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest… |
Sequence 87evolution is the unity of mankind. In the psychosphere there should now only be one civilization. (Unpublished proceedings)… |
Sequence 134only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
Sequence 195Montessori, Maria. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. The Montessori Educational Research Center. New York: Schocken… |
Sequence 10going to have a hard time with the financial side sometimes. They're at odds. There is absolutely no question that they… |
Sequence 2MORAL FORMATION ON THE SECOND PLANE: NURTURING AND HINDERING by lta Williams !ta Williams asserts that moral development is… |
Sequence 6We have had a rule for the past two years: Any fiction reading done in or for school must be a classic. This fall a new… |
Sequence 5Because of our human tendency to perfection, we adults struggle to find the perfect solution, the perfect time, the perfect… |
Sequence 6Maria Montessori shares in The Discovery of the Child: Thus the children from their tenderest infancy live, one might say, in… |
Sequence 16CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of… |
Sequence 17attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y… |
Sequence 19With their boundless energy they questioned, explored and experimented in all areas of culture. The small botani- cal garden… |
Sequence 24All of this indicates how comprehensively Maria Montessori herself saw the concept of cosmic education and how seriously she… |
Sequence 19subplanes of parent-infant class, infant, and toddler (ages birth to three), preschool (ages three to six); lower elementary… |
Sequence 1THE MONTESSORI CENTURY CONCEPT: A CONTINUING PROCESS IN REALITY by David Kahn When we look back to the origins of the… |
Sequence 1OF HEROES AND THE HEROIC: REFLECTIONS ON THE EARLY LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF MARIA MONTESSORI by Lawrence Schaefer Lnrry… |
Sequence 11Butitisin the human con- text that we must come to un- derstand the depth of this tragedy-the terrible wrench to a mother… |
Sequence 13condition-the tenants were in charge of the care and maintenance of the tenements. It acted as a sort of covenant. And he… |
Sequence 33All animals, all living things except human beings, have a pre- estab.Ushed pattern of behavior built in. They have instincts… |
Sequence 13Englishwoman Annie Besant in Paris, who was at that time president of the International Theosophical Society. Besant had lived… |
Sequence 13Sometimes very tiny children show a precocious skill and accuracy of movement that must arouse our wonder. If an environment… |
Sequence 19the Children's Houses firsthand in the years up to 1915, returning to write books and articles in support of the new… |
Sequence 26American Media, continued McClure's Magazine, May, 191 I This issue of McClure's magazine carried the first… |
Sequence 28Far Journey to the Southlands REPORT Montessori Methods of Education. M. M. SIMPSON. '-"""… |
Sequence 37need for simple beauty in mind. Its model school building was designed by the architect Franz Schuster in the Bauhaus style… |
Sequence 48Oasis for Montessori Expansion Elementary students sketching from nature, Amsterdamsche Montessori School, 1930s The role of… |
Sequence 91In Europe we had aprons far each activity. I think this came down from the Middle Ages, when each trade had its own costume… |
Sequence 92Discovering the Universal Child Montessori child. Sophia College, Bombay, around I 94 2 Working outside, Allahabad, I 9 28… |
Sequence 128Montessori College Oost, Amsterdam, 2000 Architect: Herman Hertzberger Side view of the school Technical lesson Workshop… |
Sequence 166India, 1939 1928 The book Das Kind in der Familie, based on lectures she gave in 1923 in Vienna, is published in Germon. (… |
Sequence 1671948 Training courses in Mmedabad, Adyar, and Poona; lectures in Bombay. Trip to Gwalior. India; supervises the opening of a… |
Sequence 175Letter from Morio M. Montessori to Morgot Woltuch, February 6, /950 This letter, written during Morio Montessori's 80… |
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 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 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 12Economics Perspective The temperature and geology of the region necessitated a rich trade economy for the city as much food… |
Sequence 13Anthropology Perspective The name Bnghdnrf literally means "God-Given" or "Gift from God."… |
Sequence 14· Origin of the city; comparison of Mesopotamian (anxiously walled in) and Egyptian (calm, ceremonial) cities; · Alexandria,… |
Sequence 20Nationalist and Independence Movements A. Origins of independence movements in Africa and Asia; B. Methods of achieving… |
Sequence 5I think the best example is language. Yes, as Judi mentioned, children can become bilingual or trilingual, but there is a… |
Sequence 8The goa I is to be able as adults to exercise self-control in all areas of life: the ability to follow through, to make our… |
Sequence 8munity. Her pride was enormous and she hated being singled out as needing extra help. Often I would spend half our time… |
Sequence 34very odd social behavior. It turned out that this boy was obsessed with the solar system, and also that he often used this… |
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 13Teaching as much as possible is not to teach somebody but to teach the subject. This tendency is justified by educational… |