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Sequence 183Rist, R. (1970). Social class and teacher expectations: The self- fulfilling prophecy in ghetto education. Harvard Educational… |
Sequence 185IN MEMORIAM ELISE BRAUN BARNETT 1904-1994 On November 20, 1994, the Montessori community lost a tireless lover of children… |
Sequence 189Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was the first woman physician of her native country, Italy. She became interested in… |
Sequence 203IN MEMORIAM NANCY McCORMICK RAMBUSCH 1927-1994 Nancy McCormick Rambusch,founder of the American Montessori Society, died of… |
Sequence 204NAMTANEWS NAMT A Forges Ahead with Conference Projects In late September, 1994, with funding from the Hershey Foun- dation… |
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 156UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD by Nimal Vaz Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for granted. At a… |
Sequence 13MARIA MONTESSORI AND THE "GLASS HOUSE" by Alan Bonsteel, MD Dr. Bonstee/' s article not only conveys… |
Sequence 14these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 15In addition to help from her longtime assistants, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle, Montessori was accompanied by her son,… |
Sequence 17and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 55Greek art has survived all other arts as though it were immortal and superior to them all. Truth positively sought for is… |
Sequence 26SLIDE SHOW TO INTRODUCE WHAT Is MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL? Maria Montessori was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Born in Italy… |
Sequence 48Established in 1961, Alcuin is a parent- owned, not-for-profit, state of Illinois recognized school located in a pictur-… |
Sequence 228century, no scientist or philosopher any longer believed in the idea of linear development during the prenatal period, in the… |
Sequence 242willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant… |
Sequence 243nature of the method. 24 The final result was that, as Montessori herself writes: "The world of official education… |
Sequence 246In The Absorbent Mind, Montessori writes, "The child is endowed with unknown powers which can guide us to a radiant… |
Sequence 48THE CASA OF SEVRES, FRANCE by Margot Waltuch Margot Waltuch's pictorial documentation and personal description of her… |
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 147chemicals is obviously an attempt to recapture some of the qualities of optimal experience by artificial means. Alcohol,… |
Sequence 187The prepared environment must allow for social interaction and be multi-aged. Research sug- gests that "the human… |
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 77I said, uoh my God, how can they use the word creative in connection with synchronized swimming?," which to me… |
Sequence 127NORMALIZATION AND NORMALITY ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn With the current emphasis on the four planes of… |
Sequence 138visitor you'd be swept off your feet when you see what's happening with children. It interests me as to what they… |
Sequence 142fixed in your mind. What is your place in the cosmos? What is the child's place in the cosmos? What is our purpose on the… |
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 36direttamente da Dio. lo nascondo il mio immenso potere e lo uso per ridurre la mia divinita a umanita- per diventare come te… |
Sequence 44gathered from throughout the world were more than just a little shocked to hear her begin her speech with the honest admission… |
Sequence 56THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 57La Dottoressa wanted to find out more about me: the how and the why and the who and the what. Her approach to people was to… |
Sequence 58to someone. People had a context for her, and this was the first educa- tional principle I learned from her. Since my family… |
Sequence 59She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live… |
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 72Prepare teachers through prolonged practice with observation of nature .... (Discovery 66-77) And when I talk about freedom… |
Sequence 94NORMALIZATION AS OUR PRIMARY WORK Perhaps this conference marks the next step in our development of Montessori's ideas.… |
Sequence 149in other words, who had been deeply scarred by the war, injured in both body and soul. 6 Other types of institutions have… |
Sequence 169Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Bombay: Orient Longmans, 1936. "Progressive Education."… |
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 234woman in Europe. Eleanor looked to King Louis for help and he offered his sixteen-year-old son, also Louis, to become her… |
Sequence 249MARIA MONTESSORI: A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN by Robert G. Buckenmeyer In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco… |
Sequence 254Montessori provides her audience with a character sketch of this 11 new teacher": The more such a teacher "… |
Sequence 11DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 1) by Sofia Cavalletti Sofia Cavalletti cites Montessori's description of… |
Sequence 12in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
Sequence 14-------------------------------- -- --- Three-year-old Mark (USA), being told by his mother that the Good Shepherd calls… |
Sequence 21Two TRIBUTES To SoFIA CAVALLETTI The following tributes were presented to Sofia c.avalletti at the NAMT A conference entitled… |
Sequence 25DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 2) by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro presents an intellectual view… |
Sequence 34If we delay catechesis until the customary age of six, the child has moved into a new ethical stage in life when God is more… |
Sequence 35child. One is her demonstration, through numerous examples, of the catechetical potential of children as young as three.… |
Sequence 43THE TOTONACA PEOPLE AND THE CATECHESIS OF THE GooD SHEPHERD by Maria Christlieb Robles Illustrating the spread of the… |
Sequence 49• "Catechist and children are very happy, particularly the little ones (three to four years)." • "… |
Sequence 64Psychologists, on the other hand, were traditionally foot-bound, over- burdened with statistical evidence, viewing "… |
Sequence 69nation, she rejects Froebel's way of doing so on the basis of fantasy because, as she says, it forces the child to &… |
Sequence 72At the same time, she identifies herself as a student of philosophy. She even translated an 1866 English edition of a book by… |
Sequence 81THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CHILD'S WORK AND COSMIC WORK by Gianna Gobbi Gianna Gobbi' s essay speaks to the &… |
Sequence 124-------------------------------- --~ we are attempting to do with the Erdkinder project in Cleveland is to bring farm and… |
Sequence 178NAMTANEWS No MONTESSORI ACADEMY THIS SUMMER NAMTA's annual Montessori Academy will take a break this summer as plans… |
Sequence 47Listening to poetry is art unto itself. Like listening to jazz or opera, it involves both a disciplined listening and a deep… |
Sequence 72Maria Montessori and Elise Braun presenting music at the International Congress, Rome, 1932. 68 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24… |
Sequence 74Children do not listen in the so-called "grown-up manner," sitting quietly. They like to move with music.… |
Sequence 110Though the discovery of cosmic and terrestrial evolution has involved humans from a diversity of cultural backgrounds and can… |
Sequence 9Casa dei Bambini, San Lorenzo, Rome 4 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. 1 • Winter 2000 |
Sequence 11from reading aloud around the fireplace in the evening for entertain- ment to multimedia entertainment centers in the family… |
Sequence 12This early discovery has continued to be a hallmark of the Montessori approach to child development. Dr. Montessori was… |
Sequence 18Dr. Montessori's concept of the absorbent mind and particularly her recommendations a bout the birth-to-three stage were… |
Sequence 22FOREWORD TO THE SECRET OF CHILDHOOD by Margaret E. Stephenson Margaret Stephenson's classic introduction to the root… |
Sequence 23The newspapers criticized; Dr. Maria Montessori was asked what she meant by her speech, and she writes that she scarcely knew… |
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 84THE MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL: PREPARATION FOR WRITING AND READING by Sylvia 0. Richardson Dr. Richardson brings together her… |
Sequence 166• human settlement and needs of settlement, including impact studies • evolution of the environment in relation to human… |
Sequence 197REFERENCES Montessori, Maria." Advice to Teachers." Montessori Notes [publication ofThe Montessori Society… |
Sequence 226ofMontessori's. We have no direct evidence that Vygotsky read Montessori,butwedo know that a Montessori class was… |
Sequence 246OBITUARY MARIA CHRISTLIEB ROBLES Both the Montessori community and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd lost a friend,… |
Sequence 38• Children choose their own activities after they have been introduced to a certain material or procedure. • Since there is… |
Sequence 221Renilde Montessori then presented her vision of origins and innovation. Inspired by the Taliesin community, she began with a… |
Sequence 13record of the life of the child in societies without writing. But we know that some must have grown to maturity; otherwise we… |
Sequence 14A man whose mind is stored with the knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of nature and of the laws of her operations… |
Sequence 15varies from stage to stage because of the way a child learns at each period of his growth and development. The adult, instead… |
Sequence 59impulse towards work." 1 She had noticed that impulse in the work of that first group of children she was asked to… |
Sequence 41individuals who have overcome adversity and contributed something remarkable to culture. If phase 1 of development involves… |
Sequence 103PROTOTYPE YEAR J (HUMANITIES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH FARM OCCUPATIONS) Architectural Principles in Buildings and Bridges… |
Sequence 104in our 1998 report on the project to the AMI Peda- gogical Committee, "The goal for us this year is to… |
Sequence 201Documenting Montessori expansion in North America, NAMTA has suggested since 1992 that further program design needs to be… |
Sequence 8LANGUAGE ACQUISITION by Silvana Montanaro Dr. Montanaro' s concise presentation of language development in children… |
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 206I repeat the same thing about money in order that the immorality and error bound up with it may be destroyed, and we must… |
Sequence 232The parents have to accept that you cannot give guarantees for one year. We can guaran- tee that we will get the child to a… |
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 250Joosten: I don't think there is a yes or a no. Is it either or? There is a blend. We can't go outside to an… |
Sequence 252foosten: But that's elementary material. Erdkinder Atlanta: So we don't have all the elementary material. Joosten:… |
Sequence 267The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the… |