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Sequence 7istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you… |
Sequence 8For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown"… |
Sequence 12is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of… |
Sequence 7istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you… |
Sequence 8For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown"… |
Sequence 12is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of… |
Sequence 1THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her… |
Sequence 2was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two… |
Sequence 5Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run… |
Sequence 6child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized… |
Sequence 4Before Ainsworth, numerous methods had been devised to measure conceptual and cognitive development. Many of them had been… |
Sequence 5director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries… |
Sequence 5Family is the main engine of education. If we use schooling to break children away from their parents - and make no mistake,… |
Sequence 2Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the… |
Sequence 1APPENDIX II WHAT IS MEET US IN ALEXANDRIA? by John Wyatt and Elizabeth Tardola After school, selected students from inner… |
Sequence 13rightful place in a reform agenda, perhaps a leadership role in helping others articulate their visions for schools that are… |
Sequence 12capacity of adults in the very first few months of life. Rene Baillargeon' s work (cited in Denton, 1990) and the work of… |
Sequence 7is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you… |
Sequence 8For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown"… |
Sequence 5the same elements that you see in Montessori and Sylvia Ashton Warner. For example, in all of these approaches is a deep… |
Sequence 3Nonetheless, a significant sector of the modern West has inher- ited and further developed Enlightenment attitudes which… |
Sequence 3universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the… |
Sequence 2Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this… |
Sequence 1Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to… |
Sequence 2of creation should fashion that the e it but absorb it i h~y will feel that o lace to live in, a p ace w ere generosity… |
Sequence 6had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible… |
Sequence 7contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you… |
Sequence 8Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children… |
Sequence 1Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &… |
Sequence 7ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 8In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the… |
Sequence 9The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then… |
Sequence 10The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The… |
Sequence 16ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE… |
Sequence 23REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential… |
Sequence 11RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY Ecocity Builders 1678 Shattuck Ave., #66 Berkeley, CA 94709 ecocity@apc.org www .preservenet.… |
Sequence 1actually memorized their scripts. Others utilized note cards as an aid to memory. Others were comfortable with rehearsed… |
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 31road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when… |
Sequence 32from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on… |
Sequence 3really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire… |
Sequence 9trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of… |
Sequence 19Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural… |
Sequence 21development in ecodesign. In this second part I shall discuss the implications of all these ideas for education. I should tell… |
Sequence 22Similar efforts are underway in higher education, pioneered by an organization called Second Nature, located in Boston, which… |
Sequence 38REFERENCES Ecoliteracy: Mapping the Terrain. Berkeley, CA: Learning in the Real World, 2000. The Edible Schoo/yard. Berkeley… |
Sequence 11connection to a human group, the individual may eventually inflict harm on self or society. A child without feelings is a… |
Sequence 9context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 4with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen… |
Sequence 36with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen… |
Sequence 239context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 2THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has… |
Sequence 16CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of… |
Sequence 7House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational… |
Sequence 9classes existed for students from the ages of six to twelve, but in Kodaikanal Maria Montessori developed cosmic education as… |
Sequence 10about this: " ... when coming to Kodaikanal, a whole new world opened up for Mario. He was mostly experimenting and… |
Sequence 11Because of its seclusion, the population of Kodai grew slowly despite the favorable climate, and always there were many more… |
Sequence 12and finally abandoned. Remaining are unique archives with histori- cal documents about the Jesuit missionaries in southern… |
Sequence 13children, the Swedish and the Jewish school, as well as a few Catholic schools for the children of Tamil families. How was… |
Sequence 14opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for… |
Sequence 15Maria Montessori probably was notable to appreciate the unusual diversity of nature with the same open-mindedness with which… |
Sequence 16Museum of the Sacred Heart College, founded by two priests between 1920 and 1940, was frequently visited by both Montessoris… |
Sequence 17attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y… |
Sequence 18found herself for a time in a frustrating professional isolation: no official notice or acknowledgement of her work, no… |
Sequence 20switched to the KIS, where her parents worked) responsible for her lifelong interest in learning and education is quite… |
Sequence 26between human beings and the cosmos comes up over and over again. For that reason, Maria Montessori, with her discourses about… |
Sequence 27-------------------------------- ---- and Hindu religion deepened, the cosmic idea came to the fore. Shankar Dutta Panday, a… |
Sequence 28On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic… |
Sequence 30Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der… |
Sequence 6understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long… |
Sequence 1A BRIEF THEORETICAL NoTE AND ExEMPLA DRAWINGS TOWARD A MONTESSORI ARCHITECTURE by John Wyatt John Wyatt presents this… |
Sequence 17REFERENCES Carlyle, Thomas. 011 Heroes, Hero-Worship n11d the Heroic i11 History. 1865. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.… |
Sequence 29COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,… |
Sequence 38Montessori, Maria. The Secret oJC!,i/dlwod. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1966. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 24Moore, R. (1996). "Outdoor Settings for Playing and Learn- ing: Designing School Grounds to Meet the Whole Child and… |
Sequence 96An Auspicious Beginning Small images from top to bottom: Dr. Montessori meeting children in Kotohena with the first… |
Sequence 140Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences "The eye that sees and the hand that obeys:• South Africa, 2006 Dramar:ic… |
Sequence 189Discovering the Universal Child (India) Adding to what has been mentioned on the Indian panel, the famed Gujarati educator… |
Sequence 69~----------------~~ L Lancis Cuius Apparentis Menti Mulvus: Veritas, ludicium, lnfinitas The Kite of the Parameters of the… |
Sequence 15book of Nnture Study (1911) is still in print today and is a great resource for teachers. 4 Both Professor Bailey's and… |
Sequence 161 would therefore initiate teachers into the observation of the most simple forms of living things, with all those aids which… |
Sequence 19REFERENCES Brnudel, Fernand. A History of Civilizntio11s. Trans. Richard Mayne. New York: Penguin, 1993. Bruner, Jerome S.… |
Sequence 19Hannaford, C. S111nrl Moves: Why Leaming ls Not All i11 Your Head. Arlington, VA: Great Ocean Publishers, 1995. Hart, R.… |
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 30AUTHOR'S NOTES 1. This presentation included almost one hundred slides and video clips. I have tried to make the text… |
Sequence 11able and efficient way of life. Through this endless work, human beings have become the creators of a supernature, that whi.ch… |
Sequence 13Farji-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 14168 Par/ Tll'o - For a Science of 1he Formation of Man observations also concerned the relations between plants and… |
Sequence 7Maria Montessori Through the Seasons of the "Method" 199 Montessori course of 1910 and the Children's… |
Sequence 18solving skills and the development of interest and appreciation in the world around us. These goals acknowledge that learning… |
Sequence 4creating a self, an increasingly conscious self, acts of creation would seem natural, productive, and satisfying. Montessori… |
Sequence 10so emotional and confused at the time is an oversimplification of a deficiency we are all contributing to. Why did we stop… |
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Sequence 168Montessori National Curriculum for the Second Plane of Development from Six to Twelve Years The human story is one of constant… |
Sequence 5An adolescent is forming new ideas and new ways to think that are not easily explained. 1t helps parents and educators to know… |
Sequence 16Montessori, Maria. "Dr. Montessori's Third Lecture Given at the Montessori Congress in Oxford, England, 1936.… |
Sequence 19Now 12 says, for the betterment of society. The high school is the training ground for a scie11tia co11- at11rnlis, an exalted… |
Sequence 1exercises of Practical life: 3 to 6 coMPared to 6 to 12 KodaiKanal advanced course, india, 1943-441 lecture 762 by Mario M.… |
Sequence 1the KodaiKanal exPerience: chaPter i Kahn-wiKraMaratne interview The Kodaikanal years were from late 1942 to March, 1944, a… |