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Sequence 2ATTACHMENT PARENTING: A STYLE THAT w ORKS by William Sears It is important to fully explore the questions of attachment and… |
Sequence 10Around five to six months of age, precisely because his motor abilities have improved so much, the child may decide to get out… |
Sequence 1USING THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY FOR PRE-ADOLESCENTS: ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY p ARENTHOOD by Judi Orion The life cycle of… |
Sequence 2Goo's CosMic PLAN AND THE WORK OF THE CHILD by Carol Cannon Dittberner Integrating the broad vision of cosmic education… |
Sequence 9EXCELLENCE AND ETHICS IN BUSINESS I would like to say a few words about what happens at the other end, once you are into… |
Sequence 1CIVILITY AND CITIZENSHIP: THE ROOTS OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION by Patricia Ludick This article weaves into the adolescent… |
Sequence 19Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural… |
Sequence 7components describes the real parameters of a philosophy of educa- tion, the important ones in any case. Today l'm going… |
Sequence 15interesting that this is what he drew from that. Six million Jews die, and he's talking about indifference and wonder.… |
Sequence 2history, in the earth's logic, in nature's bounty, in the wonders of the human-built world. We are keepers of human… |
Sequence 7The totality of the cosmos may not be compartmentalized into subjects. Subjects are helpful for the teacher to keep order… |
Sequence 7The first and third planes, ages zero to six and twelve to eighteen, are periods of creation of characteristics that were not… |
Sequence 14closing or revolutionizing the traditional types of employ- ment. ... there is a need for a more dynamic training of… |
Sequence 17I'm the international coordinator of a project for UNESCO called Growing Up in Cities, which has produced many examples… |
Sequence 4extremely valuable and will have these larger social and political effects. With that, let me begin to talk about the topic… |
Sequence 11This shift of focus from objects to relationships is not an easy one because it is something that goes counter to the… |
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 6need to go inside of our being and get in con tact with our "True Self," the divine core where divine Light… |
Sequence 6cient history, astronomy, geology, and chemistry-in other words, a cosmic curriculum. The work of the child at the second… |
Sequence 23memorization of puzzle words, or math facts, our goal should be to hear the child asking questions such as these: "… |
Sequence 5upset if they are given any kind of gift, which is what anthropologists used to do originally when they visited. They left… |
Sequence 6to provide any kind of alternative to these old traditional ways of development. Then there is this fourth category, which is… |
Sequence 14But this cosmic vision belonged not only to Maria Montessori; it belongs to the whole of our Montessori movement. It imparts a… |
Sequence 12This is the time, says Montessori, "when the social man is created but has not yet reached full development"… |
Sequence 20The "Energies" of Infancy In the lecture that Montessori gave with the help of this second chart (Second… |
Sequence 6also" the mother with six children of different ages is far better off than the mother with one."… |
Sequence 12Figure 7. World Map Showing the Main Peninsulas of the World. Etymologies The teacher or children can research the stories or… |
Sequence 14We consider mathematics from three points of view: arith- metic, algebra, geometry. Under the guidance of our experience with… |
Sequence 26We consider mathematics from three points of view: arith- metic, algebra, geometry. Under the guidance of our experience with… |
Sequence 126Figure 7. World Map Showing the Main Peninsulas of the World. Etymologies The teacher or children can research the stories or… |
Sequence 144also" the mother with six children of different ages is far better off than the mother with one."… |
Sequence 210The "Energies" of Infancy In the lecture that Montessori gave with the help of this second chart (Second… |
Sequence 218This is the time, says Montessori, "when the social man is created but has not yet reached full development"… |
Sequence 234But this cosmic vision belonged not only to Maria Montessori; it belongs to the whole of our Montessori movement. It imparts a… |
Sequence 2inquiry, and sharing ideas help us make predictions about ages and stages. We learn about the multitude of possible roles to… |
Sequence 3really mean? The dictionary says to explore is to search through with a view to making a discovery, to look into all parts of… |
Sequence 5One could see how little children, because of their inno- cence, can feel the need of God's presence in a purer and more… |
Sequence 7The end result of an ill-prepared environment, lacking in compas- sion and understanding, is a deviated human being-a human… |
Sequence 13Obedience is not merely compliance. Forced obedience is not the same as true obedience. If we make the child behave by fear,… |
Sequence 7The educator must not imagine that he can prepare himself for his office merely by study, by becoming a man of culture. He… |
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 7It is not surprising that Ms. Dwyer renamed her reading classic, originally entitled A Reading Scheme for English (assembled… |
Sequence 1To WoRK Is NoBLE, TO BEHOLD Is DIVINE by David Kahn When Montessori schools struggle with finances, admissions, and finding… |
Sequence 6In Montessori's original Children's House, there were no toys for pretend play. Instead of dressing and undressing… |
Sequence 8How much independence should an adolescent have? How do we help them "enter into society" while offering the… |
Sequence 31career in psychology?" What is getting an A in an education course on classroom management going to have to do with… |
Sequence 1EIGHT MONTESSORI INSIGHTS by Angeline Stoll Lillard Here follows a small excerpt from Angeline Li/lard's new book… |
Sequence 5with how we know the very best learning takes place. Rather than memorize facts chosen by a faraway state legislative body,… |
Sequence 10ADOLESCENT: SLAVE TO THE PRE-COLLEGIATE OR INDEPENDENT LEARNER LOOKING AT THE WHOLE OF LIFE? But, having studied the… |
Sequence 17hensive formal education; the same themes that were lived out during the twelve-to-fifteen period developmentally now can be… |
Sequence 4family and her close contact with Annie Besant, she became familiar with theosophical thought at an early age. Her intention… |
Sequence 4Participants experience clarity and social cohesion around the Erdkinder farm school experience, which is, in some cases,… |
Sequence 7part of the Ruffing mystique. You only realize what has actually happened to you after you leave, but that's why Ruffing… |
Sequence 4gether, and play together, after a while you must meet each other's eyes over and over again and cannot hide behind masks… |
Sequence 8adolescents are being prepared for entry into society, it's not enough to have teachers-do you know what I mean? They… |
Sequence 10a child. Just as Frank Lloyd Wright declared that architecture must be a constant breaking out of the traditional structure of… |
Sequence 13goals must be the realization of the values of the human personality and development of mankind" (Education and Peace… |
Sequence 15weekly trips to Cuen tepee: The school is on the land. The work is daily. At Cuentepec, the students must strive for community… |
Sequence 18Anyone who works with adolescents knows that they have feel- ings, strong feelings, angry feelingsr loving feelings, but most… |
Sequence 4catered to. Cosmic education both deepens and narrows our view of the universe. The Great Lessons are outlines to give the… |
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 8conditions he cannot walk no matter how much liberty he's given to do so. On the other hand, the individual who cannot… |
Sequence 13The other fact is that this independence, this continuous conquest toward independent functioning-which gives us existence as… |
Sequence 15Montessori, Maria. The California Lectures of Maria Montessori, 1915: Collected Speeches and Writings. Ed. Robert G.… |
Sequence 4And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of… |
Sequence 15We tell many stories of the great and famous inventions and discoverers of history from Archimedes to the present, and other… |
Sequence 8duction, soil analysis, seed ordering, planting, watering, weed- ing, harvesting, decisions about how much to preserve for our… |
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 14experiences are so deeply felt is partly explained in the following quote from Abraham Maslow: "Perhaps [our]… |
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 20From Nova Scotia to San Francisco J Seated for lunch in the glass-walled classroom, Palace of Education and Social Economy,… |
Sequence 84A History of War and Peace "Enchance. Mademoiselle." An exercise in grace and courtesy, Paris, 1918… |
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 14complexities involved in the maintenance or the loss of life. One message that is apparent is that Life is fragile and… |
Sequence 43exhibited in the later, experienced, seasoned tone of the old Plato of his last work, The Lnws. Intimidating? You bet. In… |
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 10the good leader, the good manager will exercise that power in a partnership structure. These are very important distinctions… |
Sequence 2COMMUNITY VISION OF THE SCHOOL by Maura C. Joyce Looking at Maria Mo11tessori's historical persona, Maura foyce focuses… |
Sequence 8How do we both direct and protect the power of the will so that it can grow? This, in my opinion, is our greatest challenge… |
Sequence 13For example, a common reason for referral is that the child is observed to be quite vulnerable to distraction and to have… |
Sequence 6Through MIP, we developed a program for adolescents with AS called the Prelude to Inclu- sion(\ which embraces the… |
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 3Two-year-olds are sometimes called "the terrible twos." But in an environment that meets their needs, they… |
Sequence 12comes of their studies, they are met with a mixture of alternative, complementary, and unrelated studies, provided by their… |
Sequence 2PEDAGOGY OF PLACE: DEEPENING ERDKINDER PRINCIPLES WITHOUT THE f ARM by Pat Ludick Pedagogy of Place is now a standard of… |
Sequence 11ing the second year of our program, a student with a passion for marine biology set up a fifty-gallon marine reef aquarium.… |
Sequence 4Figure 1. Timeline of mathematics. Graphic by David Waski. primary tracking mechanism used in our schools today. It has bad… |
Sequence 19REFERENCES Brnudel, Fernand. A History of Civilizntio11s. Trans. Richard Mayne. New York: Penguin, 1993. Bruner, Jerome S.… |
Sequence 2"new child," the "spiritual embryo," endowed with inner wisdom, independence, dignity,… |
Sequence 4be left behind. This truly synthetic endeavor implies a drive forward towards a higher and spiritual goal, a better world,… |