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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 9variation in teacher backgrounds and interpretation of curriculum principles. Another problem is the dearth oflongitudinal… |
Sequence 21'Aquinas, T. $1<1111110 Theologica. Thinl Part (Suppl.) Q. 4!l, a.:{. Reprinted in Ci,il<l a11d Frrmily. 16… |
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 2the use of video-taped observations. She also depended on the random- ness of the assignment of the children to compensate for… |
Sequence 7rational behaviorist thought that the small child could hide within him "spiritual germs" or "… |
Sequence 119. Ehrlich, Paul R. The Mcu;kin.ery of Nature: The Living World Around Us - And How It Works (New York: Simon and Schuster,… |
Sequence 912. Wilson, Edward 0. Biaphilia (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). 13. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why… |
Sequence 5director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries… |
Sequence 2Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the… |
Sequence 3implementation of the Montessori model but will provide a wealth of more general information about children's school… |
Sequence 36Goody, J. (1977). The domestica1ion of the savage mind. New York: Cambridge University Press. Goody, J. ( I 987). The… |
Sequence 37Levi-Strauss, C. (1966). The savage mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Levi-Strauss, C. ( 1969). The raw and the… |
Sequence 23Hopkins, W.G. and Brown, M.C. 0984). Development of Nerve Cells and their Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity… |
Sequence 14the teachers do not already know tJ1e answer. Even when tJ1e form of the question seems to invite a variety of answers, tJ1ere… |
Sequence 6unafraid to take bold initiatives with new partners so that all of America's children would be part of the success story… |
Sequence 4and writing. Teachers have written about their experiences, anecdotaJly and informally, through diaries, logs, and narratives… |
Sequence 20fail to instill in developing minds the fundamental skills of attention and reasoning. Increasing numbers of children today… |
Sequence 134fail to instill in developing minds the fundamental skills of attention and reasoning. Increasing numbers of children today… |
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 17REFERENCES Abram, D. (1996). The spell of the sensuous. New York: Pan- theon Books. Coles, R. (1990). The spiritual life of… |
Sequence 35Egan, K. (1987). Literacy and the oral foundations of educa- tion. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 445-472. Egan, K. (1989).… |
Sequence 34similarly ineffective because it gets nowhere near where the trouble is. It's a one-size-fits-all solution. Many of us… |
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 25Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 15Lepper, M.R. "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Chil- dren: Detrimental Effects of Superfluous Social Con- trols… |
Sequence 12Lepper, M.R. "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Chil- dren: Detrimental Effects of Superfluous Social Con- trols… |
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 28Language and the Bra.in. New York: Norton, 1997. Donald, Merlin. Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of… |
Sequence 19Becker, Wesley C. "Consequences of Different Kinds of Parental Discipline." Review of Child Development Re… |
Sequence 21Kohn, Alfie. No Contest: The Case Against Competition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Landes, William M., & Richard… |
Sequence 23Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn. "Conclusions: Lessons from the Past and a Look to the Future." Altruism and Aggression… |
Sequence 16modate this massive synapse formation, neurons must vastly expand their dendritic surfaces. As much as eighty-three percent… |
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 3then be false to any man." Shakespeare, that great player with words- and what a testimony that is to the spirit and… |
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 13Kaplan, M., & E. Singer. "Dogmatism and Sensory Alien- ation: An Empirical Investigation." Journal… |
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 9context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 11And in a lecture given at Cambridge, Montessori says that "Cul- ture becomes identifiable with the construction of… |
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 110And in a lecture given at Cambridge, Montessori says that "Cul- ture becomes identifiable with the construction of… |
Sequence 239context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 16REFERENCES Brazelton, T. Berry, & Stanley I. Greenspan. The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have… |
Sequence 2THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has… |
Sequence 16Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.… |
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 11the cover of two densely vegetated areas on the margins of the playground. When they were not nestled beneath birches,… |
Sequence 6understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long… |
Sequence 13* * * So if this is part of the human predicament-the idea that we are given this urge to continually refine, to make things… |
Sequence 14the structure itself should function for contemporary children as an essential part of the prepared Montessori environment.… |
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 14Foreign Language Program." Foreign Lnngunge A1111nls 25 (1992): 129-136. Shrum,J.L., & E.W. Glisan. Teacher… |
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 22Now this didn't all happen in one year. This project became ongoing in this class. Each year the children new to the… |
Sequence 16"What Is a Social Entrepreneur?" Ashoka. July 29, 2005 <http://ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur>… |