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Sequence 31Hopkins, W.G. and Brown, M.C. 0984). Development of Nerve Cells and their Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity… |
Sequence 106the teachers do not already know tJ1e answer. Even when tJ1e form of the question seems to invite a variety of answers, tJ1ere… |
Sequence 130unafraid to take bold initiatives with new partners so that all of America's children would be part of the success story… |
Sequence 143and writing. Teachers have written about their experiences, anecdotaJly and informally, through diaries, logs, and narratives… |
Sequence 175proximity to Rice University, a world renowned Medical Center, and a thriv- ing, vibrant cultural artS community. The School… |
Sequence 68fail to instill in developing minds the fundamental skills of attention and reasoning. Increasing numbers of children today… |
Sequence 50is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you… |
Sequence 51For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown"… |
Sequence 84REFERENCES Abram, D. (1996). The spell of the sensuous. New York: Pan- theon Books. Coles, R. (1990). The spiritual life of… |
Sequence 121Egan, K. (1987). Literacy and the oral foundations of educa- tion. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 445-472. Egan, K. (1989).… |
Sequence 42similarly ineffective because it gets nowhere near where the trouble is. It's a one-size-fits-all solution. Many of us… |
Sequence 1THE Vol. 23, No. 2 Spring 1998 NAMTA Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom Introduction by David Kahn Respect… |
Sequence 8universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the… |
Sequence 32Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this… |
Sequence 40Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to… |
Sequence 41of 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 45had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible… |
Sequence 46contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you… |
Sequence 47Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children… |
Sequence 50Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &… |
Sequence 61ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 211Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 235Lepper, M.R. "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Chil- dren: Detrimental Effects of Superfluous Social Con- trols… |
Sequence 85In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the… |
Sequence 86The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then… |
Sequence 87The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The… |
Sequence 187Language and the Bra.in. New York: Norton, 1997. Donald, Merlin. Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of… |
Sequence 206Becker, Wesley C. "Consequences of Different Kinds of Parental Discipline." Review of Child Development Re… |
Sequence 208Kohn, Alfie. No Contest: The Case Against Competition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Landes, William M., & Richard… |
Sequence 210Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn. "Conclusions: Lessons from the Past and a Look to the Future." Altruism and Aggression… |
Sequence 64modate this massive synapse formation, neurons must vastly expand their dendritic surfaces. As much as eighty-three percent… |
Sequence 91ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE… |
Sequence 98REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential… |
Sequence 92then be false to any man." Shakespeare, that great player with words- and what a testimony that is to the spirit and… |
Sequence 319ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much… |
Sequence 321road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when… |
Sequence 322from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on… |
Sequence 326really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire… |
Sequence 536Kaplan, M., & E. Singer. "Dogmatism and Sensory Alien- ation: An Empirical Investigation." Journal… |
Sequence 143trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of… |
Sequence 153Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural… |
Sequence 23context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 152And in a lecture given at Cambridge, Montessori says that "Cul- ture becomes identifiable with the construction of… |
Sequence 226with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen… |
Sequence 45REFERENCES Brazelton, T. Berry, & Stanley I. Greenspan. The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have… |
Sequence 160THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has… |
Sequence 26Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.… |
Sequence 198CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of… |
Sequence 205House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational… |
Sequence 207classes existed for students from the ages of six to twelve, but in Kodaikanal Maria Montessori developed cosmic education as… |
Sequence 208about this: " ... when coming to Kodaikanal, a whole new world opened up for Mario. He was mostly experimenting and… |
Sequence 209Because of its seclusion, the population of Kodai grew slowly despite the favorable climate, and always there were many more… |
Sequence 210and finally abandoned. Remaining are unique archives with histori- cal documents about the Jesuit missionaries in southern… |
Sequence 211children, the Swedish and the Jewish school, as well as a few Catholic schools for the children of Tamil families. How was… |
Sequence 212opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for… |
Sequence 213Maria Montessori probably was notable to appreciate the unusual diversity of nature with the same open-mindedness with which… |
Sequence 214Museum of the Sacred Heart College, founded by two priests between 1920 and 1940, was frequently visited by both Montessoris… |
Sequence 215attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y… |
Sequence 216found herself for a time in a frustrating professional isolation: no official notice or acknowledgement of her work, no… |
Sequence 218switched to the KIS, where her parents worked) responsible for her lifelong interest in learning and education is quite… |
Sequence 224between human beings and the cosmos comes up over and over again. For that reason, Maria Montessori, with her discourses about… |
Sequence 225-------------------------------- ---- and Hindu religion deepened, the cosmic idea came to the fore. Shankar Dutta Panday, a… |
Sequence 226On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic… |
Sequence 228Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der… |
Sequence 93the cover of two densely vegetated areas on the margins of the playground. When they were not nestled beneath birches,… |
Sequence 128understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long… |
Sequence 213* * * So if this is part of the human predicament-the idea that we are given this urge to continually refine, to make things… |
Sequence 80the structure itself should function for contemporary children as an essential part of the prepared Montessori environment.… |
Sequence 108COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,… |
Sequence 117Montessori, Maria. The Secret oJC!,i/dlwod. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1966. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 215Foreign Language Program." Foreign Lnngunge A1111nls 25 (1992): 129-136. Shrum,J.L., & E.W. Glisan. Teacher… |
Sequence 98An Auspicious Beginning Small images from top to bottom: Dr. Montessori meeting children in Kotohena with the first… |
Sequence 142Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences "The eye that sees and the hand that obeys:• South Africa, 2006 Dramar:ic… |
Sequence 191Discovering the Universal Child (India) Adding to what has been mentioned on the Indian panel, the famed Gujarati educator… |
Sequence 88Now this didn't all happen in one year. This project became ongoing in this class. Each year the children new to the… |
Sequence 317"What Is a Social Entrepreneur?" Ashoka. July 29, 2005 <http://ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur>… |
Sequence 100book of Nnture Study (1911) is still in print today and is a great resource for teachers. 4 Both Professor Bailey's and… |
Sequence 171REFERENCES Barrack, A. C." A Journey of Love: The Influence of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology on Parent-Child… |
Sequence 54Horner, Jack. "The Extraordinary Characteristics of Dys- lexia." Perspccti,•es 011 Ln11g11nge n11d Literacy… |
Sequence 206able and efficient way of life. Through this endless work, human beings have become the creators of a supernature, that whi.ch… |
Sequence 181Farji-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 182168 Par/ Tll'o - For a Science of 1he Formation of Man observations also concerned the relations between plants and… |
Sequence 213Maria Montessori Through the Seasons of the "Method" 199 Montessori course of 1910 and the Children's… |
Sequence 1392007. Dec. 2010 <http:/ /www.aap.org/pressroom/ playfinal.pdf>. Jenkinson, Sally. Tlte Genius of Piny:… |
Sequence 192creating a self, an increasingly conscious self, acts of creation would seem natural, productive, and satisfying. Montessori… |
Sequence 198so emotional and confused at the time is an oversimplification of a deficiency we are all contributing to. Why did we stop… |
Sequence 174Montessori National Curriculum for the Second Plane of Development from Six to Twelve Years The human story is one of constant… |
Sequence 310An adolescent is forming new ideas and new ways to think that are not easily explained. 1t helps parents and educators to know… |
Sequence 321Montessori, Maria. "Dr. Montessori's Third Lecture Given at the Montessori Congress in Oxford, England, 1936.… |
Sequence 340Now 12 says, for the betterment of society. The high school is the training ground for a scie11tia co11- at11rnlis, an exalted… |
Sequence 133 Kahn • Preface: Revelations Then and Now—Guided by Nature of the human personality and of our planetary system are playing… |
Sequence 144 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 intellectual understanding of nature and ecology. Cosmic Education… |
Sequence 6353 Montessori • Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12 exercises of Practical life: 3 to 6 coMPared to 6 to… |
Sequence 9181 Part II • History of the Universe: The Earth and the Integration of the Human Personality Part II e History of the… |
Sequence 9383 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience the KodaiKanal exPerience: chaPter i Kahn-wiKraMaratne interview… |
Sequence 9585 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience students used to go away after the lecture; I would run up there… |
Sequence 9787 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience WIKRAMARATNE: Yes. Kodaikanal was a place where English, American… |
Sequence 9888 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Kodaikanal. During the first two years with the chil- dren, we had made… |
Sequence 9989 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience Watering, Bombay, India, 1940 let’s go for a ramble first and… |
Sequence 10090 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Lena Wikramaratne reminisces with Mario Montessori, Amsterdam, 1979 KAHN… |