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Sequence 182perspective, education becomes a process of assisting human develop- ment, working coward full and whole construction. le… |
Sequence 12thousand Montessori private schools and one hundred public schools in seventy school districts. Montessori schools are… |
Sequence 7EDITORIAL REINVENTING MONTESSORI: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES by David Kahn To what degree is the fundamental test of… |
Sequence 59... he showed me a picture of the night sky taken with the big telescope. There were tens of thousands of stars and… |
Sequence 63Mover, itself unmoved. This Mover he called God. Aristotle's God was not the sort of being one would be inclined to… |
Sequence 168This will always stick in my mind: two men, talking about two black, disabled soldiers who had not been shot by the enemy but… |
Sequence 53information from them about haiku except that they loved it and they taught it to the children at their Montessori school in… |
Sequence 55Dr. McGregor Smith, retiring director of the Environmental Ethics Institute at Miami-Dade Community College in Miami, says,… |
Sequence 100at you!te show- • fs you're showing the child with this work is not only the ability to parse-to recognize the parts… |
Sequence 110exciting, I hearli/y recommend the following books to aid you in your studies: Baughman, Emest(1966). A TypeandMotif-Jnde.… |
Sequence 119danced. That is the one group of stories in which you should change your normal voice; tell them quickly and keep the rhythm.… |
Sequence 122Some of the Native American tales preserve the original animal marriage, and some of the Japanese do. There is nothing… |
Sequence 673. Economic Development-How have societies organized themselves economically? What conditions have caused changes in the ways… |
Sequence 17it probably is not necessary to show the whole process. For example, a Bring Me game usually assumes that the children can… |
Sequence 48An exceptional example of vertical history was the Columbus Quincentennary Exhibit at the National Gallery of Art nearly two… |
Sequence 62Alexander the Great, another Greek, was also a great traveller, founding Alexandria in Egypt, and many other towns named… |
Sequence 101In an earlier chapter of "A Good Enough Parent," Bettelheim describes studies which compare Japanese… |
Sequence 35MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and… |
Sequence 56organization-as well as with managing their behavior. It is more sur- prising to discover, in the writings of Russian… |
Sequence 1073. Measuring the distance the cork was propelled is always popular. Observers should be assured that they will all have an… |
Sequence 14these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 16lecture extensively to wider audiences, including a combined session of the 53rd annual convention of the National Education… |
Sequence 17and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 74asserted without hesitation that no research study of peace even ofa rudimentary character has been undertaken. Stranger… |
Sequence 86This does not mean that there can be no such thing as a just war. No one could doubt that-things being as they were in Europe… |
Sequence 27Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 120was a cognitive psychologist he was a biologist, so maybe there's something about watching growing things that makes you… |
Sequence 149Decision-maki_ng by the students is important. Under the guid- ance of the resident adults, they decide what to plant, which… |
Sequence 150Greek, ·French, Latin, science, history. High school ends with the toughest exam in one's life. Without passing it, one… |
Sequence 246In The Absorbent Mind, Montessori writes, "The child is endowed with unknown powers which can guide us to a radiant… |
Sequence 124The design of seating and gathering areas can add playfulness to an educational site, creating an inviting, whimsical… |
Sequence 155Junior Great Books The Great Books Foundation 40 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 1-800-222-5870 Provides… |
Sequence 147chemicals is obviously an attempt to recapture some of the qualities of optimal experience by artificial means. Alcohol,… |
Sequence 258Salary scale based on degrees and ex- perience. Excellent benefits. For an application call Brian Giersch, Supvr. of… |
Sequence 14But before we do that, let me talk a little bit about what these activities are like. After I did these original interviews,… |
Sequence 33greater in a Montessori than in a regular classroom, where we are afraid of giving kids control. Of course, in the Montessori… |
Sequence 60evolving society around us. That can be done through things like education, through the program you are doing, but also… |
Sequence 80religion, etc. So the question is, to what extent is the field in your organization open to change? Sometimes a discipline or… |
Sequence 89As they grew up in adolescence, almost all of these people felt, of course, marginal, because they did not conform to the… |
Sequence 155the children applaud-they seem to be so delighted with this period of silence they impose on themselves. MUTUAL Am AND… |
Sequence 215the mission of the School is to invest in effective and committed Montessori teachers in order to ensure academic excellence… |
Sequence 39between practitioners and philosophers is essential for the eventual development of an Erdkinder. Returning to the chart, Mr… |
Sequence 131the same elements that you see in Montessori and Sylvia Ashton Warner. For example, in all of these approaches is a deep… |
Sequence 172So with medicine. The first recognition would be that there cannot be well humans on a sick planet. The way to human well-… |
Sequence 200The Psalms which reflect lamentation and thanksgiving might be seen as part of the cultivation side of the dyad. As injustice… |
Sequence 232particular case, the teacher was talking about the invasion of China by Genghis Khan in 1213 and how Genghis Khan moved down… |
Sequence 244culture, not because it failed, but because it succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. In other words, using the old Platonic… |
Sequence 263And I said, "What do you mean?" And he said, "Well, you've got this Wal-Mart." Well… |
Sequence 351organization of story, logic, and truth, which comes to the inevitable realization that to serve is to balance one's… |
Sequence 364settings and is currently enrolled in the Elementary training course would be preferred. Competitive salary and benefits.… |
Sequence 7"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is… |
Sequence 9which evolves on its own terms. Like the child, as human culture grows with the passage of time, it becomes more conscious of… |
Sequence 33where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was… |
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 37discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the… |
Sequence 40Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to… |
Sequence 40THE INTEGRATION OF CULTURES: THE MONTESSORI CONTRIBUTION by Winfried Bohm translated by Devan Barker In this masterful… |
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 61ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular… |
Sequence 150community, since the former and the latter are quite distinct in terms of the community members, the aims, and therefore the… |
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 261culminate in a book featuring the model school design, principles of Montessori architecture, and documentation of existing… |
Sequence 281http:/ /www.msgl.org. Please send cover letter and resume to: MSGL Search Committee, PO Box 2311, West Lafayette, IN 47996… |
Sequence 292Heartland Community School, River Falls, WI is seeking AMI- trained applicants at all levels for school serving children 2… |
Sequence 36Cavalletti had taken Hebrew classes with Zolli and, after earning her doctorate, became his colleague. He is well-known… |
Sequence 41AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 196(508) 655-7333, FAX (508) 655- 3867. The Montessori School Of Northampton, of Northampton, MA is looking for an… |
Sequence 47Listening to poetry is art unto itself. Like listening to jazz or opera, it involves both a disciplined listening and a deep… |
Sequence 111in the year 1000, we find a series of settlements around the planet with a smaller number of hunter-gatherer bands that are… |
Sequence 158maturity, a must. Our Teacher / Director has 25 years Montessori teaching experience and values true Montessorians. Send… |
Sequence 38made with the invention of writing, but even so, the accumulation of knowledge remained painfully slow over centuries of time… |
Sequence 63Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 137The child needs to continue experiencing the living environment- the wilds, plants, animals, rocks, various kinds of terrain-… |
Sequence 224HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her… |
Sequence 258established in 1966, 22 beautiful acres of developed outdoor class- room for exploration and discovery. Centrallocation… |
Sequence 25percent of people, both here and in Japan and Germany, where they have also done research, say "No, I don't know… |
Sequence 85In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the… |
Sequence 153If you play a drum, the skin vibrates in waves. If you could get very close to it and slow things down considerably, you would… |
Sequence 259tact GordonMaas by telephone (978- 465-0065), E-mail (Mogomaas@ aol.com), or facsimile (978-465- 0119), or mail to 2 Perry… |
Sequence 61explores the whys and the wherefores of the universe, using the keys given with the elementary environment and employing his… |
Sequence 146AJexander Rice Esty, is listed on the Na tionaJRegistry of Historic Places. Reminiscent of the early Montessori "… |
Sequence 174FOLLOWING THE HAND: THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE by Judi Orion Delineating the steps of development of the human hand from… |
Sequence 183one or both arms onto something so they can use their hands to manipulate. Once they are standing, they do not want to sit… |
Sequence 244Japan Saint Maur International School, Yokohama requires Montessori teachers for the 2001-2002academic year. Applicants,… |
Sequence 78still acknowledges the insect's ultimate goal: "Spin and die/ To live again a butterfly." Finally, if… |
Sequence 131symbol employed to convey formally the experience of time, change, and motion-all three synthesized in a word simply named the… |
Sequence 113just been watching a movie. As I exited, I noticed that many trucks were parked around the perimeter of the camp. Men started… |
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 182PART II The observation of nature has not only a side that is philosophical and scientific, it has also a side of social… |
Sequence 234you are not good at waiting. How can you be? We are, in Europe, suffering from the defects of old age, and that is why we… |
Sequence 247Joosten: You say that the first-year children may not be able to manage more than four and a half days. You also are a mother… |
Sequence 298A difficulty, certainly felt in Europe-but in this country too-is the anxiety related to curriculum: that students might not… |
Sequence 314intellectually and culturally accountable (tiichtig). They were to "think clearly, experience deeply, and desire… |
Sequence 318techniques of gardening. These courses eventually developed into multi-week excursions to the country, where fire-building,… |
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 341ence, and material overabundance. The nature of human nature being what it is, we would quickly, as Nietzsche said, sink into… |
Sequence 408HUMANITIES PROJECTS 2000-2001 Study of the Maya I. Study of Living Things II. Technology and the Building Up of Civilization… |
Sequence 450"Life at the Farm" as a theme for their dance. But an interesting thing happened that we didn't expect… |
Sequence 451lives. This Duke was good at what he did. Very good. He was also my father. He had everything, except a wife. She died when I… |
Sequence 452Church, and I wanted a change. The castle walls were like cages: cold, dark, and dull. He gathered his armies and I gathered… |