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Sequence 116Elementary teacher needed for well-established, fully equipped 6 to 9 classroom. School owned and operated by AMI directress… |
Sequence 1181. The movement area is equipped with a thin covered mattress with kiosks and bars the babies use for pulling up - there may… |
Sequence 8ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal… |
Sequence 14director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries… |
Sequence 52THE HAND IN EDUCATION a971) by A. M. Joosten One aspect of Montessori educatwn that sets it apart from some other… |
Sequence 63the impression that after a while nothing "new" is seen. Deeper pene- tration and more discoveries require… |
Sequence 131r-------------------------------- - - correlations to occur between the disciplines of anthropology, history, geography,… |
Sequence 139Week Fi,ve: July 29 to August 2, 1991 THE AWAKENING OF A NEW PHIWSOPHICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Education for the Individual This… |
Sequence 145Week Fbur: July 20 to July 24, 1991 THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY: Education and Society In this section… |
Sequence 16Brown's search for the Holy Grail of thoughcfulness in school settings involved hours of interviews and detailed case… |
Sequence 38teach students about the politics, sociology, and economics of the revolution- ary world changes that we' re living… |
Sequence 39the prevention task to the schools. This is madness! What we need is a reform movement with a better sense of where we are… |
Sequence 44can't that runle get there if he has to keep going another half? I have heard kids say there has to be something wrong… |
Sequence 92methods of such ingenuity to their offspring. Thinking began in earnest with the teaching of chinking. As a result, our… |
Sequence 171she and her students would look better. This has not achieved a meaningful improvement in instruction or achievement. Those… |
Sequence 13We could cooperatively establish a curriculum using as a guide the student's goals, interests, and needs. Coming out of a… |
Sequence 15prepare the adolescent by continuing the Montessori emphasis on the inte- grated process of personality and learning based in… |
Sequence 22"Man," said Maria Montessori, "is overcome with hatred and does not obey the laws of nature. Nobler… |
Sequence 35which is trying to become a self-sustaining community in relationship with the plants, the animals, the landscape, the humans… |
Sequence 37that it's satisfying. One of the difficulties with this and with fu.rms is that we have never developed a village culture… |
Sequence 43Like the God of Genesis, creation theology looks at che whole of creation and sees chat it is good. Traditional Christianity,… |
Sequence 44A theology which makes redemption its primary theme will have a vested interest in man's sin and weakness, fur if these… |
Sequence 46MO~ORI AND THE BAHA'f FAITH* by Barbara Hacker The life and work of Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952), scientist and… |
Sequence 51sicy of Rome Medical School. There are many stories of the "petty persecu- cions" she endured with good… |
Sequence 54process for the spirit of the child. The words of'Abdu'I-Baha come co mind in this regard: Therefore must th.e… |
Sequence 55of President Wilson. Montessori lectured in cities in South America, and, of course, conducted many courses in India during… |
Sequence 86which we have now come in constructing our scale of character states is thus concerned with decision or choice respecting both… |
Sequence 40important way that we can help is to listen intently when the child tries to communicate thereby conveying the message that… |
Sequence 54Another activity for writing practice is ro search through all the sand- paper lerrei:s co find those char start with the same… |
Sequence 70books are not enough. Mario Montessori Sr. reminded us of this when he noted how difficult it is to help children understand… |
Sequence 85kitchen help, which makes che school a place where our children can grow spirirually. A loving atcicude must pervade the… |
Sequence 145occupation and Montessori refers to as work of the land. Dr. Montessori writes: ... therefore work on the land is an… |
Sequence 150viva] of the fittest demands, safeguarding tradition in order to under- stand how co achieve social and technical skills… |
Sequence 182perspective, education becomes a process of assisting human develop- ment, working coward full and whole construction. le… |
Sequence 17Direct application of ideas conceived through observations and interpre- tation of the work of children is curriculum… |
Sequence 59see that I have a responsibility to the students to help them to be prepared for various weather forms particularly with a… |
Sequence 96"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intel- lect; we apprehend it just as much by… |
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 122develop far-reaching programs of study for all who wish to participate. In the following four sections are described two real… |
Sequence 144have shown, for instance, that the gains recent Head Start graduates show in scores on intelligence and socio-emotional tests… |
Sequence 201MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM SELECTS NEW DIRECTOR Endorsed by both the Association Montessori Internationale and the… |
Sequence 204have three primary and one low elementary classes 10 feed our own high elementary class- room. Beautiful school, warm… |
Sequence 206three primary and two elementary classes (ages 6-12). The new Head of School will have the exciting opportunity to implement… |
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 39What are the new frameworks and Montessori telling us? Mathematical reasoning, problem solving, communication, and connections… |
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 177years. Preferably small city mountain area. Please contact Lee Elion, 47 Beach Road, Tahvnanui, Nelson, NZ; phone (03) 348-… |
Sequence 52Many responses are broad or vague, and as such leave a ve1y wide range for interpretation. Some may well be developmental… |
Sequence 56organization-as well as with managing their behavior. It is more sur- prising to discover, in the writings of Russian… |
Sequence 95multiplicity of forms (myths, legends, folklore, poems, nonfiction, short stories, novels) with self-confidence intact,… |
Sequence 98est power of the universe, with God. The word inspiration derives from the Latin spirare, "to breathe"; its… |
Sequence 150aristocrat who, in an act of tremendous condescen- sion, offers himself to his social inferior. It is an in- credible… |
Sequence 50Life is a series of weanings-weaning from the womb, weaning from the breast, weaning from parents' bed or crib, weaning… |
Sequence 1073. Measuring the distance the cork was propelled is always popular. Observers should be assured that they will all have an… |
Sequence 109Fun11ff C11,.1uL\'GE: PUBLIC SCHOOL MONTESSORI Montessori is still expanding in the public sector, with 10 to 15… |
Sequence 205The North American Montessori Teachers' Association in cooperation with The Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative… |
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 65COMMITMENT TO PEACE by Renilde Montessori In the coming weeks, Renilde Montessori will assume duties as head of the… |
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 15unconscious, brings the reader to a full understanding of the power of the unconscious in learning, and of how emotional… |
Sequence 42NAMTANEWS FALL CONFERENCES SET RECORD Al;'TENDANCE This fall's conferences were the best ever with resounding suc… |
Sequence 19asked to play or sing the next line and create a variation based upon it. In both examples, the second "intelligence-… |
Sequence 20members of other societies, performances of the non-Western subjects improves dramatically. While being "culture-… |
Sequence 28mances on these two very different measures. The Stanford-Binet was administered by an independent psychometrician to 19 of… |
Sequence 55Praxis refers to the different uses of words. Praxis involves aware- ness of different parts of speech, for example,open the… |
Sequence 79Montessori insists on constructing an environment for the child in which the child can be active, a prepared environment with… |
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 164One other factor to mention briefly is the quality of parent- adolescent interaction that I saw and heard about after two… |
Sequence 225The "Blue Plane" of Maturity The plane of maturity, 18 to 24, corresponds more or less to university life,… |
Sequence 246In The Absorbent Mind, Montessori writes, "The child is endowed with unknown powers which can guide us to a radiant… |
Sequence 35In substance, they reflect the general attitude of 19th-cen- tury science, which felt justi- fied in proclaiming, in all… |
Sequence 124The design of seating and gathering areas can add playfulness to an educational site, creating an inviting, whimsical… |
Sequence 125element in playparks and adventure playgrounds. In new or redevel- oped school buildings, field facilities should be provided… |
Sequence 12something or get some assistance in a store, I am reminded of this. It seems that adults think that if teenagers are in a… |
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 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 175tion becomes possible if there are activities that are appropriate to the child. Activities need to catch interest, bring… |
Sequence 176As educators, we have several things to do: 1. Limit everything that is not "person." The right limits are… |
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 15about intellectual development at all, but deal more broadly with the kind of people we hope children will turn out to be,… |
Sequence 110principle is embodied in the Cyl- inder Block, where there are ten cylinders and ten holes into which they fit. The… |
Sequence 118another more spiritual realm. Maria Montessori said, "creative work ... lifts man up from earth and transports him… |
Sequence 122But the mind must have something to express. Imagination rests on facts and on information which have accumulated in some… |
Sequence 123many choices for self-expres- sion. Different children are attracted to different forms of art. How many of us engage the… |